Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by ... the size and quality of her parts, Crawford launched a publicity campaign and built an image as a nationally known flapper by the end of the 1920s. By the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money. By the end of the 1930s, she was labeled "box office poison". After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1955, she became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company, through her marriage to company president Alfred Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973. She continued acting in film and television regularly through the 1960s, when her performances became fewer; after the release of the horror film Trog in 1970, Crawford retired from the screen. Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflattering photographs were published, Crawford withdrew from public life. She became more and more reclusive until her death in 1977.
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
as Various Roles (archive footage)
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The Secret Storm
as Joan Borman Kane
Episodes: 318
First Aired: Feb 01, 1954
The Lucy Show
as Joan Crawford
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Route 66
as Morgan Harper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1960
The Sixth Sense
as Joan Fairchild
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 15, 1972
General Electric Theater
as Ann Howard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
General Electric Theater
as Ruth Marshall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
General Electric Theater
as Mary Andrews
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Stella Faring
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Amanda True
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1964
Night Gallery
as Miss Claudia Menlo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 16, 1970
The Name of the Game
as Committee Member (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Feb 02, 1950
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1950
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Great Performances
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1971
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