Joan Crawford

Actor | Producer

Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1908 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her care...

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Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

... 1945

Fullname:

Joan Crawford

Date of Birth:

1908-03-23

Country:

San Antonio, Texas, USA

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Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1908 – 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.

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Joan Crawford

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Joan Crawford

Found movies in total

Memory

Memory

... 2023

Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt

... 2009

Human Traffic

Human Traffic

... 1999

The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me

... 2010

I Still See You

I Still See You

... 2018

Thanks for Sharing

Thanks for Sharing

... 2013

Jumper

Jumper

... 2008

All About Nina

All About Nina

... 2018

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

... 2002