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Joan Crawford (I) (1906–1977)


Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1905 in San Antonio, Texas. Her parents were already separated before the birth. Her mother had trouble keeping husbands after having married three times. Joan was fond of dancing and had entered several dance contests. She wanted a career in show business because it was much more glamorous than the odd jobs she was working... See full bio »

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Hide HideActress (104 titles)
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Joan Fairchild
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death (1972) … Joan Fairchild
 
1972 Beyond the Water's Edge (TV movie)
Allison Hayes
 
1971 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Board Member
LA 2017 (1971) … Board Member
 
1970 Trog
Dr. Brockton
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
Stephanie White
Nightmare (1970) … Stephanie White
 
1969 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Miss Menlo
Night Gallery (1969) … Miss Menlo
 
1969 Journey to the Unknown (TV movie)
Host
 
1968 Journey to Midnight
Hostess (scenes deleted)
 
1967 Berserk
Monica Rivers
 
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Amanda True
 
1965 I Saw What You Did
Amy Nelson
 
1964 Strait-Jacket
Lucy Harbin
 
1964 Della
Della Chappell
 
1963 Route 66 (TV series)
Morgan Harper
Same Picture, Different Frame (1963) … Morgan Harper
 
1963 The Caretakers
Lucretia Terry
 
1961 The Foxes (TV movie)
Millicent Fox
 
1959-1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Melanie Davidson Hobbes / Sarah / Stella Faring
One Must Die (1961) … Sarah/Melanie Davidson Hobbes
Rebel Ranger (1959) … Stella Faring
 
1959 The Best of Everything
Amanda Farrow
 
1959 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV series)
Ruth
Strange Witness (1959) … Ruth
 
1959 Woman on the Run (TV movie)
Susan Conrad
 
1954-1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Ann Howard / Mary Andrews / Ruth Marshall
And One Was Loyal (1959) … Ann Howard
Strange Witness (1958) … Ruth Marshall
The Road to Edinburgh (1954) … Mary Andrews
 
1957 The Story of Esther Costello
Margaret Landi
 
1956 Autumn Leaves
Millicent Wetherby
 
1955 Queen Bee
Eva Phillips
 
1955 Female on the Beach
Lynn Markham
 
1953 The Revlon Mirror Theater (TV series)
Margaret Hughes
Because I Love Him (1953) … Margaret Hughes
 
1952 This Woman Is Dangerous
Elizabeth 'Beth' Austin
 
1951 Goodbye, My Fancy
Agatha Reed
 
1950 The Damned Don't Cry
Ethel Whitehead / Loran Hansen Forbes
 
1949 It's a Great Feeling
Joan Crawford (uncredited)
 
1947 Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon
 
1946 Humoresque
Helen Wright
 
1944 Hollywood Canteen
Joan Crawford
 
1943 Above Suspicion
Frances Myles
 
1942 Reunion in France
Michele de la Becque
 
1942 They All Kissed the Bride
Margaret J. 'M.J.' Drew
 
1940 Susan and God
Susan
 
1939 The Ice Follies of 1939
Mary McKay
 
1938 The Shining Hour
Olivia Riley
 
1937 Mannequin
Jessie Cassidy
 
1937 The Bride Wore Red
Anni Pavlovitch
 
1936 Love on the Run
Sally Parker
 
1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
Peggy Eaton
 
1935 No More Ladies
Marcia
 
1934 Forsaking All Others
Mary Clay
 
1933 Dancing Lady
Janie Barlow
 
1933 Today We Live
Diana
 
1932 Letty Lynton
Letty Lynton
 
1932 Grand Hotel
Flaemmchen - the Stenographer
 
1931 Possessed
Marian
 
1931 This Modern Age
Valentine 'Val' Winters
 
1931 Laughing Sinners
Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
 
1931 Dance, Fools, Dance
Bonnie
 
1930 Paid
Mary Turner
 
1930 Our Blushing Brides
Jerry
 
1930 Montana Moon
Joan
 
1930 Great Day
 
1929 Untamed
Bingo
 
1929 Our Modern Maidens
Billie
 
1929/II Tide of Empire
Josephita Guerrero
 
1929 The Duke Steps Out
Susie
 
1928 Our Dancing Daughters
Diana Medford
 
1928 Four Walls
Frieda
 
1928 Rose-Marie
Rose-Marie
 
1928 The Law of the Range
Betty Dallas
 
1927 Spring Fever
Allie Monte
 
1927 Twelve Miles Out
Jane
 
1927 The Unknown
Nanon
 
1927 The Understanding Heart
Monica Dale
 
1927 The Taxi Dancer
Joslyn Poe
 
1927 Winners of the Wilderness
René Contrecoeur
 
1926 Paris
The Girl
 
1926 The Boob
Jane - a Revenue Agent
 
1926 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Betty Burton
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
 
1925 The Only Thing
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1925 Old Clothes
Mary Riley
 
1925 The Merry Widow
Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
 
1925 A Slave of Fashion
Mannequin (uncredited)
 
1925 Pretty Ladies
Bobby - a Showgirl (as Lucille Le Sueur)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (22 titles)
2008 Tough Baby: Torch Song (video documentary short) (performer: "Tenderly", "Follow Me")
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited, "Two-Faced Woman" 1953 - uncredited, "Heigh-Ho, the Gang's All Here" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "Gotta Feelin' for You" 1929 - uncredited, "Heigh-Ho, the Gang's All Here" 1933 - uncredited, "Let's Go Bavarian" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1954 Johnny Guitar (performer: "Johnny Guitar")
 
1953 Torch Song (performer: "You Won't Forget Me", "Follow Me", "Two-Faced Woman", "Tenderly", "You're All the World to Me")
 
1949 Flamingo Road (performer: "If I Could Be with You" - uncredited)
 
1943 Above Suspicion (performer: "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 1900 - uncredited, "My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose" 1791 - uncredited, "Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat Major" 1849 - uncredited, "Untitled Oxford University Song" - uncredited, "Who Is Sylvia?" 1826 - uncredited / "Du, Du Liegst Mir im Herzen" - uncredited)
 
1941 When Ladies Meet (performer: "I Love but Thee Jeg elsker Dig!" 1864 - uncredited)
 
1939 The Ice Follies of 1939 (performer: "It's All So New to Me" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 The Shining Hour (performer: "Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64, No. 2" 1846-47 - uncredited, "Mood Indigo" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1937 Mannequin (performer: "Always and Always" 1937)
 
1937 The Bride Wore Red (performer: "Who Wants Love?" 1937, "Bridal Chorus Here Comes the Bride" 1850 - uncredited)
 
1936 Love on the Run (performer: "She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" - uncredited, "String Quintet In E, Op. 13 No. 5: Minuet" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Gorgeous Hussy ("Yankee Doodle" ca. 1755 - uncredited)
 
1934 Forsaking All Others (performer: "Row Row Row Your Boat" - uncredited)
 
1933 Dancing Lady (performer: "Alabama Swing" - uncredited, "My Dancing Lady" 1933, "Heigh-Ho, the Gang's All Here" 1933, "Let's Go Bavarian" 1933, " That's The Rhythm of the Day" 1933)
 
1931 Possessed (performer: "How Long Will It Last?" 1931 - uncredited)
 
1931 Laughing Sinners (performer: "What Can I Do - I Love That Man", "London Bridge is Falling Down", "Brighten the Corner Where You Are")
 
1931 Dance, Fools, Dance (performer: "Accordion Joe" 1929 - uncredited / "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op.27 No.2 Moonlight Sonata" 1800-01 - uncredited)
 
1930 Montana Moon (performer: "The Moon is Low" 1930 - uncredited, "Let Me Give You Love" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (performer: "Gotta Feelin' for You" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 Untamed (performer: "Chant of the Jungle" 1929 - uncredited, "That Wonderful Something Is Love" 1929 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
1964 Della (producer - uncredited)
 
1959 Woman on the Run (TV movie) (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1957 The Story of Esther Costello (co-producer - uncredited)
 
1952 Sudden Fear (executive producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2012 A Lazy Summer Afternoon with Mario Montez (short) (autobiography)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1925 Lady of the Night (double: Norma Shearer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2013 Ryan & Ruby (TV series short) (very special thanks - 1 episode)
Nightmare on 118th Street (2013) (very special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (64 titles)
1975 Easter Island (TV documentary)
Herself - Narrator
 
1963-1972 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 26 September 1972 (1972) … Herself
Episode dated 28 October 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 21 March 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 16 January 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 4 November 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1970-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.18 (1971) … Herself
Episode #2.167 (1970) … Herself
Episode #2.100 (1970) … Herself
 
1971 Journey to Murder
Herself - Hostess
 
1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.3 (1970) … Herself
 
1970 The 27th Annual Golden Globes Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Winner: Cecil B. DeMille Award
 
1969 Garbo (TV documentary)
Herself - Hostess
 
1965-1969 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 1 November 1969 (1969) … Herself
Episode dated 12 April 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 27 April 1967 (1967) … Herself
Episode dated 7 April 1967 (1967) … Herself
Episode dated 8 February 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1968 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 27 September 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 26 September 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 25 September 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 24 September 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 23 September 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Herself
Lucy and the Lost Star (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.92 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 January 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1965-1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself - Host / Actor / Dramatic Reader
Episode #4.29 (1967) … Herself - Host/Actor
Episode #3.4 (1965) … Herself - Host/Dramatic Reader
 
1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1957-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 3 July 1966 (1966) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 13 December 1964 (1964) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 14 October 1962 (1962) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 8 January 1961 (1961) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 8 December 1957 (1957) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1966 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Joan Crawford (1966)
 
1966 The 38th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1966 The Oscar
Herself (uncredited)
 
1965 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 November 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 The 17th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Accepting Emmy Award for Lynn Fontanne
 
1965 I'll Bet (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 July 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 ABC's Nightlife (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 July 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1962-1965 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 May 1965 (1965) … Herself
Episode dated 14 May 1965 (1965) … Herself
Episode dated 16 February 1965 (1965) … Herself
Episode dated 2 October 1963 (1963) … Herself
Episode #1.1 (1962) … Herself
 
1965 The 37th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Director
 
1964 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 12 September 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1964 The 36th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Director
 
1964 How to Plan a Movie Murder (short)
Herself
 
1961-1963 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 27 May 1963 (1963) … Herself
(1961-10) (1961) … Herself
 
1963 The 35th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Director/Accepting Best Actress Award for Anne Bancroft
 
1962 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 December 1962 (1962) … Herself
Episode dated 28 November 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1962 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 12 December 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1962 Your First Impression (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 12 July 1962 (1962) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Leading Role
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Herself
The Ziegfeld Touch (1961) … Herself
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1958-1960 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 October 1960 (1960) … Herself
Episode dated 15 October 1958 (1958) … Herself
 
1960 The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Herself
The Talent Scouts Program (1960) … Herself
 
1960 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Herself
 
1957 Caesar's Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 March 1957 (1957) … Herself
 
1957 Tonight! America After Dark (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 Picture Parade (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 7 August 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode #5.39 (1955) … Herself
 
1954-1955 Tonight! (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
Episode #3.180 (1955) … Herself
Episode #3.3 (1954) … Herself - Guest
 
1955 Hollywood Mothers and Fathers (documentary short)
Herself
 
1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)
Herself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1953 At Home with Joan Crawford (documentary short)
Herself
 
1951 Cancer Fund Film Notables Attend Glittering Benefits (documentary short)
Herself
 
1950 Screen Actors (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 12 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (short)
Herself
 
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Herself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 (short)
Herself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (short)
Herself - Newlywed
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Herself
 
1929 Hollywood Snapshots #11 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1928 Voices Across the Sea (short)
Herself
 
1926 WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (short)
Herself
 
1925 1925 Studio Tour (documentary short)
Herself (as Lucille Le Sueur)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (68 titles)
2012 Arena (TV series documentary)
 
2012 Frost on Interviews (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
 
2008 Hush... Hush, Sweet Joan: The Making of Charlotte (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2008 TV's Believe It or Not (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2008 Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (TV documentary)
Various Roles
 
2008 Tough Baby: Torch Song (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2008 Gable and Crawford (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Royal Wedding: June, Judy and Jane (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2007 The Brothers Warner (documentary)
Herself
 
2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Girl 27 (documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel (video documentary short)
Ethel Whitehead
 
2004 Ziegfeld Girl Intro (video documentary short)
Crystal Allen
 
2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (video documentary short)
Herself/Flaemmchen - the Stenographer
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2002 Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2001 Backstory (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1997 Judy Garland's Hollywood (video documentary)
 
1996 Joan Crawford: Always the Star (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994-1996 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1995 The Casting Couch (video documentary)
 
1995 Legends of Entertainment Video (video documentary)
Herself
 
1995 American Cinema (TV series documentary)
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Performer in Clips from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929'/'Torch Song' (uncredited)
 
1993 The 65th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars
Herself
 
1990 Dream On (TV series)
 
1988 Going Hollywood: The War Years (documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Herself (clip from "Our Dancing Daughters")
 
1984 TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (TV special)
Herself
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "Humoresque")
 
1978 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
1977 That's Action (documentary)
Herself
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clips from 'Dancing Lady' & ' Strange Cargo'
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Herself
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Clips from 'Hollywood Revue' & 'Dancing Lady'
 
1972 Hollywood: The Dream Factory (TV documentary)
Herself - film clips
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Herself, film clip from 'Dancing Lady' (uncredited)
 
1968 Mia and Roman (documentary short)
Herself
 
1967 The Karate Killers
Amanda True
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1964 Four Days in November (documentary)
Herself
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
Bobby in 'Pretty Ladies'
 
1963-1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1962 Lykke og krone (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1959 Zwischen Glück und Krone (documentary)
Herself
 
1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1940 Hollywood: Style Center of the World (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 The Miracle of Sound (documentary short)
Herself
 
1939 From the Ends of the Earth (documentary short)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1964) Unsold pilot: She starred in a pilot for a proposed family drama series set in a small coastal California town called "Royal Bay". The pilot also featured Paul Burke, Charles Bickford and Richard Carlson. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 19 Print Biographies  | 9 Articles  | 23 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Billie Cassin | Lucille Le Sueur

Height:

5' 3" (1.60 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on Judy Garland] Over the years I've heard and read so many stories about the way Judy Garland was so badly treated at Metro she ended up a mess. I did not know her well, but after watching her in action a few times I didn't want to know her well. I think her problems were caused by the fact that she was a spoiled... See more »

Trivia:

Worked as an elevator operator at Harzfeld's Department Store in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently played women put through an extensive amount of suffering See more »

Nickname:

Billie Cassin See more »

Star Sign:

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