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Joan Crawford was an American actress who starred in several motion pictures throughout her long-running career that spanned nearly five decades.
She made her film debut in Lady of the Night (1925), as a body double for film star Norma Shearer. She appeared in several other films before she made her major breakthrough playing Lon Chaney's love interest in the 1927 horror film, The Unknown. Her major success in Our Dancing Daughters (1928) made her a popular flapper of the late 1920s. Her first sound film, Untamed (1929), was a critical and box office success.
Crawford would become a highly popular actress throughout the 1930s, as a leading lady for MGM. She starred in a series of "rags-to-riches" films that were extremely popular during the Depression-era, most especially with women. Her popularity rivaled fellow MGM actresses, including Greta Garbo, Norma Shearer, and Jean Harlow. She appeared in eight movies with Clark Gable, including Possessed (1931), Dancing Lady (1933), Love on the Run (1936), and Strange Cargo (1940) among others. In 1937, she was proclaimed the first "Queen of the Movies" by Life magazine, but her popularity soon waned. In May 1938, Crawford—along with Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Norma Shearer and many others—was labeled "Box Office Poison" by the Independent Film Journal.
Crawford managed to make a comeback in The Women (1939) opposite an all-star female cast. On July 1, 1943, Crawford left MGM and signed an exclusive contract with Warner Brothers, where she became a rival of Bette Davis. After a slow start with the studio, she received critical and commercial acclaim for her performance in Mildred Pierce (1945). The film earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress. From 1946 to 1952, Crawford appeared in a series of critical and box office successes, including Humoresque (1946), Possessed (1947, for which she received an second Academy Award nomination), Flamingo Road (1949), The Damned Don't Cry! (1950), and Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) among others. She received a third and final Academy Award nomination for her performance in Sudden Fear (1952).
In 1953, Crawford starred in Torch Song, her final film role for MGM. During the latter half of the 1950s, Crawford starred in a series of B-movies, including Female on the Beach (1955) and Autumn Leaves (1956). In 1962, Crawford was teamed with Bette Davis in a film adaptation of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The thriller film was a box office hit and briefly revived Crawford's career. Her final film performance was in the British science-fiction film, Trog (1970).
Feature films
Silent films
| Year | # | Title | Role | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 1 | Lady of the Night | Double for Norma Shearer[1] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 2 | Proud Flesh | San Francisco Girl[1] | ||
| 3 | A Slave of Fashion‡ | Mannequin[1] | ||
| 4 | The Merry Widow | Ballroom Dancing Extra[1] | ||
| 5 | Pretty Ladies | Bobby, a showgirl[2] | ||
| 6 | The Circle | Young Lady Catherine[1] | ||
| 7 | The Midshipman | Extra[1] | ||
| 8 | The Exquisite Sinner‡ | Extra[1] | ||
| 9 | The Big Parade | Extra[1] | ||
| 10 | Ben Hur | Extra[1] | ||
| 11 | Old Clothes | Mary Riley[2] | ||
| 12 | The Only Thing | Party Guest[1] | ||
| 13 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Irene | ||
| 1926 | 14 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Betty Burton | First National Pictures |
| 15 | The Boob | Jane | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 16 | Paris | The Girl | ||
| 1927 | 17 | Winners of the Wilderness | René Contrecoeur | |
| 18 | The Taxi Dancer | Joslyn Poe | ||
| 19 | The Understanding Heart | Monica Dale | ||
| 20 | The Unknown | Estrellita or Nanon, Zanzi's Daughter | ||
| 21 | Twelve Miles Out | Jane | ||
| 22 | Spring Fever | Allie Monte | ||
| 1928 | 23 | West Point | Betty Channing | |
| 24 | The Law of the Range | Betty Dallas | ||
| 25 | Rose-Marie‡ | Rose-Marie | ||
| 26 | Across to Singapore | Priscilla Crowninshield | ||
| 27 | Four Walls | Frieda | ||
| 28 | Our Dancing Daughters | Diana Medford | Cosmopolitan Production (an MGM company) | |
| 29 | Dream of Love‡ | Adrienne Lecouvreur | ||
| 1929 | 30 | The Duke Steps Out‡ | Susie | |
| 31 | Our Modern Maidens | Billie Brown |
‡ denotes lost film
Sound features
| Year | # | Title | Role | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 32 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929[3] | Specialty | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 33 | Untamed | Alice "Bingo" Dowling | ||
| 1930 | 34 | Montana Moon | Joan Prescott | |
| 35 | Our Blushing Brides | Gerry Marsh | ||
| 36 | Paid | Mary Turner | ||
| 1931 | 37 | Dance, Fools, Dance | Bonnie Jordan | |
| 38 | Complete Surrender | Ivy Stevens | ||
| 39 | Laughing Sinners | Ivy Stevens | ||
| 40 | This Modern Age | Val Winters | ||
| 41 | Possessed | Marian Martin | ||
| 1932 | 42 | Grand Hotel | Flaemmchen | |
| 43 | Letty Lynton | Letty Lynton | ||
| 44 | Rain | Sadie Thompson | United Artists | |
| 1933 | 45 | Today We Live | Diana "Ann" Boyce-Smith | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 46 | Dancing Lady | Janie "Duchess" Barlow | ||
| 1934 | 47 | Sadie McKee | Sadie McKee Brennan | |
| 48 | Chained | Diane Lovering, also called "Dinah" | ||
| 49 | Forsaking All Others | Mary Clay | ||
| 1935 | 50 | No More Ladies | Marcia Townsend | |
| 51 | I Live My Life | Kay Bentley | ||
| 1936 | 52 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Margaret O'Neal "Peggy" Eaton | |
| 53 | Love on the Run | Sally Parker | ||
| 1937 | 54 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Fay Cheyney | |
| 55 | The Bride Wore Red | Anni Pavlovitch | ||
| 1938 | 56 | Mannequin | Jessica Cassidy | |
| 57 | The Shining Hour | Olivia Riley | ||
| 1939 | 58 | Ice Follies of 1939 | Mary McKay, a.k.a. Sandra Lee | |
| 59 | The Women | Crystal Allen | ||
| 1940 | 60 | Strange Cargo | Julie | |
| 61 | Susan and God | Susan Trexel | ||
| 1941 | 62 | A Woman's Face | Anna Holm | |
| 63 | When Ladies Meet | Mary Howard | ||
| 1942 | 64 | They All Kissed the Bride | Margaret Drew | Columbia Pictures |
| 65 | Reunion in France | Michelle de la Becque | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1943 | 66 | Above Suspicion | Frances Myles | |
| 1944 | 67 | Hollywood Canteen | Herself | Warner Brothers |
| 1945 | 68 | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce | |
| 1946 | 69 | Humoresque | Helen Wright | |
| 1947 | 70 | Possessed | Louise Howell Graham | |
| 1948 | 71 | Daisy Kenyon | Daisy Kenyon | 20th Century Fox |
| 1949 | 72 | Flamingo Road | Lane Bellamy | Warner Brothers |
| 73 | It's a Great Feeling | Herself | ||
| 1950 | 74 | The Damned Don't Cry! | Ethel Whitehead | |
| 75 | Harriet Craig | Harriet Craig | Columbia Pictures | |
| 1951 | 76 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Agatha Reed | Warner Brothers |
| 1952 | 77 | This Woman is Dangerous | Beth Austin | |
| 78 | Sudden Fear | Myra Hudson | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| 1953 | 79 | Torch Song | Jenny Stewart | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1954 | 80 | Johnny Guitar | Vienna | Republic Pictures |
| 1955 | 81 | Female on the Beach | Lynn Markham | Universal Pictures |
| 82 | Queen Bee | Eva Phillips | Columbia Pictures | |
| 1956 | 83 | Autumn Leaves | Millicent Wetherby | |
| 1957 | 84 | The Story of Esther Costello | Margaret Landi | |
| 1959 | 85 | The Best of Everything | Amanda Farrow | 20th Century Fox |
| 1962 | 86 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson | Warner Brothers |
| 1963 | 87 | The Caretakers | Lucretia Terry | United Artists |
| 1964 | 88 | Strait-Jacket | Lucy Harbin | Columbia Pictures |
| 1965 | 89 | I Saw What You Did | Amy Nelson | Universal Pictures |
| 1967 | 90 | The Karate Killers | Amanda True | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1968 | 91 | Berserk! | Monica Rivers | Columbia Pictures |
| 1970 | 92 | Trog | Dr. Brockton | Warner Brothers |
Miscellaneous
| Year | # | Title | Role | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 1 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Miriam Deering (uncredited) | 20th Century Fox |
Short films
| Year | # | Title | Role | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 1 | MGM Studio Tour | Herself[2] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1925 | 2 | Miss MGM | Miss MGM[1] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1929 | 3 | Hollywood Snapshots #11 | Herself | Columbia Pictures |
| 1931 | 4 | The Slippery Pearls | Herself | Masquers Club of Hollywood |
| 1932 | 5 | Screen Snapshots | Herself | Columbia Pictures |
| 1947 | 6 | The Jimmy Fund | Herself | |
| 1958 | 7 | Hollywood Mothers and Fathers | Herself | |
| 1972 | 8 | The Dreamer | Herself | MDA Association |
| 1973 | 9 | A Very Special Child | Herself | MDA Association |
Archival Footage
| Year | # | Title | Role | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 1 | Four Days in November | Herself | David L. Wolper United Artists |
| 1964 | 2 | MGM's Big Parade of Comedy[4] | Herself[5] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1974 | 3 | That's Entertainment! | Herself[5] | |
| 1984 | 4 | Terror in the Aisles | Herself[5] | |
| 1985 | 5 | That's Dancing! | Herself[5] |
Unfinished films
| Year | # | Title | Role | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 1 | Tide of Empire | Josephita | MGM |
| 1930 | 2 | Great Day | Susie Totheridge | MGM |
| 1930 | 3 | The March of Time | Herself | MGM |
| 1964 | 4 | Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Miriam Deering | 20th Century Fox |
Television guest performances
| Date | # | Series Title | Episode Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 19, 1953 | 1 | Revlon's Mirror Theater | "Because I Love Him" | Margaret Hughes | CBS |
| October 31, 1954 | 2 | General Electric Theater | "The Road to Edinburgh" | Mary Andrews | CBS |
| March 23, 1958 | 3 | General Electric Theater | "Strange Witness" | Ruth | CBS |
| January 4, 1959 | 4 | General Electric Theater | "And One Was Loyal" | Ann Howard | CBS |
| December 3, 1959 | 5 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | "Rebel Range" | Stella Faring | CBS |
| January 12, 1961 | 6 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | "One Must Die" | Sarah Davidson/Melanie Davidson | CBS |
| October 4, 1963 | 7 | Route 66 | "Same Picture, Different Frame" | Morgan Harper | CBS |
| March 31, 1967 | 8 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | "The Five Daughters Affair", Part 1[6] | Amanda True | NBC |
| February 26, 1968 | 9 | The Lucy Show | "Lucy and Joan Crawford or The Lost Star" | Herself | CBS |
| Oct. 21, 1968 | 10 | The Secret Storm | [daytime soap opera] | Joan Boreman Kane #2[7] | CBS |
| Oct. 22, 1968 | 11 | The Secret Storm | [daytime soap opera] | Joan Boreman Kane #2[7] | CBS |
| Oct. 24, 1968 | 12 | The Secret Storm | [daytime soap opera] | Joan Boreman Kane #2[7] | CBS |
| Oct. 25, 1968 | 13 | The Secret Storm | [daytime soap opera] | Joan Boreman Kane #2[7] | CBS |
| January 21, 1970 | 14 | The Virginian | "The Nightmare" | Stephanie White | NBC |
| January 30, 1970 | 15 | The Tim Conway Show | "Pilot" | Herself | CBS |
| September 30, 1972 | 17 | The Sixth Sense | "Dear Joan: We're Going To Scare You To Death!" | Joan Fairchild | ABC |
Made for TV films
| Date | # | Series Title | Episode Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1 | The Joan Crawford Show | "Woman On The Run"[8] | Susan Conrad | Unaired |
| September 21, 1961 | 2 | The Foxes[9] | [made-for-TV Movie] | Millicent Fox | NBC |
| August 8, 1964 | 3 | Della[10] | [made-for-TV movie] | Della Chappell | Syndicated |
| November 6, 1969 | 4 | Night Gallery[11] | "Eyes" [made-for-TV Movie] | Claudia Menlo | NBC |
| November 8, 1969 | 5 | Garbo | Documentary | Herself | BBC |
| June 15, 1970 | 6 | Journey to the Unknown[12] | [made-for-TV Movie] | Herself | Syndicated |
| January 5, 1971 | 7 | Journey to Murder[12] | [made-for-TV Movie] | Herself | Syndicated |
| February 2, 1975 | 8 | Easter Island | Documentary | Narrator | PBS |
| March 18, 1975 | 9 | Scare Her to Death![13] | [made-for-TV Movie] | Joan Fairchild | ITV |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k uncredited
- ^ a b c credited as Lucille LeSueur
- ^ With sound. In color. Singing, dancing, and part of an all-star cast performing the song "Singin' in the Rain".
- ^ a.k.a. The Big Parade of Comedy
- ^ a b c d archival footage
- ^ Different scenes were shot and turned into the theatrically released feature film The Karate Killers.
- ^ a b c d temporary replacement for Christina Crawford
- ^ Pilot for Unsold Series
- ^ Pilot for unsold series
- ^ Pilot for "Royal Bay" Unsold Series aka "Fatal Confinement"
- ^ Pilot for "Night Gallery" series
- ^ a b Culled from the series Journey to the Unknown
- ^ Extended and slightly altered version of Sixth Sense episode
- Vincent Terrace, Experimental Television, Test Films, Pilots and Trial Series, 1925–1995. ISBN 0-7864-0178-8
- Lee Goldberg, Unsold Television Pilots, 1955–1988. ISBN 0-89950-373
- Joan Crawford Papers, Billy Rose Collection, Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts. http://www.nypl.org/archives/4282
- Bob Thomas, Joan Crawford. ISBN 0-297-77617-7
- Alexander Walker, Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Star. ISBN 0-06-015123-4