Joan Crawford filmography
Joan Crawford acted in a large number of movies during the course of her career. They are listed here in their entirety, along with TV appearances and archival footage.
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 | Old Clothes | Mary Riley[2] | ||
| 9 | The Only Thing | Party Guest[1] | ||
| 10 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Irene | ||
| 1926 | 11 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Betty Burton | First National Pictures |
| 12 | The Boob | Jane | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 13 | Paris | The Girl | ||
| 1927 | 14 | Winners of the Wilderness | René Contrecoeur | |
| 15 | The Taxi Dancer | Joslyn Poe | ||
| 16 | The Understanding Heart | Monica Dale | ||
| 17 | The Unknown | Estrellita or Nanon, Zanzi's Daughter | ||
| 18 | Twelve Miles Out | Jane | ||
| 19 | Spring Fever | Allie Monte | ||
| 1928 | 20 | West Point | Betty Channing | |
| 21 | The Law of the Range | Betty Dallas | ||
| 22 | Rose-Marie | Rose-Marie | ||
| 23 | Across to Singapore | Priscilla Crowninshield | ||
| 24 | Four Walls | Frieda | ||
| 25 | Our Dancing Daughters | Diana Medford | Cosmopolitan Production (an MGM company) | |
| 26 | Dream of Love | Adrienne Lecouvreur | ||
| 1929 | 27 | The Duke Steps Out | Susie | |
| 28 | Tide of Empire | Josephita Guerrero | ||
| 29 | Our Modern Maidens | Billie Brown |
Sound Features
| Year | # | Title | Role | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 28 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929[3] | Specialty | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 29 | Untamed | Alice "Bingo" Dowling | ||
| 1930 | 30 | Montana Moon | Joan Prescott | |
| 31 | Our Blushing Brides | Gerry Marsh | ||
| 32 | Paid | Mary Turner | ||
| 1931 | 33 | Dance, Fools, Dance | Bonnie Jordan | |
| 34 | Laughing Sinners | Ivy Stevens | ||
| 35 | This Modern Age | Val Winters | ||
| 36 | Possessed | Marian Martin | ||
| 1932 | 37 | Grand Hotel | Flaemmchen | |
| 38 | Letty Lynton | Letty Lynton | ||
| 39 | Rain | Sadie Thompson | United Artists | |
| 1933 | 40 | Today We Live | Diana "Ann" Boyce-Smith | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 41 | Dancing Lady | Janie "Duchess" Barlow | ||
| 1934 | 42 | Sadie McKee | Sadie McKee Brennan | |
| 43 | Chained | Diane Lovering, also called "Dinah" | ||
| 44 | Forsaking All Others | Mary Clay | ||
| 1935 | 45 | No More Ladies | Marcia Townsend | |
| 46 | I Live My Life | Kay Bentley | ||
| 1936 | 47 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Margaret O'Neal "Peggy" Eaton | |
| 48 | Love on the Run | Sally Parker | ||
| 1937 | 49 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Fay Cheyney | |
| 50 | The Bride Wore Red | Anni Pavlovitch | ||
| 51 | Mannequin | Jessica Cassidy | ||
| 1938 | 52 | The Shining Hour | Olivia Riley | |
| 1939 | 53 | Ice Follies of 1939 | Mary McKay, a.k.a Sandra Lee | |
| 54 | The Women | Crystal Allen | ||
| 1940 | 55 | Strange Cargo | Julie | |
| 56 | Susan and God | Susan Trexel | ||
| 1941 | 57 | A Woman's Face | Anna Holm | |
| 58 | When Ladies Meet | Mary Howard | ||
| 1942 | 59 | They All Kissed the Bride | Margaret Drew | Columbia Pictures |
| 60 | Reunion in France | Michelle de la Becque | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1943 | 61 | Above Suspicion | Frances Myles | |
| 1944 | 62 | Hollywood Canteen | Herself | Warner Brothers |
| 1945 | 63 | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce | |
| 1946 | 64 | Humoresque | Helen Wright | |
| 1947 | 65 | Possessed | Louise Howell Graham | |
| 66 | Daisy Kenyon | Daisy Kenyon | 20th Century Fox | |
| 1949 | 67 | Flamingo Road | Lane Bellamy | Warner Brothers |
| 68 | It's a Great Feeling | Herself | ||
| 1950 | 69 | The Damned Don't Cry! | Ethel Whitehead | |
| 70 | Harriet Craig | Harriet Craig | Columbia Pictures | |
| 1951 | 71 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Agatha Reed | Warner Brothers |
| 1952 | 72 | This Woman is Dangerous | Beth Austin | |
| 73 | Sudden Fear | Myra Hudson | RKO Radio Pictures | |
| 1953 | 74 | Torch Song | Jenny Stewart | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1954 | 75 | Johnny Guitar | Vienna | Republic Pictures |
| 1955 | 76 | Female on the Beach | Lynn Markham | Universal Pictures |
| 77 | Queen Bee | Eva Phillips | Columbia Pictures | |
| 1956 | 78 | Autumn Leaves | Millicent Wetherby | |
| 1957 | 79 | The Story of Esther Costello | Margaret Landi | |
| 1959 | 80 | The Best of Everything | Amanda Farrow | 20th Century Fox |
| 1962 | 81 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson | Warner Brothers |
| 1963 | 82 | The Caretakers | Lucretia Terry | United Artists |
| 1964 | 83 | Strait-Jacket | Lucy Harbin | Columbia Pictures |
| 1965 | 84 | I Saw What You Did | Amy Nelson | Universal Pictures |
| 1967 | 85 | Berserk! | Monica Rivers | Columbia Pictures |
| 1970 | 86 | Trog | Dr. Brockton | Warner Brothers |
Short Films
| Year | # | Title | Role | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 1 | MGM Studio Tour | Herself[2] | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| 1929 | 2 | Hollywood Snapshots #11 | Herself | Columbia Pictures |
| 1931 | 3 | The Slippery Pearls | Herself | Masquers Club of Hollywood |
| 1932 | 4 | Screen Snapshots | Herself | Columbia Pictures |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 1 | Great Day | ? | MGM |
| 1964 | 1 | Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Miriam Deering | 20th Century Fox |
Television Performances
| Year | # | Series Title | Episode Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1 | Revlon's Mirror Theater | "Because I Love Him" | Margaret Hughes | CBS |
| 1954 | 2 | General Electric Theater | "The Road to Edinburgh" | Mary Andrews | |
| 1958 | 3 | General Electric Theater | "Strange Witness" | Ruth | |
| 1959 | 4 | General Electric Theater | "And One Was Loyal" | Ann Howard | |
| 1959 | 5 | The Joan Crawford Show | "Woman On The Run"[6] | Susan Conrad | Unaired |
| 1959 | 6 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | "Rebel Range" | Stella Faring | CBS |
| 1961 | 7 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater | "One Must Die" | Sarah Davidson | |
| Melanie Davidson | |||||
| 8 | The Foxes | [made-for-TV Movie] | Millicent Fox | NBC | |
| 1963 | 9 | Route 66 | "Same Picture, Different Frame" | Morgan Harper | CBS |
| 1966 | 10 | Della[7] | [made-for-TV movie] | Della Chappell | |
| 1967 | 11 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | "The Five Daughters Affair", Part 1[8] | Amanda True | NBC |
| 1968 | 12 | The Lucy Show | "Lucy and Joan Crawford or The Lost Star" | Herself | CBS |
| 1968 | 13 | The Secret Storm | [daytime soap opera] | Joan Boreman Kane #2[9] | |
| 1969 | 14 | Night Gallery | "Eyes" | Claudia Menlo | NBC |
| 1970 | 15 | The Virginian | "The Nightmare" | Stephanie White | |
| 1971 | 16 | The Name of the Game | "Los Angeles" | Board Member | |
| 1972 | 18 | The Sixth Sense | "Dear Joan: We're Going To Scare You To Death!" | Joan Fairchild | ABC |
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g 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
- ^ Pilot Episode
- ^ a.k.a. Fatal Confinement
- ^ Later re-edited into the theatrically released feature film The Karate Killers.
- ^ temporary replacement for Christina Crawford