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JOAN CRAWFORD

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce (1945)

Born

Lucille Fay LeSueur
March 23, 1905
San Antonio, Texas

Died

May 10, 1977 (aged 72)
New York City, New York, USA

Years active

1925 - 1972

Spouse(s)

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr (1929-1933)
Franchot Tone (1935-1939)
Phillip Terry (1942-1946)
Alfred Steele (1956-1959)

Awards won
Academy Awards
Best Actress 1945 Mildred Pierce
Golden Globe Awards
Cecil B. DeMille Award 1970 Lifetime Achievement
Other Awards
NBR Award for Best Actress 1945 Mildred Pierce

Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. The American Film Institute named Crawford among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time, ranking her at number 10.

Starting as a dancer on Broadway, Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1925 and played in small parts. By the end of the '20s, as her popularity grew, she became famous as a youthful flapper. At the beginning of the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled that of fellow MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. She was often cast in movies in which she played hardworking young women who eventually found romance and financial success. These "rags to riches" stories were well-received by Depression-era audiences. Women, particularly, seemed to identify with her characters' struggles. By the end of the decade, Crawford remained one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars, and one of the highest paid women in the U.S.

Moving to Warner Bros. in 1943, Crawford won an Academy Award for her performance in Mildred Pierce and achieved some of the best reviews of her career in the following years. In 1955, she became involved with PepsiCo, the company run by her last husband, Alfred Steele. Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors after his death in 1959, but was forcibly retired in 1973. She continued acting regularly into the 1960s, when her performances became fewer, and retired from the screen in 1970 after the release of the horror film Trog.

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Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur ; March 23 , 1905 – May 10 , 1977 ) was an Academy Award -winning American actress. The American Film Institute named Crawford among the ...