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Joan Crawford. Actress: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1906, in San Antonio, Texas, to Anna Belle (Johnson) and Thomas E. LeSueur, a laundry laborer.
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- San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1905, in San Antonio, Texas, to Anna Belle (Johnson) and Thomas E. LeSueur, a laundry laborer. By the time she was born, her parents had separated, and by the time she was a teenager, she'd had three stepfathers. It wasn't an easy life; Crawford worked a variety of menial jobs. She was a good ...
Three films quickly followed; although the roles weren't much to speak of, she continued toiling. Throughout 1927 and early 1928, she was cast in small parts, but that ended with the role of Diana Medford in Our Dancing Daughters (1928), which elevated her to star status. Crawford had cleared the first big hurdle; now came the second, in the form o...
By the early 1940s, MGM was no longer giving her plum roles; newcomers had arrived in Hollywood, and the public wanted to see them. Crawford left MGM for rival Warner Bros., and in 1945 she landed the role of a lifetime. Mildred Pierce (1945) gave her an opportunity to show her range as an actress, and her performance as a woman driven to give her ...
Crawford's final appearance on the silver screen was in a flop called Trog (1970). Turning to vodka more and more, she was hardly seen afterward. On May 10, 1977, Joan died of a heart attack in New York City. She was 72 years old. She had disinherited her adopted daughter Christina and son Christopher; the former wrote a tell-all book called \"Momm...
- March 23, 1906
- May 10, 1977
9. Strait-Jacket. 1964 1h 33m Approved. 6.8 (6.7K) Rate. After a twenty-year asylum stay for a double ax murder, suspicion arises about Lucy Harbin's behavior as she returns to daughter Carol, who is engaged to marry Michael Fields.
Credits (text only) - Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death (1972) ... Joan Fairchild / Self. - Guests: Dick Martin & Joan Crawford (1970) ... Joan Crawford / Lillian Abbott / Diamond Thief. - Nightmare (1970) ... Stephanie White.
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? – 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.
1946 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Mildred Pierce. Joan Crawford was not present at the awards ceremony and feigned ill that night. Meanwhile she listened to the show on the radio. When she won, she ushered the press into her bedroom, where she finally accepted her Oscar.
10 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Possessed. 1947 1h 48m Approved. 7.1 (5.9K) Rate. After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there. Director Curtis Bernhardt Stars Joan Crawford Van Heflin Raymond Massey.
