Joan Crawford Was Born As Lucille Fay LeSueur March 23, 1905 And Died
May 10, 1977. Was an Academy Award winning American actress, named
the tenth Greatest Female Star of All Time by the American Film
Institute. Starting as a dancer on Broadway,Crawford was signed to a
motion picture contract by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios in 1925 and
initially played small parts. She became a famous flapper by the end
of the '20s. Beginning in the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled fellow
MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. She often played
hardworking young women who find romance and financial success.
These "rags to riches" stories were well-received by Depression era
audiences and were popular with women. 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. For her performance in
Mildred Pierce Crawford won an Academy Award and in the following
years, achieved some of her best reviews. In 1955, she became
involved with PepsiCo, the company run by her last husband, Alfred
Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his
vacancy on the board of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973.
She continued acting regularly into the 1960s, when her performances
became fewer, and after the release of the horror film Trog in 1970,
retired from the screen.
Filmography Silent :
Lady of the Night 1925
Pretty Ladies 1925
Old Clothes 1925
The Only Thing 1925
Sally, Irene, and Mary 1925
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1926
Paris 1926
The Boob 1926
Winners of the Wilderness 1927
The Taxi Dancer 1927
The Understanding Heart 1927
The Unknown 1927
Twelve Miles Out 1927
Spring Fever 1927
West Point 1928
The Law of the Range 1928
Rose Marie 1928
Across to Singapore 1928
Four Walls 1928
Our Dancing Daughters 1928
Dream of Love 1928
The Duke Steps Out 1929
Hollywood Revue of 1929
Our Modern Maidens 1929
Filmography :
Untamed
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