Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford is an Academy Award-winning American actress who appeared in Our Dancing Daughter, Mildred Pierce, The Best of Everything and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. In 1924, she was first discovered by an executive MGM producer Harry Rapf in which she was signed her first film contract.¹

Fast Facts

1. Birth name: Lucille Fay LeSueur²
2. Born: March 23, 1905
3. Died: May 10, 1977
4. Cause of Death: Pancreatic cancer
5. Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas
6. Nickname: Billie Cassin²
7. Parents: Thomas LeSueur and Anna Bell Johnson³
8. Spouse: Alfred Steele
9. Has been married and divorced four times
10. Adopted 5 children⁴
11. Her breakthrough role came when she co-starred in 1928 Our Dancing Daughters⁵
12. She received an honorary Oscar Award in 1945 Best Actress for Mildred Pierce⁶
13. Also appeared in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? with co-star Bette Davis⁷
14. She left MGM in 1943 and officially signed contract with Warner Bros. productions⁸
15. Debut movie: Proud Flesh (1925)

Notable Roles

• Diana 'Di' Medford in Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
• Mildred Pierce Beragon in Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Mrs. Helen Wright in Humoresque (1946)
• Louise Howell in Possessed (1947)
• Myra Hudson in Sudden Fear (1952)
• Margaret Landi in The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
• Amanda Farrow in The Best of Everything (1959)
• Blanche Hudson in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• Amy Nelson in I Saw What You Did (1965)
• Monica Rivers in Berserk! (1967)

Quotes

"If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'"⁹

"I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door."⁹

"You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed."⁹

"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell."⁹

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Mildred Pierce | Humoresque | The Best of Everything | I Saw What You Did | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | I Saw What You Did | Judy Garland | Clark Gable | Greta Garbo | Bing Crosby | Cary Grant | Bette Davis | San Antonio | Texas | Oscar | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Warner Bros. | Broadway | Dancing

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