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Apr 23, 2017 · On May 10, 1977, Joan Crawford died in the bedroom of her New York City apartment. “Joan’s career and life had been built on two things—her looks and her glamour,” agent Stan Kamen later ...
Apr 2, 2017 · To Davis, though, Crawford’s Oscar machinations were pure evil—which Davis could not forgive and would never forget. In 1969, when asked about Crawford, Davis actually had some nice things to ...
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Dec 23, 2023 · At the time of her death, Joan Crawford left behind her an estate with an estimated value of $2 million, the equivalent of more than $10 million as of 2023. As well as her lucrative acting career, Crawford was also involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company through her fourth husband, Alfred Steele, as a board member and later as a spokesperson.
Mar 26, 2017 · According to Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography, by Lawrence J. Quirk, Arzner did not want Crawford to star in the film—a detail that only became more complicated when the studio demanded ...
- Her Real Age Is Unknown
- She Was Discovered in A Chorus
- Her New Name Was Chosen in A Public Contest
- Crawford Was A Petite, Freckle-Faced Redhead
- Her Connection with Clark Gable Was Possibly Romantic
- She Used Illegal Baby Brokers to Adopt Her Children
- She Was Labeled Box-Office Poison
- A Director Accused Her of Wearing Shoulder Pads While Filming 'Mildred Pierce'
- She Feuded with Mercedes Mccambridge on Set
- She Became A Christian Scientist Later in Life
Though no birth certificate exists for Joan Crawford (née Lucille LeSueur), everyone agrees on the March 23 date of her birth. The year is another matter. Crawford always claimed 1908, which would put her age at 16 when she was placed under contract to MGM in January 1925. Other sources, like IMDb, say 1905, and some say 1904, which biographer Dona...
Lucille grew up mostly poor in San Antonio, Texas, Lawton, Oklahoma, and Kansas City, Missouri. The family was abandoned by her father around the time of the girl’s birth, and her mother took in laundry to make ends meet — a possible source of Joan’s later horror of wire hangers. A stepfather came and went, leaving Lucille with a new name, Billie C...
MGM chief Louis B. Mayer saw potential in the new contract player, but not as either Lucille LeSueur or Billie Cassin. A $1,000 public renaming contest was announced, and the winning entry seemed to satisfy everyone except the bearer of the name, who thought it sounded like “crawfish.” Her good friend and sometime costar William Haines nicknamed he...
She seems so big on screen, right? Well, the eyes and mouth were certainly large and vivid, but the woman herself was barely 5’ 3". As for the complexion and hair color, the freckles were erased with makeup and the hair changed with the role. In addition, Crawford was rarely seen in color until 1953’s Torch Song,and by that time her appearance had ...
Even though she had had four husbands — actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Franchot Tone, and Phillip Terry and Pepsi-Cola president Alfred Steele — and many lovers, Crawford was always close to Clark Gable. Gable co-starred with Crawford in eight movies, more than anyone else, and the two are rumored to have pursued an affair on and off for decades. T...
Crawford adopted three children — Christina and twins Cathy and Cindy — as a single parent, which was prohibited in California. She used illegal baby brokers and traveled with baby Christina, who was born to a young unwed woman in Hollywood, to New York and then Nevada to legalize the adoption. Her other child, a son, was adopted when Crawford was ...
Though Crawford found a regular place in the Top Ten Money-Making Stars poll during the early and mid-1930s, in 1938 she, along with Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo and Katharine Hepburn, were labeled “box-office poison” by the Independent Theatre Owners Association of America. A series of substandard roles dimmed her star for a bit, but Joan was alw...
After she left MGM, Crawford tested for and won the title role in Mildred Pierce at Warner Bros. Her director, Michael Curtiz, was a notorious tyrant; on the first day of production, he became enraged by what he perceived as shoulder pads and reportedly ripped Joan’s dress at the neckline — only to uncover bare, if unusually ample, shoulders. On th...
If you’ve seen Johnny Guitar, you’ll know that its most memorable moments capture the enmity between Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge’s characters. The alcohol-fueled conflict spilled over onto the film’s Arizona location: let’s just say that at one point, McCambridge’s clothes ended up spread on the highway outside the actresses’ motel. On the ot...
The star’s last movie, the B-level shocker Trog, was released in 1970, after which she did a few TV roles and then retired to her Manhattan apartment. She became a Christian Scientist and, according to some sources, stopped drinking. It was due to her faith that she refused aggressive treatment for the cancer which eventually led to her death, on M...
One of the most remarkable examples is Llywelyn’s marriage to Joan, the daughter of King John of England. This alliance, formed in 1205, not only secured peace between Wales and England but also legitimised Llywelyn’s rule, positioning him as an equal negotiating partner to the English monarchy.
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? [Note 1] – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway .
