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Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford TV Listings
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Fri, Feb 12, 10:30 AM
Our Dancing Daughters
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Fri, Feb 12, 12:00 PM
Mildred Pierce
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Sat, Feb 13, 10:30 AM
Daisy Kenyon
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Mon, Feb 15, 2:45 PM
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Joan Crawford Biography
Birth Name:
Lucille Fay LeSueur
Birth Place:
San Antonio, TX
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
03/23/1908, Aries
Date of Death:
05/10/1977
Profession:
Actor
Joan Crawford Fast Facts:
Introduced to entertainment industry at an early age by her stepfather who was a vaudeville theater manger. Dance lessons led to work on Broadway and in nightclubs as a teenager, using her stepfather's surname, Billie Cassin.
Initially credited with her given name Lucille LeSueur, MGM assigned her the new name Joan Crawford after a nationwide publicity contest.
With more than 20 films under her belt and despite mediocre critical reception, broke out as a star in 1928's
Our Dancing Daughters
.
Labeled "box-office poison" by an exhibitors' poll in 1938.
Released from MGM by Louis B. Mayer, regained her stature at Warner Bros., which lead to an Oscar-winning performance as a hard-working, sympathetic mother in 1945's
Mildred Pierce
.
After three failed marriages to actors, wed Pepsi-Cola chairman Alfred Steele in 1956 and became active on the beverage company's board of directors.
In 1968, the 60-year-old Crawford acted on the soap opera
The Secret Storm
, substituting for her ailing daughter Christina, 30 years her junior.
Appeared in the 1969 pilot of Rod Serling's mystery anthology series
Night Gallery
. The episode was a trilogy, with her portion directed by newcomer Stephen Spielberg.
With no provision made in her mother's will, Crawford's adopted daughter Christina published a scathing tell-all book,
Mommie Dearest
, after her mother's death chronicling her cruel upbringing.
Joan Crawford Relationships:
Alfred Steele - Husband (deceased)
Anna LeSueur - Mother
Cathy Crawford - Daughter
Christina Crawford - Daughter
Christopher Crawford - Son
Clark Gable - Ex-significant Other
Cynthia Crawford - Daughter
Daisy LeSueur - Sister
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - Ex-husband
Edward Norris - Ex-significant Other
Franchot Tone - Ex-husband
Hal Le Sueur - Brother
Henry Cassin - Stepfather
Phillip Terry - Ex-husband
Thomas LeSueur - Father
Joan Crawford Awards:
1953 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1952 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1945 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
1947 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1955 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner
1970 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner
College:
Attended Stephens College, Columbia, MO
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