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Early acting career First film Breakthrough

Joan Crawford was born in San Antonio, Texas, United States, on March 23, 1905, was an American actress.

Young Joan Crawford began her career as a dancer and performer in a stage entertainment shows.

She landed her Broadway debut as a chorus girl in a show "Innocent Eyes" (1924).

She signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925.

She made her big screen debut in silent romantic drama movie Lady of the Night (1925) in uncredited role as body double for Shearer.

Her breakthrough performance came as Nanon Zanzi in silent horror movie The Unknown (1927).

Best Movies

She was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances in movies:

Possessed (1947) noir psychological drama in role as Louise Howell

Sudden Fear (1952) noir thriller in role as Myra Hudson

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Mildred Pierce Beragon in noir crime drama movie Mildred Pierce (1945).

Our Dancing Daughters (1928) silent drama with John Mack Brown

Untamed (1929) pre-Code drama comedy romance opposite Robert Montgomery

A Woman's Face (1941) noir drama opposite Conrad Veidt

Humoresque (1946) melodrama opposite John Garfield

Johnny Guitar (1954) western drama in role as Vienna

Grand Hotel (1932) pre-code drama with Greta Garbo

The Women (1939) comedy drama with Joan Fontaine

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) psychological thriller horror opposite Bette Davis

Night Gallery (1969) anthology horror opposite Rod Serling

Strait-Jacket (1964) horror thriller in role as Lucy Harbin née Cutler

Dancing Lady (1933) pre-Code musical opposite Fred Astaire and Clark Gable

Love on the Run (1936) romantic comedy opposite Clark Gable

Strange Cargo (1940) romantic drama with Clark Gable

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Had English, French and Welsh ancestry.

Had a sister Daisy LeSueur and a brother Hal LeSueur.

She was one of the highest paid women in the United States, in the 1930s.

She has starred in 80 films during her career.

She started in eight movies with Clark Gable.

Was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1752 Vine St. in 1960.

Was a fan of television show Bewitched (1964).

Featured in a Coca-Cola print advertisement in 1933.

Was a fan of musician Glenn Miller.

Was very close friends with William Haines and his partner Jimmy Shields.

Had four adopted children: Christina Crawford, Christopher Crawford and twins Cindy Crawford and Cathy Crawford.

Joan died on May 10, 1977, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 72.

Spouse

She was married four times to:

Alfred Steele (1956-1959)

Phillip Terry (1942-1946)

Franchot Tone (1935-1939)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1929-1933)

Relationships

She dated Henry Cassin (1916-1920), Robert Wagner (1953-1955), Nicholas Ray (1952-1953), Vincent Sherman (1950-1951), Glenn Ford (1941-1942), Jackie Cooper (1940-1941), Greg Bautzer (1940-1950), Spencer Tracy (1938), Clark Gable (1930-1936), Michael Cudahy (1925-1926), Jack Oakie (1924-1925), and Ray Sterling (1921-1923).

Quotes

It has been said that on screen I personified the American woman.

I was born in front of a camera and really don't know anything else.

Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. But not me. Because I've always drawn on myself only.

Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment.

I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.

I used to wash my hands every ten minutes. I couldn't step out of the house unless I had gloves on. I wouldn't smoke a cigarette unless I opened the pack myself, and I would never use another cigarette out of that pack if someone else had touched it.

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.

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