Joan Crawford - Actress

Joan Crawford was a famous American actress in film,television and theatre. Starting as a dancer in traveling theatrical companybefore debuting on Broadway, she was signed to a motion picture agreement byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Primarily frustrated by the size and quality ofher parts, she began a campaign of self-publicity and became nationally knownas a flapper by the end of the 1920s. In the 1930, Crawford's fame rival MGMcolleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played careful youngwomen who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches"stories were well-received by Depression-era audiences and were famous withwomen. 

Crawford became one of Hollywood's most famous movie starsand one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her movies beganlosing money and by the end of the 1930s she was labeled "box officepoison". After an absence of almost two years from the screen, Crawfordstaged a return by starring in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she won theAcademy Award for Best Actress. In 1955, she became concerned with thePepsi-Cola Company through her marriage to company Chairman Alfred Steele. 

 

After his death, She was elected to fill his vacancy on theboard of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973. She nonstop acting in filmand television regularly through the 1960s, when her performance became less;after the release of the British horror film Trog in 1970, she retired from thescreen. Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflatteringphotographs were released, Crawford withdrew from public life and became moreand more secluded until her death in 1977. She was voted the tenth best femalestar in the history of American cinema by the American Film Institute.

Birth Name	Lucille Fay LeSueur
Date Of Birth	March 23, 1905
Place Of Birth	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Douglas Fairbanks, Franchot Tone, Phillip Terry, Alfred Steele
Date Of Died	May 10, 1977
Place Of Died	New York City, New York, U.S.