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Apr 6, 2013 · Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography explores the life and career of one of Hollywood's great dames. She was a leading film personality for more than fifty years, from her beginnings as a dancer in silent films of the 1920s, to her portrayals of working-class shop girls in the Depression thirties, to her Oscar-winning performances in classic films such as Mildred Pierce.
May 11, 1977 · Times Staff Writer. Joan Crawford, one of Hollywood’s last true movie queens, died Tuesday of a heart attack. She was 69. She was found dead in her East Side Manhattan apartment about 10 a.m. by ...
Sep 26, 2022 · The Actress as Construct. The idea of “Joan Crawford” is actually a construct, and it’s all because of the studio system that ruled early Hollywood. By signing a contract with one of the ...
Feb 22, 2017 · Joan takes Bette's leftovers—and wins the Oscar. Crawford had her heart set on the title role in the film noir Mildred Pierce and got her wish when Davis—the studio's first choice—turned it ...
Jul 24, 2018 · Joan Crawford never made any secret of her humble background, nor of her fierce ambition. “I came from nothing,” she liked to tell interviewers in her later years, “but Hollywood took me ...
Mar 1, 2024 · After Joan Crawford won the Oscar for her role in Mildred Pierce in 1945, her hard-won career began a slow, steady decline. “She was just doing battle with the world. She was fighting for her ...
Biography. Joan Crawford's extraordinary career encompassed over 45 years and some 80 films. After a tough, poor childhood, she was spotted in a chorus line by MGM and signed as an ingenue in 1925. Her portrayal of a good-hearted flapper in her 21st film, "Our Dancing Daughters" (1928), made her a star.
