03/23/1906
San Antonio, Texas, USA:
Lucille Fay Le Sueur, más conocida como Joan Crawford (San Antonio, Texas; 23 de marzo de 1904 - Nueva York; 10 de mayo de 1977), fue una actriz de cine y televisión estadounidense ganadora de un Oscar de la Academia en 1945. En 1999 el American Film Institute la situó como la 10ma. estrella femenina de la historia del cine de todos los tiempos. Comenzó su carrera como bailarina de segunda en varias compañías teatrales antes de debutar como corista en Broadway, luego gracias a su carisma, personalidad y competitividad, Crawford ganó un contrato cinematográfico con la Metro Goldwyn Mayer en 1925 y se convirtió a finales de esta década en una de sus actrices más admiradas. Durante la década de los años 30's, 40's y 50's Joan Crawford se convirtió en una de las actrices más aclamadas del cine de Hollywood y en una de las mejores pagadas de su tiempo junto con otras colegas de su mismo estudio cinematográfico al igual que otros estudios como: Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Myrna Loy, Bette Davis o Katharine Hepburn entre otras. Ella a menudo interpretaba papeles de jóvenes emprendedoras y luchadoras que al final encontraban el amor; estas historias fueron bien recibidas por la crítica y el público (especialmente el femenino) en la época de la gran depresión. Después de un periodo infructuoso a fines de los años 30's donde fue catalogada como "veneno para la taquilla", ella regreso triunfante a mediados de los años 40's ganando el Oscar a la mejor actriz en 1945 por la película Mildred Pierce, (Alma en suplicio en español). Contrajo matrimonio con el presidente de la compañía Pepsi Cola Alfred Steele e incluso después de la muerte de éste, fue directora durante un tiempo de la compañía. Ella continuo trabajando regularmente durante los 60's en papeles relativamene de terror y, después de protagonizar Trog en 1970, Joan Crawford se retira defiitivamente de la gran pantalla. Crawford se casó 4 veces, los tres primeros acabaron en divorcio y del último, enviudo. Joan falleció en 10 de mayo de 1977 víctima de un cáncer de páncreas (otras fuentes citan paro cardíaco). No tuvo hijos propios pero si adoptó a cuatro (Christina, Christopher, Kathy y Cyndi) siendo muy famosas y polémicas las declaraciones de su hija adoptiva mayor Christina Crawford, la cual retrató su supuestamente dura infancia al lado de su famosa madre en un libro convertido inmediatamente después de su publicación en un best-seller: Mamita querida, en donde la acusaba de ser una madre cruel, egoísta y manipuladora; un verdadero escándalo en ese tiempo ya que era la primera vez que la vida de un famoso se contaba de una manera tan dura por uno de sus hijos.
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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025) as Self (archive footage) |
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Bette and Joan (2017) as Self (archive footage) |
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Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? (2016) as Self (archive footage) |
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Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' (2016) as Self (archive footage) |
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Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other (2016) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Shirley Eder Tapes (2012) as Self |
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe (2012) as Self (archive footage) |
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Possessed (2011) as (archive footage) |
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Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture (2010) as |
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Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France (2009) as |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) as Self (archive footage) |
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) as Various Roles (archive footage) |
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Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007) as Self (archive) |
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) as Self (archive footage) |
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Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy (2007) as Self |
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Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition (2006) as Self (archive footage) |
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42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel (2005) as Self (archive) |
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Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004) as Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage) |
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Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage) |
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) as Self (archive footage) |
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Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002) as Self (archive footage) |
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Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000) as Self (archive footage / uncredited) |
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Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Casting Couch (1995) as |
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Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994) as Self (archive footage) |
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That's Entertainment! III (1994) as (archive footage) |
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Gay! Gay! Hollywood (1994) as |
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) as Self |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) as (archive footage) |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) |
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Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982) as Self (archive footage) |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982) as Self (archive footage) |
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976) as Self (archive footage) |
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That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage) |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage) |
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That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death (1972) as Joan Fairchild |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) as Self (archive footage) |
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Journey to Murder (1971) as Host |
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Trog (1970) as Dr. Brockton |
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Night Gallery (1969) as Miss Menlo |
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Garbo, by Joan Crawford (1969) as Self - Host / Narrator (voice) |
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Journey to the Unknown (1969) as Self - Host |
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain (1969) as Self |
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This was the MARY (1968) as Self/Narrator |
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Berserk! (1967) as Monica Rivers |
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The Karate Killers (1967) as Amanda True |
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The Oscar (1966) as Joan Crawford |
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I Saw What You Did (1965) as Amy Nelson |
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) as Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited) |
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The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Bobby (archive footage) |
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Della (1964) as Della Chappell |
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Strait-Jacket (1964) as Lucy Harbin |
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How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964) as Self |
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The Caretakers (1963) as Lucretia Terry |
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) as Blanche Hudson |
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Lykke og krone (1962) as |
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One Must Die (1961) as |
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The Best of Everything (1959) as Amanda Farrow |
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Woman on the Run (1959) as Susan Conrad |
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Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959) as |
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Strange Witness (1958) as Ruth Marshall |
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The Story of Esther Costello (1957) as Margaret Landi |
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Autumn Leaves (1956) as Millicent Wetherby |
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Queen Bee (1955) as Eva Phillips |
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Female on the Beach (1955) as Lynn Markham |
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The Road to Edinburgh (1954) as Mary Andrews |
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A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954) as Self |
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Johnny Guitar (1954) as Vienna |
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Torch Song (1953) as Jenny Stewart |
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At Home with Joan Crawford (1953) as Self |
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Sudden Fear (1952) as Myra Hudson Blaine |
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This Woman Is Dangerous (1952) as Elizabeth Austin |
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Goodbye, My Fancy (1951) as Agatha Reed |
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Harriet Craig (1950) as Harriet Craig |
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The Damned Don't Cry (1950) as Ethel Whitehead |
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It's a Great Feeling (1949) as Joan Crawford (uncredited) |
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Flamingo Road (1949) as Lane Bellamy |
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Daisy Kenyon (1947) as Daisy Kenyon |
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Through Many Windows (1947) as Self - Narrator |
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Possessed (1947) as Louise Howell |
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Humoresque (1947) as Helen Wright |
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Blow-Ups of 1946 (1946) as Self |
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Mildred Pierce (1945) as Mildred Pierce |
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Hollywood Canteen (1944) as Self |
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Above Suspicion (1943) as Frances Myles |
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Reunion in France (1942) as Michele de la Becque |
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They All Kissed the Bride (1942) as Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew |
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Joan Crawford's Home Movies (1942) as Self |
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When Ladies Meet (1941) as Mary 'Minnie' Howard |
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A Woman's Face (1941) as Anna Holm |
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940) as Self |
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Susan and God (1940) as Susan Trexel |
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940) as Self |
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Strange Cargo (1940) as Julie |
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The Women (1939) as Crystal Allen |
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From the Ends of the Earth (1939) as Self |
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Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 (1939) as Joan Crawford |
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The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939) as Mary McKay |
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The Shining Hour (1938) as Olivia Riley Linden |
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Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938) as Self |
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Mannequin (1938) as Jessie Cassidy |
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The Bride Wore Red (1937) as Anni Pavlovitch |
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The Romance of Celluloid (1937) as Self (archive footage) |
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Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 (1937) as Self (uncredited) |
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) as Mrs. Fay Cheyney |
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Love on the Run (1936) as Sally Parker |
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The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) as Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal |
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I Live My Life (1935) as Kay Bentley |
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No More Ladies (1935) as Marcia Townsend Warren |
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Forsaking All Others (1934) as Mary Clay |
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Chained (1934) as Diane Lovering |
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Sadie McKee (1934) as Sadie |
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Dancing Lady (1933) as Janie Barlow |
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Fast Workers (1933) as Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited) |
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Today We Live (1933) as Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith |
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Rain (1932) as Sadie Thompson |
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Grand Hotel (1932) as Flämmchen |
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Letty Lynton (1932) as Letty Lynton |
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Possessed (1931) as Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland' |
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This Modern Age (1931) as Valentine 'Val' Winters |
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Wir schalten um auf Hollywood (1931) as Self |
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Laughing Sinners (1931) as Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens |
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The Stolen Jools (1931) as Joan Crawford |
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Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) as Bonnie Jordan |
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Paid (1930) as Mary Turner |
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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 (1930) as Self |
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Our Blushing Brides (1930) as Geraldine 'Gerry' March |
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Montana Moon (1930) as Joan |
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Untamed (1929) as Alice "Bingo" Dowling |
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) as Self |
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Our Modern Maidens (1929) as Billie Brown |
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The Duke Steps Out (1929) as Susie |
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Dream of Love (1928) as Adrienne Lecouvreur |
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Our Dancing Daughters (1928) as Diana 'Di' Medford |
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Four Walls (1928) as Frieda |
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Across to Singapore (1928) as Priscilla Crowninshield |
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Rose-Marie (1928) as Rose-Marie |
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The Law of the Range (1928) as Betty Dallas |
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West Point (1928) as Betty Channing |
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Spring Fever (1927) as Allie Monte |
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Twelve Miles Out (1927) as Jane |
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The Unknown (1927) as Nanon Zanzi |
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The Understanding Heart (1927) as Monica Dale |
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The Taxi Dancer (1927) as Joselyn Poe |
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Winners Of The Wilderness (1927) as René Contrecoeur |
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Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) as Court Gossip (uncredited) |
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The Merry Widow (1926) as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) |
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Paris (1926) as The Girl |
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The Boob (1926) as Jane |
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926) as Betty Burton |
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Sally, Irene and Mary (1925) as Irene O'Dare |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
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The Only Thing (1925) as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Old Clothes (1925) as Mary Riley |
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Time, the Comedian (1925) as Art Student (as Lucille LeSueur) |
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The Midshipman (1925) as Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited) |
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The Circle (1925) as Young Lady Catherine |
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Pretty Ladies (1925) as Bobby |
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A Slave of Fashion (1925) as Mannequin (uncredited) |
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Proud Flesh (1925) as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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1925 Studio Tour (1925) as Self |
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Lady of the Night (1925) as Body Double for Norma Shearer |
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And One Was Loyal () as Ann Howard |
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Rebel Range () as Stella Faring |
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Della (1964) Producer |
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Woman on the Run (1959) Producer |
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The Damned Don't Cry (1950) Additional Writing |
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The Damned Don't Cry (1950) Costume Consultant |
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Joan Crawford's Home Movies (1942) Director |
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Joan Crawford's Home Movies (1942) Cinematography |