Lucille Fay LeSueur
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Mar 23, 1905 San Antonio, TX |
| Died | May 10, 1977 New York City, NY |
| Age | Died at 72 |
| Final Resting PlaceFerncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum | |
Joan Crawford | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1925-1972 |
| Top Roles | Monica Dale, Frances Myles, Sadie Thompson, Helen Wright, Ballroom Extra |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Comedy, Silent Films, Thriller/Suspense, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Pre-Code Cinema, Based on Play |
| Top Collaborators | Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Director), Hunt Stromberg (Producer), Irving Thalberg (Producer), Jerry Wald (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Philip Ober, Jeff York, Kenneth Tobey see more.. |
Joan Crawford Overview:
Legendary actress, Joan Crawford, was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on Mar 23, 1905 in San Antonio, TX. Crawford died at the age of 72 on May 10, 1977 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, Westchester County, NY.
MINI BIO:
Dark-haired (earlier blonde), thick-browed, dominating American actress. After an apprenticeship playing bitchy, hard-headed flappers, the Crawford of the forties and fifties, great haunted eyes and jagged mouth to the fore, excelled as women born to suffer. Still in leading roles when past 50, she remains one of the few actresses to create her own genre, with its ingredients of melodrama, mayhem, murder, and mink. Academy Award for Mildred Pierce. Married to actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1929-1933), Franchot Tone (1935-1939), and Phillip Terry (1942-1946). Her last husband, a businessman, left her a widow in 1959. Died from a heart attack. Also Oscar-nominated for Possessed (1947 version) and Sudden Fear. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Joan Crawford was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Actress for Mildred Pierce (as Mildred Pierce) in 1945.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1945 | Best Actress | Mildred Pierce (1945) | Mildred Pierce | Won |
| 1947 | Best Actress | Possessed (1947) | Louise Howell | Nominated |
| 1952 | Best Actress | Sudden Fear (1952) | Myra Hudson | Nominated |
She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Joan Crawford's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #15 on Sep 14, 1929.
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Joan Crawford Quotes:
Marcia Townsend Warren: I do. More or less, either one or the other. There, now you've got it.
Lester Blaine: [Stopping short when he sees the drop alongside the staeps of the summer house] Whoa...!
Myra Hudson: What's the matter, Darling?
Lester Blaine: [Frightened] It's a precipice!
Myra Hudson: [laughs] I've been running up and down these steps ever since I was twelve.
Lester Blaine: Don't you ever do it again!
Myra Hudson: Why not? Remember what Nietzsche said: Live dangerously!
Lester Blaine: You know what happened to Nietzsche?
Myra Hudson: What?
Lester Blaine: He's dead!
Myra Hudson: [laughs]
Helen Wright: I'd like to slap your face.
Paul Boray: Why don't you try it?
Helen Wright: [smashes her glass against the wall]
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