Joan Crawford Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Dress Size, Contact Details, Spouse(Husband), Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Lucille Fay LeSueur
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
BIRTHPLACE
San Antonio, Texas, United States
DIED AT AGE
73 Years 1 Months 18 Days
DEATHDATE
May 10, 1977
DEATHPLACE
Manhattan, New York City, New York,United States
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
ARIES
ALSO NOTED FOR
Dancer, Business Executive
Physical Stats
WAIST
N/A
Hip
N/A
DRESS SIZE
N/A
HEIGHT
5'3''(feet & inches)
1.6002 meters
160.02 cm
WEIGHT
49 kg
107.8 lbs
Joan Crawford Family Members
BROTHER(S) NAME
Hal LeSueur
SISTER(S) NAME
CHILDHOOD IMAGE
Joan Crawford Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Child(ren) of Joan Crawford and NA
Cindy (13 , 1947) (Daughter)
SPOUSE
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1929-1933)
SPOUSE
Franchot Tone (1935-1939)
SPOUSE
Phillip Terry (1942-1946)
Child(ren) of Joan Crawford and Phillip Terry
Christina (11 June, 1943) (Daughter) (Writer)
Christopher ( 1943) (Daughter) (Actor)
SPOUSE
Alfred Steele (1955-1959)
Fame & Address
SIGNATURE
DEBUT
Lady of the Night (Film 1925)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Sally, Irene, and Mary(Film 1925)
Education, Net Worth & More
JOAN CRAWFORD PICTURE
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Career of Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford started her career as a dancer. Her first movie was as the body double of the female lead Norma Shearer the movie was released in 1925 titled Lady of the Night, In her success journey, she did many small roles including The Circle, The Only Thing, The Merry Widow. Her first lead role landed to her after a lot of hard work and self-promotion titled "Sally, Irene, and Mary as Irene which intended to become her prominence role.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Joan Crawford
- Did Joan Crawford takes alcohol? Yes. As per her belief in Christian Science, she left smoking, lessened drinking but she started drinking a lot again in between the 1960s and 1970s as her career was going down abruptly and also her health problems were increasing along with her age. She used to drink up to one-fourth of vodka per day.
- Was Joan Crawford in the habit of Smoking? Yes.
- Joan Crawford was non vegetarian.
- Before entering the film industry she used to work at Harzfeld's Department Store as an elevator operator in Kansas City, Missouri.
- While filming the movie Night Gallery she taught the well-known director Steven Spielberg how to burp.
- In the year 1922, she enrolled herself into Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, but just in the first year, she felt it was not her cup of tea she was not well prepared academically so she dropped out.
- The lead role in the movie They All Kissed the Bride was offered to her after the death of actress Carole Lombard in a plane crash. She donated all her earing from the film to American Red Cross, Carole's body was found by them.
- She had Obsessive Cleaning Disorder as she used to wash her hands after every ten minutes. She used to smoke only if the pack of cigarettes is opened by her and if anybody else touched the pack she would not use it again. She even used to roam behind the guest in her house to clean everything touched by them. She was also a deteriorate patient of Bacillophobia which is a fear of bacilli (bacteria), germs.
- Joan left her real name Lucille Lesueur on the advice of the MGM boss Louis B. Mayer as he and Pete Smith thought her name sounds like "Sewer"
- She was a dancer before she started acting, she used to dance in choruses of traveling revues, and in one of the dance performance she was sported by the producer Jacob J. Shubert, he gave her the chance to appear in the Chorus lines of the Broadway show Innocent Eyes.
- Her name was chosen in a contest "Name the Star" organized by publicity head Pete Smith, in the contest the reader had to select a stage name for her. The first choice was Joan Arden but there was already some actress claiming the name. Further, the second name was changed to Crawford, She did not like the name Crawford as it sounded similar to Craw Fish.
- She adopted Christina in 1940 and Christopher after her getting married to Phillip Terry, who was further claimed by his biological mother. The couple again adopted a boy, naming him Phillip Terry (Name Changed to Christopher Crawford). In 1947 Crawford adopted two more girls Cindy and Cathy.
- In the memoir, Mommie Dearest written by Joan's eldest adopted daughter Christina Crawford released in 1978 Joan was alleged of being emotionally and physically abusive towards her adopted daughter Christina and son Christopher as more of her focus was on her career than to be a mother. The allegations were denied by many of Joan's coworkers and younger daughters Cathy and Cindy.
- Once in her childhood she was playing in the backyard of her house, she accidentally landed on a piece of glass which prick into her foot. And was told after the removal of the glass piece that she would never be able to walk again without a limp. Joan determined herself and practiced every day for six months. She not only walked without pain but also completed her dream to become a dancer.
- There is a song about her titled Joan Crawford written by Blue Oyster Cult.
- She only met her biological father for once in her life on the set of Chained when he visited her. she decided she to never meet him again.
- Joan often used to wear shoulder pads while shooting.
- She was offered the Airport disaster series two times in second and third installment of the film but she refused, both the times she was offered different roles.
- Although she was married four times in her life she once said that she only loved Clark Gable truly in her whole life.
- She was the print advertisement model for the Coca-cola in 1933, Her fourth husband Alfred Steele was the board chairman of Pepsi-Cola whom she married 22 years later the advertisement.
- At 1752 Vine Street Hollywood Walk of Fame, Crawford has a star. Also in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, there is her handprints and footprints impression to keep alive her memory.
- Joan was also approached for the role of Hildy Johnson in His Girl Friday released in 1940 but the role further landed to Rosalind Russell.
- She feared flying until her husband Alfred Steele talked about it to her.
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