Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford - American star of silent and sound cinema was born in May 1905. According to critics, Lucille Fay LeSueur (Lucille Fay LeSueur), which is the real name of Crawford, was not shot in particularly outstanding films, however, few people can compare with the actress for the duration of her career in Hollywood. It is worth saying that in popularity in the thirties, Joan rightfully competed with the magnificent Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming a more

Joan Crawford - American star of silent and sound cinema was born in May 1905. According to critics, Lucille Fay LeSueur (Lucille Fay LeSueur), which is the real name of Crawford, was not shot in particularly outstanding films, however, few people can compare with the actress for the duration of her career in Hollywood. It is worth saying that in popularity in the thirties, Joan rightfully competed with the magnificent Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo.
Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming a dancer and anyway took dance lessons and regularly participated in various competitions. At the age of twenty, she decides to try her luck in cinema and gets a role in the Hollywood film Beauty (1925), where she is already listed in the credits under the pseudonym Joan Crawford.
However, success comes to her a few years later - after playing the lead role in the film "Our Dancing Daughters" (1928), and a year later Crawford played in her first sound film - "Ugly" (1929), in which she performed several songs herself. In the 1930s, her film career developed rapidly and for a long time she was a leading actress and a favorite of millions.

In 1945, a new stage - for the main role in Mildred Pierce Crawford receives an Oscar, the only one in her career. However, already in the fifties, films with the participation of the actress are becoming less and less. In 1956, she married for the fifth time - to the chairman of the board of directors of PepsiCo, Alfred Steele, and after his death remained in this company as the head of the press service. In May 1977, star Joan Crawford died of cancer in New York City. Six months later, the book “Dear Mommy” was published by Crawford’s adopted daughter, Christina. The book became a bestseller and was filmed in 1981. The role of Crawford in the film was performed by Faye Dunaway. /