Movie: Joan Crawford: Always the Star

Top 10 Billed Cast

Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage)

Diane Baker
Diane Baker

Self

Ann Blyth
Ann Blyth

Self (archive footage)

Ben Cooper
Ben Cooper

Self

Bette Davis
Bette Davis

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable
Clark Gable

Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo

Self (archive footage)

Walter Huston
Walter Huston

Self (archive footage)

Cindy Jordan
Cindy Jordan

Self

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    Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. During her 50-year career, she made over 80 films. But her obsessive perfectionism led to the later caricature of coat-hanger-wielding harridan that even the adoration of fans could not counter. Still, she has endured as one of the most popular icons of the movies, an early role model to a million young women who aspired to her image of stylish magnetic power and unquestioned independence.

  • Release Date

    1996-09-30

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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