Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford was a multi-award winning American actor who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Mildred Pierce (1945). Crawford's extraordinary career encompassed over 45 years and some 80 films. She starred in Untamed (1929), co-starring Robert Montgomery, Montana Moon (1930), Our Blushing Brides (1930), and Paid (1930). In 1931, MGM cast Crawford in five films. Three of them teamed her opposite Clark Gable, Dance, Fools, Dance (1931), Laughing Sinners (1931) and Possessed (1931). These films were immensely popular with audiences and were generally well received by critics, establishing Crawford's position as one of Hollywood's top female stars.

MGM next cast her in the film Grand Hotel (1932) opposite Greta Garbo, John and Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery. It was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Crawford achieved continued success in Letty Lynton (1932),  Rain (1932), Dancing Lady (1933) with Fred Astaire, Sadie McKee (1934), Chained (1934) and Forsaking All Others (1934) both opposite Clark Gable again.

Crawford continued her reign as a popular movie actress well into the mid-1930s. No More Ladies (1935), I Live My Life (1935), The Gorgeous Hussy (1936), opposite Robert Taylor and Lionel Barrymore,  Love on the Run (1936), co-starring Clark Gable, Hollywood Canteen (1944), Humoresque (1946), Possessed (1947), for which she received a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, Daisy Kenyon (1947), Flamingo Road (1949), The Damned Don't Cry (1950) and Harriet Craig (1950).

Crawford received her third Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in Sudden Fear (1952). Crawford won the Crawford was presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes in 1970.

Joan Crawford's hand and footprints appear in the forecourt of the legendary Grauman's Chinese in Hollywood. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.