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Joan Crawford Acting Filmography (164)

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025·Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan
2017·Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
2016·Self (archive footage)
Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
2016·Self (archive footage)
Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
2016·Self (archive footage)
The Shirley Eder Tapes
2012·Self
Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
2012·Self (archive footage)
Possessed
2011·(archive footage)
Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture
2010
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009·Self (archive footage)
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008·Various Roles (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007·Self (archive footage)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007·Self
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
2006·Self (archive footage)
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006·Self (archive footage)
The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel
2005·Self (archive)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
2004·Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003·Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002·Self (archive footage)
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002·Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
2000·Self (archive footage / uncredited)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996·Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994·Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994·(archive footage)
Gay! Gay! Hollywood
1994
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989·Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982·(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982·Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982·Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·(archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976·Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974·(archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972·Self (archive footage)
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
1972·Joan Fairchild
Journey to Murder
1971·Host
Trog
1970·Dr. Brockton
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
1969·Self
Journey to the Unknown
1969·Self - Host
Night Gallery
1969·Miss Menlo
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969·Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
This was the MARY
1968·Self/Narrator
The Karate Killers
1967·Amanda True
Berserk!
1967·Monica Rivers
The Oscar
1966·Joan Crawford
I Saw What You Did
1965·Amy Nelson
Strait-Jacket
1964·Lucy Harbin
Della
1964·Della Chappell
How to Plan a Movie Murder
1964·Self
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964·Bobby (archive footage)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964·Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited)
The Caretakers
1963·Lucretia Terry
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962·Blanche Hudson
Lykke og krone
1962
One Must Die
1961
The Best of Everything
1959·Amanda Farrow
Woman on the Run
1959·Susan Conrad
Zwischen Glück und Krone
1959
Strange Witness
1958·Ruth Marshall
The Story of Esther Costello
1957·Margaret Landi
Autumn Leaves
1956·Millicent Wetherby
Queen Bee
1955·Eva Phillips
Female on the Beach
1955·Lynn Markham
Johnny Guitar
1954·Vienna
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954·Self
The Road to Edinburgh
1954·Mary Andrews
Torch Song
1953·Jenny Stewart
At Home with Joan Crawford
1953·Self
Sudden Fear
1952·Myra Hudson Blaine
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952·Elizabeth Austin
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951·Agatha Reed
The Damned Don't Cry
1950·Ethel Whitehead
Harriet Craig
1950·Harriet Craig
It's a Great Feeling
1949·Joan Crawford (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
1949·Lane Bellamy
Daisy Kenyon
1947·Daisy Kenyon
Possessed
1947·Louise Howell
Humoresque
1947·Helen Wright
Through Many Windows
1947·Self - Narrator
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946·Self
Mildred Pierce
1945·Mildred Pierce
Hollywood Canteen
1944·Self
Above Suspicion
1943·Frances Myles
Reunion in France
1942·Michele de la Becque
They All Kissed the Bride
1942·Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew
Joan Crawford's Home Movies
1942·Self
A Woman's Face
1941·Anna Holm
When Ladies Meet
1941·Mary 'Minnie' Howard
Susan and God
1940·Susan Trexel
Strange Cargo
1940·Julie
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940·Self
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940·Self
The Women
1939·Crystal Allen
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939·Mary McKay
From the Ends of the Earth
1939·Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939·Joan Crawford
Mannequin
1938·Jessie Cassidy
The Shining Hour
1938·Olivia Riley Linden
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938·Self
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937·Mrs. Fay Cheyney
The Bride Wore Red
1937·Anni Pavlovitch
The Romance of Celluloid
1937·Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
1937·Self (uncredited)
Love on the Run
1936·Sally Parker
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936·Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal
No More Ladies
1935·Marcia Townsend Warren
I Live My Life
1935·Kay Bentley
Sadie McKee
1934·Sadie
Chained
1934·Diane Lovering
Forsaking All Others
1934·Mary Clay
Dancing Lady
1933·Janie Barlow
Today We Live
1933·Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith
Fast Workers
1933·Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Grand Hotel
1932·Flämmchen
Rain
1932·Sadie Thompson
Letty Lynton
1932·Letty Lynton
Possessed
1931·Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland'
The Stolen Jools
1931·Joan Crawford
Laughing Sinners
1931·Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931·Bonnie Jordan
This Modern Age
1931·Valentine 'Val' Winters
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931·Self
Montana Moon
1930·Joan
Our Blushing Brides
1930·Geraldine 'Gerry' March
Paid
1930·Mary Turner
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930·Self
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929·Self
Our Modern Maidens
1929·Billie Brown
Untamed
1929·Alice "Bingo" Dowling
The Duke Steps Out
1929·Susie
Our Dancing Daughters
1928·Diana 'Di' Medford
West Point
1928·Betty Channing
Across to Singapore
1928·Priscilla Crowninshield
Dream of Love
1928·Adrienne Lecouvreur
The Law of the Range
1928·Betty Dallas
Rose-Marie
1928·Rose-Marie
Four Walls
1928·Frieda
The Unknown
1927·Nanon Zanzi
Spring Fever
1927·Allie Monte
Winners Of The Wilderness
1927·René Contrecoeur
Twelve Miles Out
1927·Jane
The Taxi Dancer
1927·Joselyn Poe
The Understanding Heart
1927·Monica Dale
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926·Betty Burton
The Boob
1926·Jane
The Merry Widow
1926·Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Paris
1926·The Girl
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926·Court Gossip (uncredited)
Pretty Ladies
1925·Bobby
The Circle
1925·Young Lady Catherine
1925 Studio Tour
1925·Self
Lady of the Night
1925·Body Double for Norma Shearer
Proud Flesh
1925·Party Guest (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925·Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Only Thing
1925·Party Guest (uncredited)
Sally, Irene and Mary
1925·Irene O'Dare
A Slave of Fashion
1925·Mannequin (uncredited)
Old Clothes
1925·Mary Riley
The Midshipman
1925·Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited)
Time, the Comedian
1925·Art Student (as Lucille LeSueur)