This strong, beautiful and sometimes frightening actress got her start as a dancer in a traveling chorus line. From her portrayal of the manipulative Mildred Pierce to the vulnerable and dependent Blanche Hudson in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? she has left her mark on Hollywood.

Joan Crawford was born as Lucille Fay LeSueur and began her career as part of a chorus line. This talent was brought into one of her first films, Dance, Fools, Dance opposite Clark Gable. Some of her most famous films areGrand Hotel, The Women, and The Gorgeous Hussy. Crawford, along with several other popular actors, was labeled as "Box Office Poison" for a time because her films were not bringing in enough to compensate for her high salary. She won three Academy Awards in her career. She later married Pepsi-Cola president Alfred Steele and had a major hand in increasing sales of their famous products.

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