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.
Directed by Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
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Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
Diane Baker
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Ann Blyth
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Ben Cooper
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Bette Davis
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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Clark Gable
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Greta Garbo
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Walter Huston
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Cindy Jordan
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Herbert Kenwith
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Elva Martien
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Jack Palance
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Cliff Robertson
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