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Joan Crawford

1904 - 1977

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Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 190? – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Crawford is the 380th most popular actor (down from 337th in 2019), the 830th most popular biography from United States (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 200th most popular American Actor.

Joan Crawford is most famous for her acting career which spanned over 50 years. She was a Hollywood star in the 1920s and 1930s and won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1945 for her role in Mildred Pierce.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Crawford ranks 380 out of 13,578. Before her are William Sadler, Stephen Collins, Telly Savalas, Brandon Lee, Lino Ventura, and Danny Glover. After her are Maurice Chevalier, G. W. Bailey, Ray Liotta, Vittorio Gassman, Sammo Hung, and Jason Robards.

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Among people born in 1904, Joan Crawford ranks 26. Before her are Alexei Kosygin, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Karl Brandt, Odilo Globočnik, René Lacoste, and John Hicks. After her are Ernst Mayr, Hans Albert Einstein, Werner Forssmann, Alejo Carpentier, Gerhard Herzberg, and Hans Morgenthau. Among people deceased in 1977, Joan Crawford ranks 25. Before her are Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Kurt Schuschnigg, Alexey Stakhanov, Anaïs Nin, Archibald Hill, and Howard Hawks. After her are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Clarice Lispector, Bing Crosby, Andreas Baader, James Jones, and Ali Shariati.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Crawford ranks 830 out of 20,380. Before her are Willis Carrier (1876), Anastacia (1968), Alfred Hershey (1908), Joe DiMaggio (1914), Danny Glover (1946), and Ruth Benedict (1887). After her are G. W. Bailey (1944), Ray Liotta (1954), John Carpenter (1948), Krist Novoselic (1965), Roy J. Glauber (1925), and Merrick Garland (1952).

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Among actors born in United States, Joan Crawford ranks 200. Before her are George Peppard (1928), William Sadler (1950), Stephen Collins (1947), Telly Savalas (1922), Brandon Lee (1965), and Danny Glover (1946). After her are G. W. Bailey (1944), Ray Liotta (1954), Jason Robards (1922), Kathy Bates (1948), Lana Turner (1921), and Ellen Burstyn (1932).

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