Joan Crawford | |
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in 1936 photo bi George Hurrell | |
Born | Lucille Fay LeSueur San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Dee'd | Mey 10, 1977 (aged 73) Manhattan, New York Ceety, U.S. |
Restin place | Ferncliff Seemetry, Hartsdale, New York, U.S. |
Thrift | Actress, dancer, business executive |
Years active | 1925–1972 |
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Bairns | 4, includin Christina Crawford |
Pawrents | Thomas E. LeSueur Anna Bell Johnson |
Kin | Hal LeSueur (brither) |
Signatur | ![]() |
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; (Mairch 23, 190?[Note 1] – Mey 10, 1977) wis an American film an telly actress wha begoud her career as a dancer an stage shawgirl. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Crawford tent on its leet o the greatest female starns o Clessic Hollywood Cinema.
"Publicly her birth date was reported as March 23, 1908, but Grandmother told me that she was actually born in 1904."[13]:20
"My mother was born Lucille LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, in 1904, although when she came to Hollywood she lied about her age and changed the year to 1908."[13]:66
(Originally appeared in Life, June 23, 1947) The year of Miss Crawford's birth has been variously identified as 1904, 1906, 1908 and 1909, the last being her own favorite..
Crawford, Joan (Lucille LeSueur, March 23, 1904–May 10, 1977) San Antonio born film star.... Her ashes were placed in the vault beside the coffin of her husband, with the crypt listing her birth year as 1908.
On March 23, 1904, in San Antonio, Texas, Anna Bell Johnson LeSueur gave birth to a little girl, whom she and her husband, Thomas, named Lucille Fay. Lucille was the couple's third child; another daughter, Daisy, had died in infancy, and Lucille's brother, Hal, had been born the previous year. (Many years later, when little Lucille was the famous woman known to the world as Joan Crawford, the year of her birth would mysteriously change to 1906 or 1908.)
Crawford, Joan [born Lucille Fay LeSueur] (1904-1977)
She was born Lucille Fay LeSueur, most likely on 23 March 1904 (though she always maintained it was 1908, when birth certificates became state mandatroy...)
Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas on March 23, 1904. (After she was famous, the date of her birth mysteriously changed to 1906 or 1908)
Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, on March 23, 1904.)
On March 23, 1908, by her own reckoning (although the real date may have been 1905, or even 1904), Lucille Fay LeSueur was born ...
Crawford, Joan [stage name of Lucille Fay Le Suent] (1904–77).....
CRAWFORD, JOAN (1904-1977) Actor San Antonio, Texas Joan Crawford was an award-winning actor....
Joan was born in 1904, and according to one Hollywood contemporary who knew Joan when, it was really closer to 1901..