Joan Crawford: movies and TV shows
Joan Crawford has 197 credits in the archive: 178 films and 19 TV series, from 1925 to 2025. Highest rated: A Star Is Born World Premiere (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1925 – 2025 · busiest year: 1925 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 119 |
| 2018 | The Green Fog | Film | 6.1 | 112 | |
| 2017 | Bette and Joan | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 111 |
| 2016 | Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 110 |
| 2016 | Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 110 |
| 2016 | Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 110 |
| 2012 | Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 106 |
| 2012 | The Shirley Eder Tapes | Self | Film | — | 106 |
| 2011 | Possessed | (archive footage) | Film | — | 105 |
| 2010 | Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture | Film | — | 104 | |
| 2009 | Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France | Film | — | 103 | |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 103 |
| 2008 | Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | Various Roles (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 102 |
| 2007 | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | Self (archive) | Film | 7.8 | 101 |
| 2007 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.3 | 101 |
| 2007 | Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 101 |
| 2006 | Stardust: The Bette Davis Story | Self (archive footage) (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 100 |
| 2006 | 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 100 |
| 2006 | Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 100 |
| 2005 | The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel | Self (archive) | Film | — | 99 |
| 2004 | Checking Out: Grand Hotel | Self / Flaemmchen (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 98 |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 97 |
| 2002 | Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 96 |
| 2002 | Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 96 |
| 2000 | Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces | Self (archive footage / uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 94 |
| 1996 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 90 |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch | Film | 8.3 | 89 | |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 89 |
| 1995 | Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell | Self (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 89 |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 88 |
| 1994 | Gay! Gay! Hollywood | Film | 3.3 | 88 | |
| 1994 | Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 88 |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 78 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Ballyhoo | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 76 |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 70 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Joan Fairchild | TV | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1972 | Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death | Joan Fairchild | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1971 | Journey to Murder | Host | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1970 | Trog | Dr. Brockton | Film | 4.5 | 64 |
| 1969 | Night Gallery | Miss Menlo | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1969 | The Big Rock Candy Mountain | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 1969 | Garbo, by Joan Crawford | Self - Host / Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1969 | Journey to the Unknown | Self - Host | Film | — | 63 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Committee Member (uncredited) | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1968 | This was the MARY | Self/Narrator | Film | — | 62 |
| 1967 | The Karate Killers | Amanda True | Film | 5.1 | 61 |
| 1967 | Berserk! | Monica Rivers | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 1966 | The Oscar | Joan Crawford | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1965 | I Saw What You Did | Amy Nelson | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Amanda True | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1964 | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Miriam Deering in Car (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Bobby (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1964 | Strait-Jacket | Lucy Harbin | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1964 | Della | Della Chappell | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1964 | Della | Film | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 1964 | How to Plan a Movie Murder | Self | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1963 | The Caretakers | Lucretia Terry | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Stephanie White | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Joan Crawford | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson | Film | 7.9 | 56 |
| 1962 | Lykke og krone | Film | 9.0 | 56 | |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Self - Janie Barlow (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 1961 | One Must Die | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Morgan Harper | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1959 | Startime | Self | TV | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1959 | Zwischen Glück und Krone | Film | 10.0 | 53 | |
| 1959 | The Best of Everything | Amanda Farrow | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1959 | Woman on the Run | Susan Conrad | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1959 | Woman on the Run | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1958 | Strange Witness | Ruth Marshall | Film | — | 52 |
| 1957 | The Story of Esther Costello | Margaret Landi | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Stella Faring | TV | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sarah / Melanie Davidson Hobbs | TV | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1956 | Autumn Leaves | Millicent Wetherby | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1955 | Female on the Beach | Lynn Markham | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1955 | Queen Bee | Eva Phillips | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm | Joan Borman Kane | TV | 4.5 | 48 |
| 1954 | The Road to Edinburgh | Mary Andrews | Film | — | 48 |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar | Vienna | Film | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ann Howard | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Ruth Marshall | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mary Andrews | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | At Home with Joan Crawford | Self | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | Torch Song | Jenny Stewart | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1952 | Sudden Fear | Myra Hudson Blaine | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1952 | This Woman Is Dangerous | Elizabeth Austin | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Agatha Reed | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Ethel Whitehead | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1950 | Harriet Craig | Harriet Craig | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Joan Crawford (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1949 | Flamingo Road | Lane Bellamy | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1947 | Humoresque | Helen Wright | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1947 | Daisy Kenyon | Daisy Kenyon | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1947 | Possessed | Louise Howell | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1947 | Through Many Windows | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 41 |
| 1946 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce | Film | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Self | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1943 | Above Suspicion | Frances Myles | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1942 | They All Kissed the Bride | Margaret Johanna 'M.J.' Drew | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Michele de la Becque | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1942 | Joan Crawford's Home Movies | Self | Film | — | 36 |
| 1942 | Joan Crawford's Home Movies | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1942 | Joan Crawford's Home Movies | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face | Anna Holm | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1941 | When Ladies Meet | Mary 'Minnie' Howard | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Julie | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1940 | Susan and God | Susan Trexel | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1940 | Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1939 | The Women | Crystal Allen | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 | Mary McKay | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1939 | From the Ends of the Earth | Self | Film | 5.0 | 33 |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8 | Joan Crawford | Film | 4.0 | 33 |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour | Olivia Riley Linden | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1938 | Mannequin | Jessie Cassidy | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1938 | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | Self | Film | — | 32 |
| 1937 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | The Bride Wore Red | Anni Pavlovitch | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Mrs. Fay Cheyney | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1937 | Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 31 |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal | Film | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1936 | Love on the Run | Sally Parker | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1935 | No More Ladies | Marcia Townsend Warren | Film | 5.0 | 29 |
| 1935 | I Live My Life | Kay Bentley | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1934 | Forsaking All Others | Mary Clay | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1934 | Chained | Diane Lovering | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Sadie | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1933 | Dancing Lady | Janie Barlow | Film | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1933 | Today We Live | Diana 'Ann' Boyce-Smith | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1933 | Fast Workers | Ivy Stevens (Archive Footage) (Uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel | Flämmchen | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1932 | Rain | Sadie Thompson | Film | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton | Letty Lynton | Film | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1931 | Possessed | Marian Martin aka 'Mrs. Moreland' | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1931 | Dance, Fools, Dance | Bonnie Jordan | Film | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Joan Crawford | Film | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1931 | Laughing Sinners | Ivy 'Bunny' Stevens | Film | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1931 | We’re Switching to Hollywood | Self | Film | 5.2 | 25 |
| 1931 | This Modern Age | Valentine 'Val' Winters | Film | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides | Geraldine 'Gerry' March | Film | 5.6 | 24 |
| 1930 | Paid | Mary Turner | Film | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1930 | Montana Moon | Joan | Film | 4.7 | 24 |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self | Film | — | 24 |
| 1929 | Our Modern Maidens | Billie Brown | Film | 5.6 | 23 |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self | Film | 5.9 | 23 |
| 1929 | Untamed | Alice "Bingo" Dowling | Film | 6.2 | 23 |
| 1929 | The Duke Steps Out | Susie | Film | 6.5 | 23 |
| 1928 | The Law of the Range | Betty Dallas | Film | 4.7 | 22 |
| 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | Diana 'Di' Medford | Film | 6.3 | 22 |
| 1928 | Across to Singapore | Priscilla Crowninshield | Film | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1928 | Rose-Marie | Rose-Marie | Film | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1928 | West Point | Betty Channing | Film | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1928 | Four Walls | Frieda | Film | 7.3 | 22 |
| 1928 | Dream of Love | Adrienne Lecouvreur | Film | 7.3 | 22 |
| 1927 | The Unknown | Nanon Zanzi | Film | 7.5 | 21 |
| 1927 | Twelve Miles Out | Jane | Film | 6.5 | 21 |
| 1927 | The Understanding Heart | Monica Dale | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1927 | Spring Fever | Allie Monte | Film | 6.9 | 21 |
| 1927 | The Taxi Dancer | Joselyn Poe | Film | 7.7 | 21 |
| 1927 | Winners Of The Wilderness | René Contrecoeur | Film | 7.7 | 21 |
| 1926 | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Betty Burton | Film | 5.9 | 20 |
| 1926 | The Boob | Jane | Film | 6.0 | 20 |
| 1926 | The Merry Widow | Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 20 |
| 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent | Court Gossip (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 20 |
| 1926 | Paris | The Girl | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 19 |
| 1925 | The Midshipman | Extra - Driver of Police Car (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1925 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Irene O'Dare | Film | 5.7 | 19 |
| 1925 | Lady of the Night | Body Double for Norma Shearer | Film | 5.8 | 19 |
| 1925 | A Slave of Fashion | Mannequin (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 19 |
| 1925 | Time, the Comedian | Art Student (as Lucille LeSueur) | Film | 3.0 | 19 |
| 1925 | The Circle | Young Lady Catherine | Film | 5.4 | 19 |
| 1925 | Pretty Ladies | Bobby | Film | 5.8 | 19 |
| 1925 | Proud Flesh | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 19 |
| 1925 | 1925 Studio Tour | Self | Film | 6.3 | 19 |
| 1925 | The Only Thing | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 19 |
| 1925 | Old Clothes | Mary Riley | Film | 5.0 | 19 |
| And One Was Loyal | Ann Howard | Film | — | — | |
| Rebel Range | Stella Faring | Film | — | — |