Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur) was an Academy Award-winning American actress. Crawford is named as the tenth Greatest Female Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
Starting as a dancer on Broadway, Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1925 and played small parts. By the end of the '20s she became a famous flapper. Beginning in the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled fellow MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. She often played hardworking young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags to riches" stories were well-received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. By the end of the decade, Crawford remained one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars, and one of the highest paid women in the U.S.
For her performance in Mildred Pierce, Crawford won an Academy Award and in the following years, achieved some of her best reviews. In 1955, she became involved with PepsiCo, the company run by her last husband, Alfred Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973. She continued acting regularly into the 1960s, when her performances became fewer, and after the release of the horror film Trog in 1970, retired from the screen.
“I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course, - is her hairdresser.”
“No wire hangers!!!”
“If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.”
“1. Find your own style and have the courage to stick to it.2. Choose your clothes for your way of life.3. Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.4. Find your happiest colours - the ones that make you feel good.5. Care for your clothes, like the good friends they are!”
“I love playing bitches. There's a lot of bitch in every woman - a lot in every man.”
“I think that the most important thing a woman can have- next to talent, of course- is her hairdresser.”
“I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.”
“love is fire. but whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house,you can never tell.”
“Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me.”
“Don't fuck with me, fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.”
“I find suggestion a hell of a lot more provocative than explicit detail. You didn't see Clark[Gable] and Vivien[leigh] rolling around in bed in Gone With The Wind, but you saw that shit eating grin on her face the next morning and you knew damned well she'd gotten properly laid.”
“Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.”
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”