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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

6.6 87 mins Documentary   TV Movie   2002
Turner Entertainment   Fitzfilm   Turner Classic Movies  
Director(s): Peter Fitzgerald

In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silents to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.

Casts of Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Anjelica Huston

as Narrator (voice)

Joan Crawford

as Self (archive footage)

Diane Baker

as Self - Actress

Charles Busch

as Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian

Ben Cooper

as Self - Actor

Christina Crawford

as Self - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Judy Geeson

as Self - Co-Star, 'Berserk!'

Virginia Grey

as Self - Actress

Sydney Guilaroff

as Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)

Herbert Kenwith

as Self - Director / Friend

Anna Lee

as Self - Actress

Dickie Moore

as Self - Actor, 'The Bride Wore Red'

Margaret O'Brien

as Self - Actress

Anita Page

as Self - Actress / Crawford Co-Star

Betsy Palmer

as Self - Actress

Cliff Robertson

as Self - Actor

Peter Rogers

as Self - Friend

Vincent Sherman

as Self - Director

Karen Swensen

as Self - Crawford Historian

Carleton Varney

as Self - Interior Designer

Bob Thomas

as Self - Crawford Biographer

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