Joan Crawford was an American actress and dancer. Her career first started as a dancer, and she soon became a chorus girl for Broadway! In 1925, she signed a motion picture contract, and her career as an actress would span decades. In this list, you will learn many of the amazing facts about her life! From changing her name to having a sleepover with a fan, here are 25 Amazing Facts about Joan Crawford! During her time on the show, ratings soared. She sated she accepted the part because she didn’t want them to give the part to someone else. Luckily with hard work and determination, she was able to prove them wrong. Crawford became known for her dancing abilities in her early teen years. “I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star,” said Crawford. “I would like to be like an old wolf, or an old gorilla. I have heard that when they know they have reached their last days, they go away to be alone and just disappear. As far as I’m concerned, they have the right idea,” said Crawford. When the film critics arrived to her apartment they were extremely disappointed. Crawford looked very ill and served frozen quiche on a paper plate. “It hurt us to see someone we had admired for so long be so desperately lonely,” says one of the film critics. “If I weren’t a Christian Scientist and I saw ‘Trog’ advertised on a marquee across the street, I think I’d contemplate suicide,” said Crawford. However, they did respect each other’s career. Their conflicted relationship ended up helping the promotion of their movie “What Happened to Baby Jane?”. It is believed that Crawford paid for hundreds of surgeries for patients. Crawford even donated her $300,000 salary to The American Red Cross. Her second marriage was in 1925 to Franchot Tone, another actor. They divorced almost four years later. Crawford’s third marriage was in 1942 to Phillip Terry. The marriage lasted only two years due to physical and emotional abuse. The last marriage for Crawford would be in 1955 to Alfred Steele, chairman of Peps-Cola. This marriage ended four years later when Steele passed away from a heart attack. She wanted her fans to be able to see her waving goodbye. Crawford made sure she always look glamours. She wanted to portray her movie star persona at all times. “I yearned to be famous, just to make the kids who had laughed at me feel foolish,” said Crawford. Crawford made sure Pepsi-Cola products were seen on film sets and in her photoshoots. Even after her husband’s death, she was still seen as a brand ambassador for the company. She was said to be in very poor health, weak and in pain. However, she still made sure her guest was well taken care and even went as far as to help cook their breakfast. Crawford had all her furniture wrapped in plastic slipcovers. “Look they keep the upholstery clean, with all this crap in the air nothing stays clean that isn’t covered,” said Crawford. It wasn’t because she wanted to call her maid “babe, ” it was because she had just returned from Rio de Janerio and that was all she heard. “I don’t know what I’d do without Mamacita. No new situation ever flusters her. And new situations turn up every day,” says Crawford. Shortly after that, she was discovered by a stage manager for the Shuberts. That gig led Crawford to find her career in acting. “Funny, but I never had any ambition whatsoever to becoming an actress,” says Crawford. “I always knew, whether I was in school or working in some damned dime store, that I’d make it,” says Crawford. The year of her birth is more widely speculated. It is thought to be between the years of 1904 and 1908. A contest was held in a local magazine to help decide on her new identity. By popular demand, Joan Crawford became her chosen name. In 1928, she made her Hollywood debut. Crawford stared in the silent movie called Our Dancing Daughters.
