Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
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.
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Anjelica Huston
as Narrator (voice)
Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director, producer, author, and former fashion model. She is the daughter of director John Huston and granddaughter of actor Walter Huston....
Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, 1906 – May 10, 1977) was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawf...
Diane Baker
as Self - Actress
Diane Carol Baker (born February 25, 1938) is an American actress, producer and educator who has appeared in motion pictures and on television since 1959..
Charles Busch
as Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian
Charles Louis Busch (born August 23, 1954) is an American actor, screenwriter, playwright and female impersonator, known for his appearances on stage in his own camp style plays and in film and televi...
Ben Cooper
as Self - Actor
Ben Cooper was an American screen, radio, and television actor. He began his career on Broadway as a child stage actor. In 2005 Cooper won a Golden Boot Award for his work in Westerns..
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner o...
Director
Peter Fitzgerald
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