Joan Crawford

Person · Open Library

Born

1908

Died

1977

Works

7

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,853

Total plays

8,827

Lucille LeSueur's parents separated before she was born. By age 16 she had known three fathers, one of whom (a vaudeville theater manager) had given her the name Billie Cassin. By 1915 she and her mother lived in Kansas City and Billie worked in a laundry and also as a menial to pay school tuition. Winning an amateur dance contest in 1923 led to chorus work in Chicago, Detroit and New York. On New Year's Day of 1925 she left for Hollywood. Before her second picture, a "Photoplay" contest led to

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,326x

2. Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy

   · 2013 · cited 13,117x

3. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,795x

4. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,222x

5. Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial Reliability and Validity Data

   · 1997 · cited 8,052x

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Quotes

• “I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.”
• “I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.”
• “You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.”
• “I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend!”
• “If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'”
• “I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.”

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Key dates

Born

22 August 1937

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Fort Smith

Occupation

basketball player

Native language

English language

Award

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Participant in

1963 Pan American Games

Sport

basketball

Member of team