Joan Crawford
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1908
- Died
- 1977
- Works
- 7
Top works
- A Portrait of Joan
- A portrait of Joan;
- A portrait of Joan
- My way of life
- Penguin Passnotes:Spring & Port
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Crawford
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Smith
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1963 Pan American Games
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- United States women's national basketball team
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Height
- 180
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1937-08-22
- name in native language
- Joan Crawford
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