Narrator (voice)
Anjelica Huston
Narrator (voice)
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
6.7
2002
1h 27m
DocumentaryTV Movie
Director: Peter Fitzgerald
Overview
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.
Cast
Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
Self - Actress
Diane Baker
Self - Actress
Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian
Charles Busch
Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian
Self - Actor
Ben Cooper
Self - Actor
Self - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'
Christina Crawford
Self - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Self - Co-Star, 'Berserk!'
Judy Geeson
Self - Co-Star, 'Berserk!'
Self - Actress
Virginia Grey
Self - Actress
Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
Sydney Guilaroff
Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
Self - Director / Friend
Herbert Kenwith
Self - Director / Friend
Self - Actress
Anna Lee
Self - Actress
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