Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

7.5 | 1h27m | NR | en | Documentary

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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7.5 | 1h27m | NR | en | Documentary , TV Movie

Synopsis

Cast

Anjelica Huston , Joan Crawford , Diane Baker

Director

Peter Fitzgerald

Producted By

Turner Entertainment , Turner Classic Movies

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Cast

Anjelica Huston

as Narrator (voice)

[2025] This Is Spinal Tap [2025] Towards Zero [2025] Ballerina [2023] AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special [2020] Waiting for Anya [2019] Arctic Dogs [2019] Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies [2019] Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage [2019] John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

Joan Crawford

as Self (archive footage)

[2017] Bette and Joan [2016] Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? [2012] The Shirley Eder Tapes [2011] Possessed [2010] Flappers, Speakeasies, and the Birth of Modern Culture [2008] Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood [2007] Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy [2007] Girl 27 [2006] Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

Diane Baker

as Self - Actress

[2019] A Face in the Dark: Diane Baker on 'Mirage' [2015] Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute [2014] Private Screenings: Robert Osborne [2013] The Surrogate [2007] Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story [2005] The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam [2002] Harrison's Flowers [2002] Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star [2000] Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis