Joan Crawford Signed Photo

Joan Crawford Signed Photo
Joan Crawford Signed Photo

Date of Birth
23 March 1905, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Date of Death
10 May 1977, New York, New York, USA (pancreatic cancer)

Birth Name
Lucille Fay LeSueur

Nickname
Billie Cassin
Cranberry
Billie

Height
5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

Mini Biography
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 the name “Joan Crawford”. Continue Reading………….