Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)
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.
- Released
- 2002-08-01
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Peter Fitzgerald
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 11 votes
Cast
- Anjelica Huston as Narrator (voice)
- Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage)
- Diane Baker as Self - Actress
- Charles Busch as Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian
- Ben Cooper as Self - Actor
- Christina Crawford as Self - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Self (archive footage)
- Judy Geeson as Self - Co-Star, 'Berserk!'
- Virginia Grey as Self - Actress
- Sydney Guilaroff as Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
- Herbert Kenwith as Self - Director / Friend
- Anna Lee as Self - Actress
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