Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
DocumentaryTV Movie
6.9
6.91h 27m
August 1, 2002
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.
Director
Peter Fitzgerald
Cast
Anjelica Huston
Narrator (voice)
Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
Diane Baker
Self - Actress
Charles Busch
Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian
Ben Cooper
Self - Actor
C
Christina Crawford
Self - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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