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.
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Cast
- Anjelica Huston — Narrator (voice)
- Joan Crawford — Self (archive footage)
- Diane Baker — Self - Actress
- Charles Busch — Self - Playwright / Crawford Historian
- Ben Cooper — Self - Actor
- Christina Crawford — Self - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. — Self (archive footage)
- Judy Geeson — Self - Co-Star, 'Berserk!'
- Virginia Grey — Self - Actress
- Sydney Guilaroff — Self - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
- Herbert Kenwith — Self - Director / Friend
- Anna Lee — Self - Actress
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