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'''Joan Crawford''', originally '''Lucille Fay LeSueur''' (March 23, c. 1904 – May 10, 1977), was an [[United States|American]] [[actress]] who became a director of the Pepsi-Cola Corporation after the death in 1959 of her fourth husband, company executive Alfred Steele.

'''Joan Crawford''', originally '''Lucille Fay LeSueur''' (March 23, c. 1904 – May 10, 1977), was an [[United States|American]] [[actress]] who became a director of the Pepsi-Cola Corporation after the death in 1959 of her fourth husband, company executive Alfred Steele.

Crawford began her acting career as a dancer on Broadway in [[New York City]]. She appeared on [[radio]] and starred in a large number of films, perhaps the most remembered is the horror picture, ''Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?'', in which she appeared on screen in 1962 with her long-time rival, Bette Davis. She appeared three times in [[Ronald W. Reagan]]'s ''General Electric Theater'', an anthology [[television]] series on [[CBS]]. She was cast in two episodes of ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater'': "Rebel Range" (1959) and "One Must Die" (1961), a CBS western series. In 1963, she was cast as Morgan Harper in the episode "Same Picture, Different Frame" of the CBS drama, ''Route 66''. In 1968, Crawford appeared in five episodes of the CBS former daytime drama, ''The Secret Storm''. That same year, she appeared as herself on [[Lucille Ball]]'s CBS situation comedy, ''The Lucy Show'' in the episode "Lucy and the Lost Star." Her last film was the 1970 British horror picture, ''Trog''. That same year, she appeared on [[NBC]]'s ''The Virginian'' western series as Stephanie White in the episode "Nightmare".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001076/|title=Joan Crawford|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref>

Crawford began her acting career as a dancer on Broadway in [[New York City]]. She appeared on [[radio]] and starred in a large number of films, perhaps the most remembered is the horror picture, ''Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?'', in which she appeared on screen in 1962 with her long-time rival, Bette Davis. She appeared three times in [[Ronald W. Reagan]]'s ''General Electric Theater'', an anthology [[television]] series on [[CBS]]. She was cast in two episodes of ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater'': "Rebel Range" (1959) and "One Must Die" (1961), a CBS western series. In 1963, she was cast as Morgan Harper in the episode "Same Picture, Different Frame" of the CBS drama, ''Route 66''. In 1968, Crawford appeared in five episodes of the CBS former daytime drama, ''The Secret Storm''. That same year, she appeared as herself on [[Lucille Ball]]'s CBS situation comedy, ''The Lucy Show'', in the episode "Lucy and the Lost Star." Her last film was the 1970 British horror picture, ''Trog''. That same year, she appeared on [[NBC]]'s ''The Virginian'' western series as Stephanie White in the episode "Nightmare".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001076/|title=Joan Crawford|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=April 19, 2018}}</ref>

She was estranged from her two older adopted children, Christina and Christopher, who she omitted in her will. Christina wrote a "tell-all" book in 1978 entitled ''Mommie Dearest'', in which she alleged that Crawford was an abusive, alcoholic mother more interested in her film career than her children. Crawford's two youngest daughters, Cindy and Cathy, and some of Crawford's Hollywood associates, including [[Katharine Hepburn]] and Cesar Romero, expressed doubt about the book. However, Betty Hutton and Helen Hayes claimed to have witnessed abusive behavior by Crawford.   

She was estranged from her two older adopted children, Christina and Christopher, who she omitted in her will. Christina wrote a "tell-all" book in 1978 entitled ''Mommie Dearest'', in which she alleged that Crawford was an abusive, alcoholic mother more interested in her film career than her children. Crawford's two youngest daughters, Cindy and Cathy, and some of Crawford's Hollywood associates, including [[Katharine Hepburn]] and Cesar Romero, expressed doubt about the book. However, Betty Hutton and Helen Hayes claimed to have witnessed abusive behavior by Crawford.