Crawford Family History & Genealogy

Linda L (Lowell) Crawford of Seligman, Barry County, MO was born on March 9, 1945, and died at age 60 years old on October 15, 2005. Linda Crawford was buried at fayette national cemetary 700 government avenue, in fayetteville, washington county, Arkansas us.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Herbert Alfred Crawford.

Joan Crawford Dies at Home By PETER B. FLINT Joan Crawford, who rose from waitress and chorus girl to become one of the great movie stars, died yesterday of a heart attack in her apartment at 158 East 68th Street. She gave her age as 69, but some reference works list her as two to four years older. Miss Crawford had been a director of the Pepsi-Cola Company since the death of her fourth husband, Alfred N. Steele, the board chairman of the company, in 1959, but she had not been actively involved in the business in recent months. A spokesman for Pepsi-Cola said Miss Crawford had no history of cardiac trouble and had appeared to be in good health except for recent complaints of back pains. Miss Crawford was a quintessential superstar--an epitome of timeless glamour who personified for decades the dreams and disappointments of millions of American women. With a wind-blown bob, mocking eyes and swirling short skirt, she spun to stardom in 1928, frenziedly dancing the Charleston stop a table in the silent melodrama "Our Dancing Daughters." As a frivolous flapper she quickly made a series of spin-offs, including "Our Modern Maidens," "Laughing Sinners" and "This Modern Age." Endowed with a low voice, she easily made the transition to sound pictures and went on to become one of the more endurable movie queens. Her career, a chorine-to-grande dame rise, with some setbacks, was due largely to determination, shrewd timing, flexibility, hard work and discipline. Self-educated and intensely professional, Miss Crawford studied and trained assiduously to learn her art. She made the most of her large blue eyes, wide mouth, broad shoulders and slim figured and eventually became an Oscar-winning dramatic actress. In more than 80 movies, she adapted easily to changing times and tastes. When audiences began to tire of one image, she toiled to produce a new one. She made the changes with pace-setting makeup, coiffures, costumes--and craftsmanship. From a symbol of flaming youth in the Jazz Age, she successively portrayed a shopgirl, a sophisticate, a tenacious woman fighting for success in love and/or a career in a male-dominated milieu, and later a repressed and anguished older woman. Exhibitors voted her one of the 10 top money-making stars from 1932 through 1936, and in the late 1930's she was one of the highest-paid actresses. With a finely structured, photogenic face and high style gowns usually designed by Adrian, she idealized what many woman wished to be. In 1945, when her career seemed to be foundering, she rebounded as a doting mother and ambitious waitress who rises to wealthy restauranteur in "Mildred Pierce," a role that won her an Academy Award as best actress. Despite the Cinderella-type roles in many of her early movies, which many reviewers came to term "the Crawford formula," she fought tenaciously for varied and challenging parts, just as she later fought to remain a great star, with what one writer called "the diligence of a ditch digger." In her autobiography, "A Portrait of Joan," written with Jane Kesner Ardmore and published in 1962 by Doubleday & Company Inc., she acknowledged that "I was always a script stealer," which got her into "Our Dancing Daughters." She boldly cajoled producers, directors and writers to gain good roles. When Norma Shearer refused to play a mother in the 1940 drama "Susan and God," Miss Crawford was offered the role. She responded, "I'd play Wally Beery's grandmother if it's a good part!"

Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSuer on March 23, 1905, in San Antonio, Texas. Much of Crawford's youth was spent moving from place to place, but she always found a connection with theater. Abused at home and at school, Crawford saw theater as a way to better her life. In 1924 she left Detroit for New York City to star in the musical Innocent Eyes. In 1925 she signed a movie contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and through a magazine contest sponsored by MGM acquired the name Joan Crawford, a moniker that quickly became known in households across America. Throughout her film career, Crawford starred in a total of 81 films and was nominated for two Academy Awards. In 1945, Crawford won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in Mildred Pierce. Crawford donated much of her time and money to help needy organizations and received a number of awards and certificates in appreciation for her work. In 1955, Crawford married Alfred Steele, chairman and CEO of Pepsi-Cola Corporation, and took on the roles of board member and publicity executive. In the early 1960s, Crawford arrived at Brandeis University to support the arts program. In 1965, the Joan Crawford Dance Studio was dedicated within the Spingold Theater Arts Center to promote dance education. The awards in this online exhibit were previously on display at the Joan Crawford Dance Studio. In 1967, Crawford became a Brandeis University Fellow. A letter of invitation to her induction dinner states that Crawford was elected as a Brandeis Fellow "given her interest, time and service to a host of civic and philanthropic causes which has endeared her to a large public that goes well beyond the pale of the entertainment industry." When Crawford became a Brandeis Fellow, she joined a group of men and women who were recognized as successful and creative individuals in their fields or communities.

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Kim June Nord was adopted by Richard Dean Nord (1940 - 2021) and Annemarie Nord. She had sister Brit, brother Erik, step-sisters Cheri and Kristine, and step-brothers Jeff and Bob. Her godmother was June Cal Towhey and her godfather was Willi Bieber. Kim married Kelly Crawford on August 15, 1987, in Omaha, Nebraska and they had two daughters, Jessica and Gabrielle. Read a beautiful obituary written by her sister at Kim June (Nord) Crawford: Obituary.

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Joseph L Crawford of Kingsport, Sullivan County, TN was born on June 23, 1987, and died at age 16 years old on September 11, 2003.

Elizabeth Morrison (Crawford) Brown of Rupanyup, Yarriambiack Shire County, VIC Australia was born in 1836 in Scotland United Kingdom to John Crawford and Elizabeth Brown. Elizabeth Brown had siblings Archibald Brown Crawford, Peter Crawford, and Mary Crawford. She married John Brown in 1860 in Camperdown, Corangamite Shire County, Victoria Australia, and they were married until death separated them. They had children Jane Weir (Brown) Wood, Elizabeth Brown, Archibald Brown, and John Crawford Brown. Elizabeth's partner was John Brown, and they had children Archibald Brown, Jane Weir (Brown) Wood, John Crawford Brown, Elizabeth Brown, and Alexander Brown. Elizabeth Brown died at age 87 years old on January 13, 1924 in Rupanyup, VIC Australia, and was buried in Rupanyup.

Laura V (Swick) Crawford was born on February 28, 1907. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Laura v Crawford.

Purthena (Crawford) Lampman was born in 1817 to James Crawford and Betsy (Molthrop) Crawford. She was in a relationship with James Lampman, and had a child Elwin Lampman. Purthena Lampman died at age 84 years old in 1901. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Purthena (Crawford) Lampman.

John B Crawford of San Diego, San Diego County, California United States was born on July 10, 1929 in Holbrook, Navajo County, AZ to Eva Lucille (Hanna) Crawford and Otis Jackson Crawford ,Sr. He had siblings Emalyn K Crawford, Leland G Crawford, and William J Crawford. He married Donna R (Riley) Crawford on March 17, 1973, and they were married until John's death on October 14, 1988. John Crawford had a child Michael Joseph Crawford.

James Crawford was born in 1790, and died at age 75 years old in 1865. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Crawford.

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Leland G Crawford of Fresno, California United States was born on January 17, 1934 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County to Eva Lucille (Hanna) Crawford and Otis Jackson Crawford ,Sr. He has siblings John B Crawford, Emalyn K Crawford, and William J Crawford. Leland Crawford died in San Diego, San Diego County.

Emalyn K Crawford was born on June 19, 1932 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California United States of America to Eva Lucille (Hanna) Crawford and Otis Jackson Crawford ,Sr, and has siblings John B Crawford, Leland G Crawford, and William J Crawford. They married Donald A Douglas in 1952 and they later divorced in June 1973. They has children Laine K Douglas and Paul M Douglas. Emalyn Crawford died in San Diego, San Diego County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emalyn K Crawford.

Helen (Buncle) Crawford of Dunkeld Australia, was married to William Crawford in 1874, and has children Henrietta Helen Hay, Henrietta Helen Crawford, William John Crawford, James Robert Crawford, and William Roy Crawford. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Helen (Buncle) Crawford.

Addison Crawford died on June 28, 1956, and was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2A Site 3257 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Addison H Crawford.

Elizabeth Morrison Crawford was born into the Crawford family and married into the Brown family. She married John Brown, and they had 5 children. We know that Elizabeth Morrison Crawford had been residing in Rupanyup, Australia.

Donna R (Riley) Crawford was born in 1946. She was married to John B Crawford on March 17, 1973, and they were together until John's death on October 14, 1988. Donna Crawford has a child Michael Joseph Crawford. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donna R (Riley) Crawford.

John Crawford Biography Born September 13, 1920 in Colfax, Washington, USA Died September 21, 2010 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA (complications from a stroke) Birth Name Cleve Allen Richardson Height 6' 0½" (1.84 m) Burly, handsome and rugged character actor John Crawford appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows combined in a career that spanned over 40 years, usually cast as tough and/or villainous characters. Crawford was born Cleve Richardson on September 13, 1920, in Colfax, Washington. He was discovered by a Warner Bros. scout while attending the University of Washington's School of Drama. Although he failed his screen test, Crawford nonetheless joined RKO as a laborer. He then got a job building sets at Circle Theater in Los Angeles, and eventually persuaded the producers to cast him in some of their plays. He was soon signed to Columbia Pictures to act in secondary roles in westerns. In the late 1950s he graduated to bigger parts in such films as Orders to Kill (1958), The Key (1958) and Hell Is a City(1960), all of which were made in the UK. Crawford returned to America in the early 1960s and began a prolific career in both movies and TV series, up until 1986. His most memorable film roles include the ill-fated chief engineer in The Poseidon Adventure(1972), the hearty Tom Iverson in Night Moves (1975), the bumbling mayor of San Francisco in The Enforcer (1976), hard-nosed police chief Buzz Cavanaugh in Outlaw Blues (1977) and amiable old mine hand Brian Deerling in The Boogens (1981). John had recurring parts as Sheriff Ep Bridges in The Waltons (1971) and Capt. Parks on Police Woman (1974). Among the many TV shows he made guest appearances in are The Lone Ranger (1949), Adventures of Superman (1952), I Spy (1965), The Twilight Zone (1959), The Untouchables (1959), Wagon Train (1957), The Fugitive (1963), Star Trek (1966), Lost in Space (1965), Bonanza (1959), Hogan's Heroes (1965), Mission: Impossible(1966), Gunsmoke (1955), The Bionic Woman (1976), Dallas (1978) and Dynasty (1981). Crawford died at age 90 following complications from a stroke on September 21, 2010, in Thousand Oaks, California. He's survived by his ex-wife Ann Wakefield, four daughters and two grandchildren.