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From 1945 to 1952, Crawford reigned as a top star and respected actress, appearing in such roles as Helen Wright in Humoresque ( 1946 ), Louise Howell Graham in Possessed ( 1947, for which she was nominated for a second Oscar for Best Actress ) and the title role in Daisy Kenyon ( also 1947 ).

She also made a cameo appearance in It's a Great Feeling ( 1949 ), in which she poked fun at her own screen image.

Other movie roles of the era include Lane Bellamy in Flamingo Road ( 1949 ); a role in the violent film noir The Damned Don't Cry ( 1950 ), and the title role of Harriet Craig ( 1950 ), a movie which she herself claimed during a David Frost interview, reflected her own brand of control freakery-a movie made at Columbia Pictures.

After filming This Woman Is Dangerous ( 1952 ), Crawford asked to be released from her Warner Bros. contract.

In 1952, she appeared in RKO's Sudden Fear.

The role earned Crawford a third and final Oscar nomination for Best Actress.