He became one of the recognized managers of the Jackson campaign, and his tour of Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia in the spring of 1827 won support for Jackson from Crawford.

Film actress Joan Crawford, after marrying then Pepsi-Cola President Alfred N. Steele became a spokesperson for Pepsi, appearing in commercials, television specials and televised beauty pageants on behalf of the company.

Marion Crawford explained, " Impulsive and bright remarks she made became headlines and, taken out of their context, began to produce in the public eye an oddly distorted personality that bore little resemblance to the Margaret we knew.

His imitations were imitated by other female impersonators, and his roles included Bette Davis, Mae West, Tallulah Bankhead, Gloria Swanson, Carol Channing, Katharine Hepburn, and Joan Crawford, which became the drag queen canon.

Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford began a campaign of self-publicity and became nationally known as a flapper by the end of the 1920s.

She continued acting in film and television regularly through the 1960s, when her performances became fewer ; after the release of the British horror film Trog in 1970, Crawford retired from the screen.

Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflattering photographs were published, Crawford withdrew from public life and became more and more reclusive until her death in 1977.

Initially the name " Joan Arden " was selected but, when another actress was found to have prior claim to that name, the alternate name " Crawford " became the choice.

Joan Crawford became a star because Joan Crawford decided to become a star.

Following that first invitation, Crawford and Fairbanks, Jr. became more frequent guests, which was hard on Crawford.

Mommie Dearest became a bestseller and was made into the 1981 film Mommie Dearest, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford.

Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and Tatjana Patitz became the most recognizble supermodels, catapulting each of them into super stardom and wealth.

Garson starred with Joan Crawford in When Ladies Meet in 1941, and that same year became a major box office star with the sentimental Technicolor drama, Blossoms in the Dust, which brought her the first of five consecutive Best Actress Oscar nominations, tying Bette Davis ' 1938-42 record, a record that still stands.

Led by captain Joe Sakic, forward Peter Forsberg, and defenseman Adam Foote on the ice and Pierre Lacroix as the general manager and Marc Crawford as the head coach, the Avalanche became stronger when All-Star Montreal Canadiens goalie Patrick Roy joined the team.

Under the leadership of general manager Burke and coach Crawford, the Canucks once again became a playoff team.

Some young TV stars were being hustled into studios to make recordings ; for example, ex-Mousketeer Annette Funicello became one of the first big female idols as well as The Lennon Sisters whom had cut out dolls and were always on the covers of the gossip magazines ; another, Johnny Crawford of The Rifleman, had five Top-40 hits.

Soon, a general store and post office sprang up there, and Musella quickly became a hub of economic activity in northern Crawford County.

In 1907 Crawford became a city, and by 1911 Crawford had the seventh-most business volume in Nebraska.

A citizen who became famous in the " wild west " is " Captain Jack " Crawford, ( also known as the " Poet Scout ") western actor, scout for General George Crook's campaign in the Black Hills, native of Carndonagh, Ireland and performer with William F. Cody ( Buffalo Bill ), was postmaster and had a small general store in Girardville in 1869-1874, leaving town to go out west to find Gold.

Crawford quickly relocated to San Pedro where he became known as ed fROMOHIO and spent nine months sleeping under a desk in Watt's one bedroom apartment.

During the series filming, Crawford's weight and penchant for heavy drinking contributed to several injuries suffered on the set, and it became particularly difficult for Crawford to do certain scenes, such as when he had to enter and exit a CHP police helicopter.

To balance the situation, the Crawford rule requires that when a player first reaches a score one point short of winning, neither player may use the doubling cube for the following game, called the Crawford game.

At MGM he was one of the main directors of their female stars – he directed Joan Crawford six times and Greta Garbo seven.

The game went to a shootout with a 1 – 1 tie after overtime, but Gretzky was controversially not selected by coach Marc Crawford as one of the five shooters.

Finally, in 1926, at the age of 20, she was cast in the lead role in The Johnstown Flood ( 1926 ), the same year she was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars ( with Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río and others ).

Stories have persisted that Crawford further supplemented her income by appearing in one or more stag, or soft-core pornographic, films, although this has been disputed.

As MGM screenwriter Frederica Sagor Maas recalled, " No one decided to make Joan Crawford a star.

The following year, Crawford was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, along with Mary Astor, Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray.

Crawford, now well established as one of Hollywood's most important stars, was set for a sea-change in career terms.

Crawford said one of the main reasons she signed with Warner Bros. was because she wanted to play the character " Mattie " in a proposed 1944 film version of Edith Wharton's novel Ethan Frome ( 1911 ).

However, Crawford later accused Davis of kicking her during the filming of one scene in which Jane attacks Blanche ; Crawford reportedly retaliated by wearing weights under her clothes during a scene in which Davis had to carry her.

In 1999, Playboy listed Crawford as one of the " 100 Sexiest Women of the 20th century ", ranking her # 84.

After the disappointing Conquest ( 1937 ), Garbo was one of several major stars — including Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, and Katharine Hepburn — called " box office poison " in an open letter published by the National Theater Distributors of America.

The series was introduced with a pilot TV movie that aired on November 8, 1969, and featured the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg, as well as one of the last acting performances by Joan Crawford.

Crawford was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, one of the eleven children of Lionel and Phyllis Crawford, and began pursuing athletics at the age of 17.

Francis Marion was one of the influences for the main character in the 2000 movie The Patriot, which according to Crawford " exaggerated the Swamp Fox legend for a whole new generation ".

In 1996, he replaced Michael Crawford in the Las Vegas show EFX, re-writing it into one of the Strip's favorite shows – although Cassidy was forced to resign after he injured his foot during a performance.

In 1970 he starred as one of the young doctors in the CBS prime-time series The Interns, in a cast led by Broderick Crawford.

Along with Brown County, it is one of Wisconsin's original counties, established by the Michigan Territorial legislature in 1818, and named after William H. Crawford, James Monroe's Treasurer at the time.

McDaniel had befriended several of Hollywood's most popular stars, including Joan Crawford, Tallulah Bankhead, Bette Davis, Shirley Temple, Henry Fonda, Ronald Reagan, Olivia de Havilland and Clark Gable, with the last two of whom she would star in Gone with the Wind.

He continued working steadily through the 1940s, playing small roles opposite some of Hollywood's leading actresses, such as Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Paulette Goddard and Greta Garbo in her final film, Two-Faced Woman ( 1942 ).

Lee continued acting throughout the 1930s, appearing in a number of movies and working alongside some of Hollywood's finest, including, Lon Chaney Jr., Roy Rogers, Charles Boyer, Randolph Scott, Olivia de Havilland, and Broderick Crawford.