Crawford

American  

[kraw-ferd] / ˈkrɔ fərd /

noun

1. Cheryl, 1902–86, U.S. stage director and producer.

2. Francis Marion, 1854–1909, U.S. novelist, in Italy after 1885.

3. Joan Lucille Fay Le Sueur, 1908?–77, U.S. actress.

4. Thomas, 1813?–57, U.S. sculptor.

5. William Harris, 1772–1834, U.S. political leader: senator 1807–13, secretary of the Treasury 1816–25.

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Crawford British  

/ ˈkrɔːfəd /

noun

1. Joan , real name Lucille le Sueur . 1908–77, US film actress, who portrayed ambitious women in such films as Mildred Pierce (1945)

2. Michael , real name Michael Dumbell Smith . born 1942, British actor and singer, noted for his role in the sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973–78) and performances in West End musicals esp. Barnum (1981) and The Phantom of the Opera (1986)

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Crawford

Dr. Christine Crawford, a psychiatrist and chief medical officer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, worries that patients’ overreliance on or stand-alone use of these tools could make patients lonelier and raise mental-health risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Veda’s story unfolds in “Mildred Pierce,” the classic James M. Cain novel and 1945 Joan Crawford film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Compounding those worries is fresh economic research arguing that frustration among employers like Crawford over how working-from-home policies have played out might have caused them to cut back on hiring young workers altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

“The scene looks a lot different today than it did in the ’90s,” Crawford said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

The closest I had come was a daguerreotype of my uncle Crawford Steele, dead at age three of diphtheria, wrapped in swathes of white lace.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly