We don’t know exactly how old Joan Crawford would theoretically be on March 23, 2021 had she still been alive. Her actual birthdate has been something of a question for years.
But on what we think would have been her 115th birthday, we’re celebrating the screen star and legend. Crawford built a reputation as a bankable actress in melodramas and rom-coms in the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, but late in her career she took on horror, too.
Here’s a brief look at her run as a horror star and how her personal life helped turn her into a monster all her own.