What did Joan think of her name?
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Published in Daily Trivia
Joan Crawford was born Billie Cassin, but her name was changed to Lucille LeSueur when she was young and her mother remarried. When she embarked on a film career as a teenager, film studio executives didn't like her last name as it suggested a sewer. So, her screen name became Joan Crawford as a result of a promotional "name contest" which was conducted with the general public. She reportedly hated the new name, maintaining that "Crawford" reminded her of "crawfish."
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