Rent the film noir here: bit.ly/rentmildredpierce Ann Blyth and Joan Crawford in classic film Mildred Pierce (1945). Crawford won Best Actress—her only Oscar—for this performance as a single mother determined to raise her spoiled daughter comfortably and with a place in society. | DVD Netflix

Remembering Joan Crawford in her Academy Award role Mildred Pierce 1945 My Mother a Waitress scene Mildred Pierce is a 1945 American film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, and Zachary Scott, also featuring Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Based on the 1941 novel by James M. Cain, this was Crawford's first starring role for Warner Bros., after leaving Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1996, Mildred Pierce was dee

Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce 1945 Her Academy Award Role. ORIGINAL TRAILER When Mildred Pierce's (Joan Crawford) wealthy husband leaves her for another woman, Mildred decides to raise her two daughters on her own. Despite Mildred's financial successes in the restaurant business, her oldest daughter, Veda (Ann Blyth), resents her mother for degrading their social status. In the midst of a police investigation after the death of her second husband (Zachary Scott), Mildred must evaluate her own f