| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Sudden Fear (1952) |
| 1948 | Nominated | Oscar |
Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Possessed (1947) |
| 1946 | Won | Oscar |
Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Mildred Pierce (1945) Joan Crawford was not present at the awards ceremony and feigned ill that night. Meanwhile she listened to the show on the radio. When she won, she ushered the press into her bedroom, where she finally accepted her Oscar. |
| BAFTA Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1964 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award |
Best Foreign Actress for: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) USA. |
| Golden Apple Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1946 | Won | Golden Apple |
Most Cooperative Actress |
| 1945 | Won | Golden Apple |
Most Cooperative Actress |
| Golden Globes, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1970 | Won | Cecil B. DeMille Award | |
| 1955 | Nominated | Cecil B. DeMille Award | |
| 1953 | Nominated | Golden Globe |
Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: Sudden Fear (1952) |
| Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1966 | Nominated | Golden Laurel |
Female Star 15th place. |
| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1945 | Won | NBR Award |
Best Actress for: Mildred Pierce (1945) |
| Walk of Fame | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| unknown | - | Star on the Walk of Fame |
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