‘Will & Grace’ Guest Star: ‘Joan Crawford Was the First Grace’
‘Will & Grace’ Guest Star: ‘Joan Crawford Was the First Grace’
HOLLYWOOD (Wireless Flash) – Joan Crawford is best-known for her sharp shoulder pads and hatred of wire hangers – but the late film star had a softer side. In fact, she blazed a trail for folks like “Grace” on Will & Grace because she was the best friend of Hollywood’s first openly-gay man, silent film star Billy Haines. Now, that story will be coming to the big screen thanks to an actor who guest-stars on tomorrow’s Will & Grace as the frantic manager of a cabaret where Jack puts on a magic show. Jason Stuart has just optioned a book on the Billy Haines story and hopes to get a film released independently or on cable. He says the story depicts Crawford as an incredibly supportive friend of an openly gay man. “She was like the first Grace,” Stuart says.
Wed 05-01-02