Joan Blondell
Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress. After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career. Establishing herself as a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions. She was most active in films during the 1930s, and during this time she co-starred with Glenda Farrell in nine films, in which the duo portrayed gold-diggers. Blondell continued acting for the rest of her life, often in small character roles or supporting television roles. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Blue Veil (1951). Blondell was seen in featured roles in two films, Grease (1978) and the remake of The Champ (1979), released shortly before her death from leukemia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Blondell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Aug 30, 1906 In New York City, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 149
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Broadway's Like That 1930-03-04
- Latest Project:
- Movie Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film 2008-10-21
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-21 |
| Movie | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self | 2008-05-15 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-21 |
| Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
| Movie | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
| Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | The Woman Inside | Aunt Coll | 1981-09-01 |
| Series | Sweepstakes | Unknown | 1979-01-26 |
| Movie | The Rebels | Mrs. Brumple | 1979-05-14 |
| Movie | The Glove | Mrs. Fitzgerald | 1979-12-01 |
| Movie | The Champ | Dolly Kenyon | 1979-07-07 |
| Movie | Grease | Vi | 1978-07-07 |
| Movie | Battered | Edna Thompson | 1978-09-26 |
| Movie | The Baron | Mama Lou | 1977-01-01 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Ramona Bevans | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Opening Night | Sarah Goode | 1977-12-22 |
| Movie | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Landlady | 1976-07-26 |
| Movie | Death at Love House | Marcella Geffenhart | 1976-09-02 |
| Movie | The Dead Don't Die | Levenia | 1975-01-14 |
| Movie | Winner Take All | Beverly Craig | 1975-03-03 |
| Series | Starsky & Hutch | Unknown | 1975-09-10 |
| Series | Switch | Unknown | 1975-09-09 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
| Series | Banyon | Peggy Revere | 1972-09-15 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Movie | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Jenny | 1971-05-26 |
| Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
| Movie | The Phynx | Ruby | 1970-03-06 |
| Movie | Big Daddy | 1969-06-11 | |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | Stay Away, Joe | Glenda Callahan | 1968-03-08 |
| Movie | Kona Coast | Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark | 1968-05-01 |
| Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Series | Here Come the Brides | 1968-09-25 | |
| Movie | The Spy in the Green Hat | Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto | 1967-02-03 |
| Movie | Winchester '73 | Larouge | 1967-03-14 |
| Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | Waterhole #3 | Lavinia | 1967-10-10 |
| Movie | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Mrs. Lavender | 1966-01-01 |
| Series | That Girl | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Series | Summer Fun | Unknown | 1966-07-22 |
| Series | Family Affair | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Series | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1966-09-13 |
| Movie | The Cincinnati Kid | Lady Fingers | 1965-10-15 |
| Movie | Advance to the Rear | Easy Jenny | 1964-06-10 |
| Series | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown | 1963-07-22 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Movie | Angel Baby | Mollie Hays | 1961-05-14 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Movie | Desk Set | Peg Costello | 1957-08-02 |
| Movie | This Could Be the Night | Crystal St. Clair | 1957-05-14 |
| Movie | Lizzie | Aunt Morgan | 1957-04-04 |
| Movie | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Violet | 1957-07-29 |
| Movie | The Opposite Sex | Edith Potter | 1956-11-15 |
| Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
| Movie | The Blue Veil | Annie Rawlins | 1951-10-26 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| Movie | For Heaven's Sake | Daphne Peters | 1950-12-15 |
| Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Nightmare Alley | Zeena Krumbein | 1947-10-09 |
| Movie | The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Rosemary Durant | 1947-06-02 |
| Movie | Christmas Eve | Ann Nelson | 1947-10-31 |
| Movie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Aunt Sissy | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Adventure | Helen Melohn | 1945-12-28 |
| Movie | Don Juan Quilligan | Marjorie Mossrock | 1945-06-01 |
| Movie | Cry 'Havoc' | Grace | 1943-11-23 |
| Movie | Lady for a Night | Jenny Blake | 1942-01-05 |
| Movie | Topper Returns | Gail Richards | 1941-03-21 |
| Movie | Model Wife | Joan Keating Chambers | 1941-04-17 |
| Movie | Three Girls About Town | Hope Banner | 1941-10-23 |
| Movie | Two Girls on Broadway | Molly Mahoney | 1940-04-19 |
| Movie | I Want a Divorce | Geraldine Brokaw | 1940-09-20 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | 1939-12-31 |
| Movie | Off the Record | Jane Morgan | 1939-01-21 |
| Movie | The Kid from Kokomo | Doris Harvey | 1939-05-23 |
| Movie | East Side of Heaven | Mary Wilson | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Maxine Carroll | 1939-11-22 |
| Movie | Good Girls Go to Paris | Jenny Swanson | 1939-06-20 |
| Movie | There's Always a Woman | Sally Reardon | 1938-04-20 |
| Movie | The King and the Chorus Girl | Miss Dorothy Ellis | 1937-03-27 |
| Movie | Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1937-07-24 |
| Movie | Stand-In | Lester Plum | 1937-10-29 |
| Movie | The Perfect Specimen | Mona Carter | 1937-10-23 |
| Movie | Back in Circulation | 'Timmy' Blake | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Sons o' Guns | Yvonne | 1936-05-13 |
| Movie | Colleen | Minnie Hawkins | 1936-03-21 |
| Movie | Bullets or Ballots | Lee Morgan | 1936-06-06 |
| Movie | One And One Is One | Herself | 1936-01-01 |
| Movie | Stage Struck | Peggy Revere | 1936-09-12 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Norma Perry | 1936-12-28 |
| Movie | Three Men on a Horse | Mabel | 1936-11-21 |
| Movie | Broadway Gondolier | Alice Hughes | 1935-07-27 |
| Movie | Traveling Saleslady | Angela Twitchell | 1935-03-28 |
| Movie | We're in the Money | Ginger Stewart | 1935-08-17 |
| Movie | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
| Movie | Miss Pacific Fleet | Gloria Fay | 1935-12-14 |
| Movie | And She Learned About Dames | Herself | 1934-03-27 |
| Movie | I've Got Your Number | Marie Lawson | 1934-02-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood Newsreel | Self | 1934-03-24 |
| Movie | He Was Her Man | Rose Lawrence | 1934-06-16 |
| Movie | Smarty | Vicki | 1934-05-19 |
| Movie | Kansas City Princess | Rosie Sturges | 1934-09-14 |
| Movie | Dames | Mabel Anderson | 1934-09-01 |
| Movie | Broadway Bad | Tony Landers | 1933-02-24 |
| Movie | Just Around the Corner | Mrs. Graham | 1933-01-17 |
| Movie | Blondie Johnson | Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson | 1933-02-25 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Carol King | 1933-05-27 |
| Movie | Convention City | Nancy Lorraine | 1933-12-14 |
| Movie | Footlight Parade | Nan Prescott | 1933-10-21 |
| Movie | Havana Widows | Mae Knight | 1933-11-18 |
| Movie | Goodbye Again | Anne Rogers | 1933-09-09 |
| Movie | The Crowd Roars | Anne Scott | 1932-04-16 |
| Movie | The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Schatzi Sutro | 1932-02-03 |
| Movie | Union Depot | Ruth Collins | 1932-01-14 |
| Movie | Miss Pinkerton | Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton | 1932-05-27 |
| Movie | The Famous Ferguson Case | Maizie Dickson | 1932-04-19 |
| Movie | Make Me a Star | 'Flips' Montague | 1932-07-01 |
| Movie | Central Park | Dot | 1932-12-10 |
| Movie | Lawyer Man | Olga Michaels | 1932-12-24 |
| Movie | Three on a Match | Mary Keaton | 1932-10-29 |
| Movie | Big City Blues | Vida Fleet | 1932-09-18 |
| Movie | Illicit | Helen 'Duckie' Childers | 1931-02-14 |
| Movie | God's Gift to Women | Fifi | 1931-04-13 |
| Movie | Millie | Angie | 1931-02-06 |
| Movie | The Public Enemy | Mamie | 1931-04-23 |
| Movie | Other Men's Women | Marie | 1931-01-17 |
| Movie | Big Business Girl | Pearl | 1931-06-12 |
| Movie | My Past | Marian Moore | 1931-05-03 |
| Movie | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' | Self - Gallery Member (uncredited) | 1931-09-13 |
| Movie | Blonde Crazy | Anne Roberts | 1931-09-16 |
| Movie | The Reckless Hour | Allen Crane | 1931-08-15 |
| Movie | Night Nurse | Maloney | 1931-07-16 |
| Movie | Broadway's Like That | Ruth's Pal | 1930-03-04 |
| Movie | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
| Movie | Sinners' Holiday | Myrtle | 1930-10-11 |
| Movie | The Office Wife | Katharine Murdock | 1930-08-23 |