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 released shortly before her death from leukemia, Grease (1978) and the remake of The Champ (1979). 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:
- 143
- First Appeared:
- In the movie An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee 1930-08-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Grease Story 2017-11-05
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Grease Story | Vi | 2017-11-05 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Movie | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self | 2008-05-15 |
| Movie | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | 2008-10-14 | |
| Movie | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-21 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Rebels | Mrs. Brumple | 1979-05-14 |
| Movie | The Champ | Dolly Kenyon | 1979-07-07 |
| Movie | The Glove | Mrs. Fitzgerald | 1979-12-01 |
| 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 | Unknown | 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 |
| Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
| Movie | Big Daddy | 1969-06-11 | |
| Movie | Stay Away, Joe | Glenda Callahan | 1968-03-08 |
| Movie | Kona Coast | Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark | 1968-05-01 |
| Series | Here Come the Brides | 1968-09-25 | |
| Series | The Outsider | Unknown | 1968-09-18 |
| Movie | Winchester '73 | Larouge | 1967-03-14 |
| Movie | The Spy in the Green Hat | Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto | 1967-02-03 |
| 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 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1966-09-13 |
| Series | Family Affair | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Movie | The Cincinnati Kid | Lady Fingers | 1965-10-15 |
| Movie | Advance to the Rear | Easy Jenny | 1964-06-10 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | The Lucy Show | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | Angel Baby | Mollie Hays | 1961-05-14 |
| Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
| Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Movie | Lizzie | Aunt Morgan | 1957-04-04 |
| Movie | This Could Be the Night | Crystal St. Clair | 1957-05-14 |
| Movie | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Violet | 1957-07-29 |
| Movie | Desk Set | Peg Costello | 1957-08-02 |
| Movie | The Opposite Sex | Edith Potter | 1956-11-15 |
| 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 |
| Movie | For Heaven's Sake | Daphne Peters | 1950-12-15 |
| Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
| Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Rosemary Durant | 1947-06-02 |
| Movie | Nightmare Alley | Zeena Krumbein | 1947-10-09 |
| 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 | Model Wife | Joan Keating Chambers | 1941-04-17 |
| Movie | Topper Returns | Gail Richards | 1941-03-21 |
| 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 | East Side of Heaven | Mary Wilson | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | Off the Record | Jane Morgan | 1939-01-21 |
| Movie | The Kid from Kokomo | Doris Harvey | 1939-05-23 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | 1939-12-31 |
| 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 | Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1937-07-24 |
| Movie | The King and the Chorus Girl | Miss Dorothy Ellis | 1937-03-27 |
| Movie | The Perfect Specimen | Mona Carter | 1937-10-23 |
| Movie | Back in Circulation | 'Timmy' Blake | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Stand-In | Lester Plum | 1937-10-29 |
| Movie | Sons o' Guns | Yvonne | 1936-05-13 |
| Movie | Bullets or Ballots | Lee Morgan | 1936-06-06 |
| Movie | Colleen | Minnie Hawkins | 1936-03-21 |
| 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 | Smarty | Vicki | 1934-05-19 |
| Movie | He Was Her Man | Rose Lawrence | 1934-06-16 |
| 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 | Blonde Crazy | Anne Roberts | 1931-09-16 |
| 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 | The Reckless Hour | Allen Crane | 1931-08-15 |
| Movie | Night Nurse | Maloney | 1931-07-16 |
| 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 |