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Acting
Birthday:
August 30, 1906
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Joan Blondell
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive) |
| 2008 | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 2008 | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self |
| 2006 | Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1981 | The Woman Inside | Aunt Coll |
| 1979 | The Glove | Mrs. Fitzgerald |
| 1979 | The Rebels | Mrs. Brumple |
| 1979 | The Champ | Dolly Kenyon |
| 1978 | Grease | Vi |
| 1978 | Battered | Edna Thompson |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Sarah Goode |
| 1977 | The Baron | Mama Lou |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Landlady |
| 1976 | Death at Love House | Marcella Geffenhart |
| 1975 | The Dead Don't Die | Levenia |
| 1975 | Winner Take All | Beverly Craig |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Jenny |
| 1970 | The Phynx | Ruby |
| 1969 | Big Daddy | |
| 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Glenda Callahan |
| 1968 | Kona Coast | Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat | Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto |
| 1967 | Winchester '73 | Larouge |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Lavinia |
| 1966 | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Mrs. Lavender |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Lady Fingers |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle | Self |
| 1965 | Kilroy | Rose Kelsey |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Easy Jenny |
| 1961 | Angel Baby | Mollie Hays |
| 1959 | A Marriage of Strangers | Mrs. Patrick |
| 1957 | Desk Set | Peg Costello |
| 1957 | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Violet |
| 1957 | This Could Be the Night | Crystal St. Clair |
| 1957 | Lizzie | Aunt Morgan |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Edith Potter |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | Annie Rawlins |
| 1950 | For Heaven's Sake | Daphne Peters |
| 1947 | Nightmare Alley | Zeena Krumbein |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Ann Nelson |
| 1947 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Rosemary Durant |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Aunt Sissy |
| 1945 | Adventure | Helen Melohn |
| 1945 | Don Juan Quilligan | Marjorie Mossrock |
| 1943 | Cry 'Havoc' | Grace |
| 1942 | Lady for a Night | Jenny Blake |
| 1941 | Topper Returns | Gail Richards |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Hope Banner |
| 1941 | Model Wife | Joan Keating Chambers |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Molly Mahoney |
| 1940 | I Want a Divorce | Geraldine Brokaw |
| 1939 | East Side of Heaven | Mary Wilson |
| 1939 | The Kid from Kokomo | Doris Harvey |
| 1939 | Good Girls Go to Paris | Jenny Swanson |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Maxine Carroll |
| 1939 | Off the Record | Jane Morgan |
| 1939 | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman | Sally Reardon |
| 1937 | The Perfect Specimen | Mona Carter |
| 1937 | Stand-In | Lester Plum |
| 1937 | The King and the Chorus Girl | Miss Dorothy Ellis |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation | 'Timmy' Blake |
| 1937 | Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Lee Morgan |
| 1936 | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Norma Perry |
| 1936 | Colleen | Minnie Hawkins |
| 1936 | Three Men on a Horse | Mabel |
| 1936 | Sons o' Guns | Yvonne |
| 1936 | Stage Struck | Peggy Revere |
| 1936 | One And One Is One | Herself |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | Alice Hughes |
| 1935 | We're in the Money | Ginger Stewart |
| 1935 | Miss Pacific Fleet | Gloria Fay |
| 1935 | Traveling Saleslady | Angela Twitchell |
| 1935 | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self |
| 1935 | Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | |
| 1934 | Dames | Mabel Anderson |
| 1934 | He Was Her Man | Rose Lawrence |
| 1934 | Smarty | Vicki |
| 1934 | Kansas City Princess | Rosie Sturges |
| 1934 | I've Got Your Number | Marie Lawson |
| 1934 | Hollywood Newsreel | Self |
| 1934 | And She Learned About Dames | Herself |
| 1933 | Blondie Johnson | Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Carol King |
| 1933 | Footlight Parade | Nan Prescott |
| 1933 | Just Around the Corner | Mrs. Graham |
| 1933 | Goodbye Again | Anne Rogers |
| 1933 | Havana Widows | Mae Knight |
| 1933 | Broadway Bad | Tony Landers |
| 1933 | Convention City | Nancy Lorraine |
| 1932 | The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Schatzi Sutro |
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Mary Keaton |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Maizie Dickson |
| 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Anne Scott |
| 1932 | Lawyer Man | Olga Michaels |
| 1932 | Union Depot | Ruth Collins |
| 1932 | Big City Blues | Vida Fleet |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | 'Flips' Montague |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton | Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton |
| 1932 | Central Park | Dot |
| 1931 | Blonde Crazy | Anne Roberts |
| 1931 | The Public Enemy | Mamie |
| 1931 | Night Nurse | Maloney |
| 1931 | Illicit | Helen 'Duckie' Childers |
| 1931 | Big Business Girl | Pearl |
| 1931 | Millie | Angie |
| 1931 | The Reckless Hour | Allen Crane |
| 1931 | My Past | Marian Moore |
| 1931 | Other Men's Women | Marie |
| 1931 | God's Gift to Women | Fifi |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' | Self - Gallery Member (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Office Wife | Katharine Murdock |
| 1930 | Sinners' Holiday | Myrtle |
| 1930 | Broadway's Like That | Ruth's Pal |
| 1930 | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self |
| 1930 | The Voice of Hollywood | |
| 1930 | The Heart Breaker | |
| 1930 | The Devil's Parade |