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Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

ActingBorn August 30, 1906Died December 25, 1979 (age 73)New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

2008Movie
2006Movie
2003
Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

Movie
1981
The Woman Inside

as Aunt Coll

Movie
1979
The Glove

as Mrs. Fitzgerald

Movie
1979
The Champ

as Dolly Kenyon

Movie
1979
The Rebels

as Mrs. Brumple

TV
1979
$weepstake$

as Mme. Grimaldi

TV
1978
Battered

as Edna Thompson

Movie
1978
Grease

as Vi

Movie
1978
Fantasy Island

as Naomi Gittings

TV
1977
Opening Night

as Sarah Goode

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Ramona Bevans

TV
1977
The Baron

as Mama Lou

Movie
1976
Death at Love House

as Marcella Geffenhart

Movie
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Mrs. Pruitt

TV
1975
Switch

as Mrs. Lear

TV
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1975
Winner Take All

as Beverly Craig

Movie
1975Movie
1973
The Snoop Sisters

as Madame Mimi

TV
1972
Banyon

as Peggy Revere

TV
1971TV
1970
The Phynx

as Ruby

Movie
1970TV
1969TV
1969Movie
1968
Here Come the Brides

as Lottie Hatfield

TV
1968TV
1968
The Outsider

as Sadie Burch

TV
1968
Kona Coast

as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark

Movie
1968
Stay Away, Joe

as Glenda Callahan

Movie
1967
Waterhole #3

as Lavinia

Movie
1967TV
1967
Winchester '73

as Larouge

Movie
1967
The Spy in the Green Hat

as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto

Movie
1966TV
1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance

as Mrs. Lavender

Movie
1965
The Cincinnati Kid

as Lady Fingers

Movie
1965
Kilroy

as Rose Kelsey

Movie
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto

TV
1964
Advance to the Rear

as Easy Jenny

Movie
1963TV
1963
Petticoat Junction

as Florabelle Campbell

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Ethel Kronkeit

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as Candy Sturdevant

TV
1963TV
1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Miss Zilke

TV
1962
The Lucy Show

as Joan Brenner

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Rosanna Dobie

TV
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dolly Marlowe

TV
1961
Angel Baby

as Mollie Hays

Movie
1960
My Three Sons

as Harriet Blanchard

TV
1960TV
1959
The Untouchables

as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall

TV
1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Millicent Brass

TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Phyllis Britt

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Lillian Manfred

TV
1959Movie
1957
The Real McCoys

as Aunt Win

TV
1957
Desk Set

as Peg Costello

Movie
1957
This Could Be the Night

as Crystal St. Clair

Movie
1957
Child of Trouble

as Helen Green

Movie
1957
Lizzie

as Aunt Morgan

Movie
1956
The Opposite Sex

as Edith Potter

Movie
1954TV
1953TV
1951
The Blue Veil

as Annie Rawlins

Movie
1951TV
1950
For Heaven's Sake

as Daphne Peters

Movie
1950TV
1950TV
1949
Suspense

as Clara

TV
1948
Studio One

as Ruth Breen

TV
1947
Christmas Eve

as Ann Nelson

Movie
1947
Nightmare Alley

as Zeena Krumbein

Movie
1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.

as Rosemary Durant

Movie
1945
Adventure

as Helen Melohn

Movie
1945
Don Juan Quilligan

as Marjorie Mossrock

Movie
1945Movie
1943
Cry 'Havoc'

as Grace

Movie
1942
Lady for a Night

as Jenny Blake

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Model Wife

as Joan Keating Chambers

Movie
1941
Topper Returns

as Gail Richards

Movie
1940
I Want a Divorce

as Geraldine Brokaw

Movie
1940
Two Girls on Broadway

as Molly Mahoney

Movie
1939Movie
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Maxine Carroll

Movie
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris

as Jenny Swanson

Movie
1939
The Kid from Kokomo

as Doris Harvey

Movie
1939
East Side of Heaven

as Mary Wilson

Movie
1939
Off the Record

as Jane Morgan

Movie
1938
There's Always a Woman

as Sally Reardon

Movie
1937
Stand-In

as Lester Plum

Movie
1937
The Perfect Specimen

as Mona Carter

Movie
1937
Back in Circulation

as 'Timmy' Blake

Movie
1937
Talent Scout

as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1937
The King and the Chorus Girl

as Miss Dorothy Ellis

Movie
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937

as Norma Perry

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Stage Struck

as Peggy Revere

Movie
1936
Bullets or Ballots

as Lee Morgan

Movie
1936
Sons o' Guns

as Yvonne

Movie
1936
Colleen

as Minnie Hawkins

Movie
1936Movie
1935
Miss Pacific Fleet

as Gloria Fay

Movie
1935
We're in the Money

as Ginger Stewart

Movie
1935
Broadway Gondolier

as Alice Hughes

Movie
1935
Traveling Saleslady

as Angela Twitchell

Movie
1934
Kansas City Princess

as Rosie Sturges

Movie
1934
Dames

as Mabel Anderson

Movie
1934
He Was Her Man

as Rose Lawrence

Movie
1934
Smarty

as Vicki

Movie
1934Movie
1934Movie
1934
I've Got Your Number

as Marie Lawson

Movie
1933
Convention City

as Nancy Lorraine

Movie
1933
Havana Widows

as Mae Knight

Movie
1933
Footlight Parade

as Nan Prescott

Movie
1933
Goodbye Again

as Anne Rogers

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Blondie Johnson

as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson

Movie
1933
Broadway Bad

as Tony Landers

Movie
1933Movie
1932
Lawyer Man

as Olga Michaels

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Three on a Match

as Mary Keaton

Movie
1932
Big City Blues

as Vida Fleet

Movie
1932
Make Me a Star

as 'Flips' Montague

Movie
1932
Miss Pinkerton

as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton

Movie
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case

as Maizie Dickson

Movie
1932
The Crowd Roars

as Anne Scott

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Union Depot

as Ruth Collins

Movie
1931
Blonde Crazy

as Anne Roberts

Movie
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'

as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)

Movie
1931
The Reckless Hour

as Myrtle Nichols

Movie
1931
Night Nurse

as Maloney

Movie
1931Movie
1931
My Past

as Marian Moore

Movie
1931Movie
1931Movie
1931
Illicit

as Helen 'Duckie' Childers

Movie
1931
Millie

as Angie

Movie
1931Movie
1930Movie
1930
The Office Wife

as Katharine Murdock

Movie
1930Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 30, 1906
Day of DeathDecember 25, 1979
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Popularity1.1
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