Joan Blondell
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Self (archive footage)
moviePublic Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
Self (archive footage)
movieGold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieComplicated Women
2003
Self (archive footage)
movieBarbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Self (archive footage)
movieSteve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
Self (archive footage)
movieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
(archive footage)
movieThe Woman Inside
1981
Aunt Coll
movieThe Glove
1979
Mrs. Fitzgerald
movieThe Champ
1979
Dolly Kenyon
tvThe Rebels
1979
Mrs. Brumple
$weepstake$
1979
Mme. Grimaldi
movieBattered
1978
Edna Thompson
tvFantasy Island
1978
Naomi Gittings
movieOpening Night
1977
Sarah Goode
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Ramona Bevans
movieThe Baron
1977
Mama Lou
movieDeath at Love House
1976
Marcella Geffenhart
tvStarsky & Hutch
1975
Mrs. Pruitt
tvSwitch
1975
Mrs. Lear
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieWinner Take All
1975
Beverly Craig
movieThe Dead Don't Die
1975
Levenia
tvThe Snoop Sisters
1973
Madame Mimi
tvBanyon
1972
Peggy Revere
tvThe New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
Aunt Louise
tvMedical Center
1969
Doris
tvHere Come the Brides
1968
Lottie Hatfield
tvThe Name of the Game
1968
Miss Wall
tvThe Outsider
1968
Sadie Burch
movieKona Coast
1968
Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
movieStay Away, Joe
1968
Glenda Callahan
movieWaterhole #3
1967
Lavinia
tvThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Miss Lottie
movieWinchester '73
1967
Larouge
movieThe Spy in the Green Hat
1967
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
movieRide Beyond Vengeance
1966
Mrs. Lavender
movieThe Cincinnati Kid
1965
Lady Fingers
movieKilroy
1965
Rose Kelsey
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
movieAdvance to the Rear
1964
Easy Jenny
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Mrs. Melvin Freebie
tvPetticoat Junction
1963
Florabelle Campbell
tvBurke's Law
1963
Ethel Kronkeit / Candy Sturdevant
tvThe Lucy Show
1962
Joan Brenner
tvThe Virginian
1962
Rosanna Dobie
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Dolly Marlowe
movieAngel Baby
1961
Mollie Hays
tvMy Three Sons
1960
Harriet Blanchard
tvThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Helene Terry
tvThe Untouchables
1959
Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
tvAdventures in Paradise
1959
Millicent Brass
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Phyllis Britt
tvBonanza
1959
Lillian Manfred
movieA Marriage of Strangers
1959
Mrs. Patrick
tvThe Real McCoys
1957
Aunt Win
movieDesk Set
1957
Peg Costello
movieThis Could Be the Night
1957
Crystal St. Clair
movieChild of Trouble
1957
Helen Green
movieLizzie
1957
Aunt Morgan
movieThe Opposite Sex
1956
Edith Potter
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Rose Kelsey
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Joan Preston
movieThe Blue Veil
1951
Annie Rawlins
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Calamity Jane
movieFor Heaven's Sake
1950
Daphne Peters
tvSuspense
1949
Clara
tvStudio One
1948
Ruth Breen
movieChristmas Eve
1947
Ann Nelson
movieNightmare Alley
1947
Zeena Krumbein
movieThe Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
Rosemary Durant
movieAdventure
1945
Helen Melohn
movieDon Juan Quilligan
1945
Marjorie Mossrock
movieA Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
Aunt Sissy
movieCry 'Havoc'
1943
Grace
movieLady for a Night
1942
Jenny Blake
movieThree Girls About Town
1941
Hope Banner
movieModel Wife
1941
Joan Keating Chambers
movieTopper Returns
1941
Gail Richards
movieI Want a Divorce
1940
Geraldine Brokaw
movieTwo Girls on Broadway
1940
Molly Mahoney
movieThe Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Maxine Carroll
movieGood Girls Go to Paris
1939
Jenny Swanson
movieThe Kid from Kokomo
1939
Doris Harvey
movieEast Side of Heaven
1939
Mary Wilson
movieOff the Record
1939
Jane Morgan
movieThere's Always a Woman
1938
Sally Reardon
movieStand-In
1937
Lester Plum
movieThe Perfect Specimen
1937
Mona Carter
movieBack in Circulation
1937
'Timmy' Blake
movieTalent Scout
1937
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe King and the Chorus Girl
1937
Miss Dorothy Ellis
movieGold Diggers of 1937
1936
Norma Perry
movieStage Struck
1936
Peggy Revere
movieBullets or Ballots
1936
Lee Morgan
movieSons o' Guns
1936
Yvonne
movieColleen
1936
Minnie Hawkins
movieOne And One Is One
1936
Herself
movieMiss Pacific Fleet
1935
Gloria Fay
movieWe're in the Money
1935
Ginger Stewart
movieBroadway Gondolier
1935
Alice Hughes
movieTraveling Saleslady
1935
Angela Twitchell
movieKansas City Princess
1934
Rosie Sturges
movieDames
1934
Mabel Anderson
movieHe Was Her Man
1934
Rose Lawrence
movieSmarty
1934
Vicki
movieI've Got Your Number
1934
Marie Lawson
movieConvention City
1933
Nancy Lorraine
movieHavana Widows
1933
Mae Knight
movieGoodbye Again
1933
Anne Rogers
movieBlondie Johnson
1933
Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
movieBroadway Bad
1933
Tony Landers
movieJust Around the Corner
1933
Mrs. Graham
movieLawyer Man
1932
Olga Michaels
movieThree on a Match
1932
Mary Keaton
movieBig City Blues
1932
Vida Fleet
movieMake Me a Star
1932
'Flips' Montague
movieMiss Pinkerton
1932
Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
movieThe Famous Ferguson Case
1932
Maizie Dickson
movieThe Crowd Roars
1932
Anne Scott
movieThe Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Schatzi Sutro
movieUnion Depot
1932
Ruth Collins
movieBlonde Crazy
1931
Anne Roberts
movieHow I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931
Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
movieThe Reckless Hour
1931
Myrtle Nichols
movieNight Nurse
1931
Maloney
movieMy Past
1931
Marian Moore
movieIllicit
1931
Helen 'Duckie' Childers
movieMillie
1931
Angie
movieThe Office Wife
1930
Katharine Murdock
movieBroadway's Like That
1930
Ruth's Pal