Joan Blondell
Known for Acting · 177 credits
- Born
- 1906-08-30
- Died
- 1979-12-25
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Rose Joan Blondell · Джоан Блонделл · Rosebud 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.
Known For
TV Shows (50)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Bonanza
1959
as Lillian Manfred
The Love Boat
1977
as Ramona Bevans
Love, American Style
1969
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Phyllis Britt
The Virginian
1962
as Rosanna Dobie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Mrs. Melvin Freebie
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dolly Marlowe
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Florabelle Campbell
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Mrs. Pruitt
My Three Sons
1960
as Harriet Blanchard
The Untouchables
1959
as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
Studio One
1948
as Ruth Breen
The Lucy Show
1962
as Joan Brenner
Medical Center
1969
as Doris
Burke's Law
1963
as Ethel Kronkeit / Candy Sturdevant
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Name of the Game
1968
as Miss Wall
The Rookies
1972
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Millicent Brass
That Girl
1966
McCloud
1970
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Real McCoys
1957
as Aunt Win
Switch
1975
as Mrs. Lear
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Family Affair
1966
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
Suspense
1949
as Clara
Police Story
1973
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Helene Terry
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as May
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Miss Lottie
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Madame
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as T.T. Hill
The Outsider
1968
as Sadie Burch
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Rose Kelsey
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Miss Zilke
Banyon
1972
as Peggy Revere
Here Come the Brides
1968
as Lottie Hatfield
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
as Aunt Louise
Playwrights '56
1955
$weepstake$
1979
as Mme. Grimaldi
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Madame Mimi
General Electric Theater
1953
as Joan Preston
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Calamity Jane
The Rebels
1979
as Mrs. Brumple
Summer Fun
1966
Movies (127)
Grease
1978
as Vi
Opening Night
1977
as Sarah Goode
The Champ
1979
as Dolly Kenyon
Waterhole #3
1967
as Lavinia
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Desk Set
1957
as Peg Costello
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
as Aunt Sissy
The Public Enemy
1931
as Mamie
Nightmare Alley
1947
as Zeena Krumbein
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Edith Potter
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Lady Fingers
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Lee Morgan
Smarty
1934
as Vicki
Stand-In
1937
as Lester Plum
Millie
1931
as Angie
Christmas Eve
1947
as Ann Nelson
Union Depot
1932
as Ruth Collins
Footlight Parade
1933
as Nan Prescott
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Alice Hughes
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Jenny
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Adventure
1945
as Helen Melohn
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Carol
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Landlady
Winchester '73
1967
as Larouge
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Grace
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Hope Banner
Lawyer Man
1932
as Olga Michaels
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
The Blue Veil
1951
as Annie Rawlins
Topper Returns
1941
as Gail Richards
Dames
1934
as Mabel Anderson
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
as Self (archive footage)
He Was Her Man
1934
as Rose Lawrence
The Phynx
1970
as Ruby
Stay Away, Joe
1968
as Glenda Callahan
Blonde Crazy
1931
as Anne Roberts
Lizzie
1957
as Aunt Morgan
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
as Mrs. Lavender
The Glove
1979
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Self
Havana Widows
1933
as Mae Knight
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
as Violet
Angel Baby
1961
as Mollie Hays
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self
Central Park
1932
as Dot
Off the Record
1939
as Jane Morgan
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
as Norma Perry
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Night Nurse
1931
as Maloney
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Crystal St. Clair
Battered
1978
as Edna Thompson
Illicit
1931
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Three on a Match
1932
as Mary Keaton
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Easy Jenny
There's Always a Woman
1938
as Sally Reardon
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Lady for a Night
1942
as Jenny Blake
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Maizie Dickson
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Angela Twitchell
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Anne Scott
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
For Heaven's Sake
1950
as Daphne Peters
My Past
1931
as Marian Moore
Big City Blues
1932
as Vida Fleet
The Baron
1977
as Mama Lou
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Sinners' Holiday
1930
as Myrtle
Goodbye Again
1933
as Anne Rogers
Miss Pinkerton
1932
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Death at Love House
1976
as Marcella Geffenhart
Convention City
1933
as Nancy Lorraine
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Rosemary Durant
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Jenny Swanson
Big Daddy
1969
The Dead Don't Die
1975
as Levenia
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
Sons o' Guns
1936
as Yvonne
We're in the Money
1935
as Ginger Stewart
The Perfect Specimen
1937
as Mona Carter
Kansas City Princess
1934
as Rosie Sturges
Model Wife
1941
as Joan Keating Chambers
And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Herself
Kilroy
1965
as Rose Kelsey
The Office Wife
1930
as Katharine Murdock
East Side of Heaven
1939
as Mary Wilson
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Molly Mahoney
Other Men's Women
1931
as Marie
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Maxine Carroll
The King and the Chorus Girl
1937
as Miss Dorothy Ellis
Winner Take All
1975
as Beverly Craig
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
Stage Struck
1936
as Peggy Revere
Colleen
1936
as Minnie Hawkins
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
as Self
Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Mabel
Kona Coast
1968
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
Talent Scout
1937
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Marie Lawson
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Geraldine Brokaw
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
as Gloria Fay
Big Business Girl
1931
as Pearl
The Reckless Hour
1931
as Allen Crane
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Marjorie Mossrock
Back in Circulation
1937
as 'Timmy' Blake
Make Me a Star
1932
as 'Flips' Montague
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
as Doris Harvey
Broadway Bad
1933
as Tony Landers
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)
God's Gift to Women
1931
as Fifi
A Marriage of Strangers
1959
as Mrs. Patrick
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
as Schatzi Sutro
Child of Trouble
1957
as Helen Green
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
Just Around the Corner
1933
as Mrs. Graham
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
Broadway's Like That
1930
as Ruth's Pal
About 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… With 177 credits spanning from 1930 to 2009, Joan Blondell has appeared in 127 films and 50 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joan Blondell Movies
- Grease (1978) — as Vi
- Opening Night (1977) — as Sarah Goode
- The Champ (1979) — as Dolly Kenyon
- Waterhole #3 (1967) — as Lavinia
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
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