Joan Blondell
Acting
Born: August 30, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: December 25, 1979 (aged 73)
Highest Rated
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
Grease
1978
The Twilight Zone
1959
Bonanza
1959
The Public Enemy
1931
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Opening Night
1977
Nightmare Alley
1947
The Champ
1979
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Love Boat
1977
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
The Untouchables
1959
Photos (6)
Movies (108)
Grease
Vi
The Cincinnati Kid
Lady Fingers
Gold Diggers of 1933
Carol
The Public Enemy
Mamie
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Jenny
Nightmare Alley
Zeena Krumbein
Advance to the Rear
Easy Jenny
Topper Returns
Gail Richards
The Opposite Sex
Edith Potter
The Champ
Dolly Kenyon
Death at Love House
Marcella Geffenhart
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Violet
Footlight Parade
Nan
Opening Night
Sarah Goode
Miss Pinkerton
Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Stay Away, Joe
Glenda Callahan
Three on a Match
Mary Keaton
Waterhole #3
Lavinia
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Aunt Sissy
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Mrs. Lavender
Adventure
Helen Melohn
Desk Set
Peg Costello
Two Girls on Broadway
Molly Mahoney
The Crowd Roars
Anne Scott
Big City Blues
Vida Fleet
This Could Be the Night
Crystal St. Clair
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Maxine Carroll
The Dead Don't Die
Levenia
Big Daddy
1969
The King and the Chorus Girl
Miss Dorothy Ellis
The Famous Ferguson Case
Maizie Dickson
Night Nurse
Maloney
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Landlady
Lady for a Night
Jenny Blake
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Schatzi Sutro
Blondie Johnson
Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Cry 'Havoc'
Grace
Dames
Mabel Anderson
Winchester '73
Larouge
Lizzie
Aunt Morgan
East Side of Heaven
Mary Wilson
Make Me a Star
'Flips' Montague
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Good Girls Go to Paris
Jenny Swanson
Battered
Edna Thompson
Angel Baby
Mollie Hays
There's Always a Woman
Sally Reardon
God's Gift to Women
Fifi
The Spy in the Green Hat
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
The Phynx
Ruby
Gold Diggers of 1937
Norma Perry
The Kid from Kokomo
Doris Harvey
The Reckless Hour
Myrtle Nichols
Don Juan Quilligan
Marjorie Mossrock
I've Got Your Number
Marie Lawson
He Was Her Man
Rose Lawrence
Just Around the Corner
Mrs. Graham
Bullets or Ballots
Lee Morgan
Convention City
Nancy Lorraine
The Glove
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Back in Circulation
'Timmy' Blake
Stand-In
Lester Plum
The Office Wife
Katharine Murdock
Colleen
Minnie Hawkins
Three Girls About Town
Hope Banner
I Want a Divorce
Geraldine Brokaw
The Blue Veil
Annie Rawlins
Big Business Girl
Pearl
We're in the Money
Ginger Stewart
Other Men's Women
Marie
Model Wife
Joan Keating Chambers
Central Park
Dot
Blonde Crazy
Anne Roberts
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Rosemary Durant
Kilroy
Rose Kelsey
A Marriage of Strangers
Mrs. Patrick
Christmas Eve
Ann Nelson
My Past
Marian Moore
Millie
Angie
Broadway Gondolier
Alice Hughes
Traveling Saleslady
Angela Twitchell
Union Depot
Ruth Collins
Stage Struck
Peggy Revere
The Baron
Mama Lou
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
Lawyer Man
Olga Michaels
For Heaven's Sake
Daphne Peters
Off the Record
Jane Morgan
Illicit
Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
1936
Goodbye Again
Anne Rogers
Havana Widows
Mae Knight
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
Winner Take All
Beverly Craig
Three Men on a Horse
Mabel
Kona Coast
Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
Smarty
Vicki
Child of Trouble
Helen Green
The Perfect Specimen
Mona Carter
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sinners' Holiday
Myrtle
Sons o' Guns
Yvonne
Kansas City Princess
Rosie Sturges
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
1936
The Woman Inside
Aunt Coll
Broadway's Like That
Ruth's Pal
Miss Pacific Fleet
Gloria Fay
Broadway Bad
Tony Landers
TV Shows (40)
The Love Boat
Ramona Bevans · 1 eps
Bonanza
Lillian Manfred · 1 eps
The Virginian
Rosanna Dobie · 1 eps
Love, American Style
2 eps
Petticoat Junction
Florabelle Campbell · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Phyllis Britt · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Naomi Gittings · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Dolly Marlowe · 1 eps
My Three Sons
Harriet Blanchard · 1 eps
Studio One
Ruth Breen · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Mrs. Pruitt · 2 eps
The Lucy Show
Joan Brenner · 2 eps
Medical Center
Doris · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Ethel Kronkeit · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Candy Sturdevant · 1 eps
McCloud
1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Suspense
Clara · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Miss Wall · 1 eps
Switch
Mrs. Lear · 1 eps
That Girl
1 eps
Family Affair
1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Millicent Brass · 1 eps
The Real McCoys
Aunt Win · 3 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mrs. Fingers Stilletto · 1 eps
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Helene Terry · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Miss Lottie · 1 eps
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Aunt Louise · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
May · 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Rose Kelsey · 1 eps
The Outsider
Sadie Burch · 1 eps
Here Come the Brides
Lottie Hatfield · 52 eps
Banyon
Peggy Revere · 15 eps
The Snoop Sisters
Madame Mimi · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Joan Preston · 1 eps
The Rebels
Mrs. Brumple · 2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Calamity Jane · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (21)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self (archive footage)
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
One And One Is One
Herself
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
Self
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1939
Self