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
Nightmare Alley
Zeena Krumbein
The Cincinnati Kid
Lady Fingers
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Landlady
The Champ
Dolly Kenyon
Big Daddy
1969
The Public Enemy
Mamie
Opening Night
Sarah Goode
Footlight Parade
Nan
Advance to the Rear
Easy Jenny
Stay Away, Joe
Glenda Callahan
Gold Diggers of 1933
Carol
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Aunt Sissy
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Jenny
I Want a Divorce
Geraldine Brokaw
Desk Set
Peg Costello
The Opposite Sex
Edith Potter
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Mrs. Lavender
Cry 'Havoc'
Grace
Kilroy
Rose Kelsey
Three on a Match
Mary Keaton
Bullets or Ballots
Lee Morgan
Other Men's Women
Marie
Night Nurse
Maloney
Waterhole #3
Lavinia
Convention City
Nancy Lorraine
The Glove
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Lawyer Man
Olga Michaels
Topper Returns
Gail Richards
Model Wife
Joan Keating Chambers
The Blue Veil
Annie Rawlins
Big Business Girl
Pearl
The Phynx
Ruby
Blondie Johnson
Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Angel Baby
Mollie Hays
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Violet
Union Depot
Ruth Collins
The Perfect Specimen
Mona Carter
Miss Pinkerton
Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Winchester '73
Larouge
Lady for a Night
Jenny Blake
Lizzie
Aunt Morgan
Illicit
Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Christmas Eve
Ann Nelson
Colleen
Minnie Hawkins
Back in Circulation
'Timmy' Blake
Adventure
Helen Melohn
The Dead Don't Die
Levenia
The Spy in the Green Hat
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
There's Always a Woman
Sally Reardon
East Side of Heaven
Mary Wilson
He Was Her Man
Rose Lawrence
Blonde Crazy
Anne Roberts
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Maxine Carroll
Two Girls on Broadway
Molly Mahoney
Gold Diggers of 1937
Norma Perry
The Office Wife
Katharine Murdock
Winner Take All
Beverly Craig
Three Girls About Town
Hope Banner
Goodbye Again
Anne Rogers
Child of Trouble
Helen Green
Good Girls Go to Paris
Jenny Swanson
Death at Love House
Marcella Geffenhart
Central Park
Dot
Stand-In
Lester Plum
Broadway Gondolier
Alice Hughes
This Could Be the Night
Crystal St. Clair
Big City Blues
Vida Fleet
Kansas City Princess
Rosie Sturges
Dames
Mabel Anderson
The Crowd Roars
Anne Scott
Millie
Angie
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Marriage of Strangers
Mrs. Patrick
Make Me a Star
'Flips' Montague
Smarty
Vicki
Don Juan Quilligan
Marjorie Mossrock
Kona Coast
Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
The Reckless Hour
Myrtle Nichols
Just Around the Corner
Mrs. Graham
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Stage Struck
Peggy Revere
God's Gift to Women
Fifi
Miss Pacific Fleet
Gloria Fay
Battered
Edna Thompson
The King and the Chorus Girl
Miss Dorothy Ellis
We're in the Money
Ginger Stewart
My Past
Marian Moore
Off the Record
Jane Morgan
The Famous Ferguson Case
Maizie Dickson
Havana Widows
Mae Knight
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Rosemary Durant
I've Got Your Number
Marie Lawson
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Schatzi Sutro
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
Sons o' Guns
Yvonne
Sinners' Holiday
Myrtle
The Kid from Kokomo
Doris Harvey
For Heaven's Sake
Daphne Peters
Traveling Saleslady
Angela Twitchell
The Baron
Mama Lou
Three Men on a Horse
Mabel
The Woman Inside
Aunt Coll
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
1936
Broadway Bad
Tony Landers
Broadway's Like That
Ruth's Pal
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
1936
TV Shows (39)
The Love Boat
Ramona Bevans · 1 eps
Bonanza
Lillian Manfred · 1 eps
The Lucy Show
Joan Brenner · 2 eps
The Virginian
Rosanna Dobie · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Phyllis Britt · 1 eps
Fantasy Island
Naomi Gittings · 1 eps
Love, American Style
2 eps
Dr. Kildare
Dolly Marlowe · 1 eps
My Three Sons
Harriet Blanchard · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall · 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
Mrs. Pruitt · 2 eps
Studio One
Ruth Breen · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Miss Wall · 1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Florabelle Campbell · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Ethel Kronkeit · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Candy Sturdevant · 1 eps
Medical Center
Doris · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mrs. Fingers Stilletto · 1 eps
Here Come the Brides
Lottie Hatfield · 52 eps
That Girl
1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Millicent Brass · 1 eps
McCloud
1 eps
Suspense
Clara · 1 eps
Family Affair
1 eps
Police Story
1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
The Real McCoys
Aunt Win · 3 eps
Switch
Mrs. Lear · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Miss Lottie · 1 eps
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Helene Terry · 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame · 1 eps
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Aunt Louise · 1 eps
The Outsider
Sadie Burch · 1 eps
Banyon
Peggy Revere · 15 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Rose Kelsey · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Joan Preston · 1 eps
The Snoop Sisters
Madame Mimi · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Calamity Jane · 1 eps
The Rebels
Mrs. Brumple · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (20)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
One And One Is One
Herself
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Breakdowns of 1939
Self
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
Self