- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 30, 1906
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 25, 1979
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 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
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)
movieYou Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 · Self
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
$weepstake$
tv$weepstake$
1979 · Mme. Grimaldi
movieBattered
1978 · Edna Thompson
movieGrease
1978 · Vi
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
movieWon Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Landlady
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
tvPolice Story
1973
tvBanyon
1972 · Peggy Revere
tvThe Rookies
1972
tvThe New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971 · Aunt Louise
movieSupport Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Jenny
movieThe Phynx
1970 · Ruby
tvMcCloud
1970
tvLove, American Style
1969
tvMedical Center
1969 · Doris
movieBig Daddy
1969
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
tvThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Madame
tvFamily Affair
1966
tvThat Girl
1966
Summer Fun
tvSummer Fun
1966
movieRide Beyond Vengeance
1966 · Mrs. Lavender
movieThe Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Lady Fingers
movieKilroy
1965 · Rose Kelsey
movieThe Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
1965 · Self
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
tvBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Mrs. Melvin Freebie
tvPetticoat Junction
1963 · Florabelle Campbell
tvBurke's Law
1963 · Ethel Kronkeit, Candy Sturdevant
The Greatest Show on Earth
tvThe Greatest Show on Earth
1963 · T.T. Hill
Vacation Playhouse
tvVacation Playhouse
1963 · Miss Zilke
tvThe Lucy Show
1962 · Joan Brenner
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Rosanna Dobie
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
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
movieWill Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957 · Violet
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
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
Playwrights '56
tvPlaywrights '56
1955
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
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · May
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
tvSuspense
1949 · Clara
tvStudio One
1948 · Ruth Breen
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
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
movieBreakdowns of 1939
1939 · Self
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
movieThree Men on a Horse
1936 · Mabel
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
movieDick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
1936
movieDick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
movieDick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
1936
movieMiss Pacific Fleet
1935 · Gloria Fay
movieThings You Never See on the Screen
1935 · Self
movieWe're in the Money
1935 · Ginger Stewart
movieBroadway Gondolier
1935 · Alice Hughes
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
movieScreen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
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
movieAnd She Learned About Dames
1934 · Herself
Hollywood Newsreel
movieHollywood Newsreel
1934 · Self
movieI've Got Your Number
1934 · Marie Lawson
movieConvention City
1933 · Nancy Lorraine
movieHavana Widows
1933 · Mae Knight
movieFootlight Parade
1933 · Nan
movieGoodbye Again
1933 · Anne Rogers
movieGold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Carol
movieBlondie Johnson
1933 · Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
movieBroadway Bad
1933 · Tony Landers
movieJust Around the Corner
1933 · Mrs. Graham
movieLawyer Man
1932 · Olga Michaels
movieCentral Park
1932 · Dot
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
movieBig Business Girl
1931 · Pearl
movieMy Past
1931 · Marian Moore
movieThe Public Enemy
1931 · Mamie
movieGod's Gift to Women
1931 · Fifi
movieIllicit
1931 · Helen 'Duckie' Childers
movieMillie
1931 · Angie
movieOther Men's Women
1931 · Marie
movieSinners' Holiday
1930 · Myrtle
The Voice of Hollywood
movieThe Voice of Hollywood
1930
movieThe Office Wife
1930 · Katharine Murdock
movieAn Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930 · Self
The Heart Breaker
movieThe Heart Breaker
1930
The Devil's Parade
movieThe Devil's Parade
1930
movieBroadway's Like That
1930 · Ruth's Pal