
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

The Virginian
1962
as Rosanna Dobie

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Phyllis Britt

Petticoat Junction
1963
as Florabelle Campbell

My Three Sons
1960
as Harriet Blanchard

The Untouchables
1959
as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Mrs. Pruitt

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dolly Marlowe
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Mrs. Melvin Freebie

The Lucy Show
1962
as Joan Brenner

Studio One
1948
as Ruth Breen

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

Medical Center
1969
as Doris

Burke's Law
1963
as Ethel Kronkeit / Candy Sturdevant

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

That Girl
1966

The Name of the Game
1968
as Miss Wall

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

McCloud
1970

The Rookies
1972

Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Millicent Brass

Family Affair
1966

The Real McCoys
1957
as Aunt Win

Switch
1975
as Mrs. Lear
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto

Suspense
1949
as Clara

Police Story
1973

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Miss Lottie
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as May

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Helene Terry

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

Here Come the Brides
1968
as Lottie Hatfield

The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
as Aunt Louise

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Rose Kelsey
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Miss Zilke

Banyon
1972
as Peggy Revere
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
Summer Fun
1966

The Rebels
1979
as Mrs. Brumple
Movies (127)

Grease
1978
as Vi

Opening Night
1977
as Sarah Goode

The Champ
1979
as Dolly Kenyon

Broadway Gondolier
1935
as Alice Hughes

Nightmare Alley
1947
as Zeena Krumbein

The Public Enemy
1931
as Mamie

Union Depot
1932
as Ruth Collins

Blondie Johnson
1933
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson

Dames
1934
as Mabel Anderson

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
as Aunt Sissy

Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)

Topper Returns
1941
as Gail Richards

Christmas Eve
1947
as Ann Nelson

Lawyer Man
1932
as Olga Michaels

Stand-In
1937
as Lester Plum

Winchester '73
1967
as Larouge

Angel Baby
1961
as Mollie Hays

The Baron
1977
as Mama Lou

Havana Widows
1933
as Mae Knight

Waterhole #3
1967
as Lavinia

The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Lady Fingers

My Past
1931
as Marian Moore

Stage Struck
1936
as Peggy Revere

Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Carol

Three Girls About Town
1941
as Hope Banner

Miss Pinkerton
1932
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton

The Opposite Sex
1956
as Edith Potter

Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Lee Morgan

Desk Set
1957
as Peg Costello

Footlight Parade
1933
as Nan Prescott

The Blue Veil
1951
as Annie Rawlins

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self (archive footage)

Stay Away, Joe
1968
as Glenda Callahan

Adventure
1945
as Helen Melohn

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Landlady

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
as Violet

Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Jenny

Smarty
1934
as Vicki

Millie
1931
as Angie

Lizzie
1957
as Aunt Morgan

The Glove
1979
as Mrs. Fitzgerald

Night Nurse
1931
as Maloney

This Could Be the Night
1957
as Crystal St. Clair

The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Maizie Dickson

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Self

Blonde Crazy
1931
as Anne Roberts

The Phynx
1970
as Ruby

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)

The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Angela Twitchell

For Heaven's Sake
1950
as Daphne Peters

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
as Self

Advance to the Rear
1964
as Easy Jenny

Big City Blues
1932
as Vida Fleet

Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
as Mrs. Lavender

He Was Her Man
1934
as Rose Lawrence

Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Grace

Lady for a Night
1942
as Jenny Blake

Illicit
1931
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers

Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
as Norma Perry

Other Men's Women
1931
as Marie

Central Park
1932
as Dot

The Perfect Specimen
1937
as Mona Carter

The Dead Don't Die
1975
as Levenia

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936

Convention City
1933
as Nancy Lorraine

Kilroy
1965
as Rose Kelsey

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self (archive footage)

The Kid from Kokomo
1939
as Doris Harvey

Big Business Girl
1931
as Pearl

The Crowd Roars
1932
as Anne Scott

Goodbye Again
1933
as Anne Rogers

Colleen
1936
as Minnie Hawkins

Battered
1978
as Edna Thompson

Off the Record
1939
as Jane Morgan

East Side of Heaven
1939
as Mary Wilson

Three on a Match
1932
as Mary Keaton

There's Always a Woman
1938
as Sally Reardon

I've Got Your Number
1934
as Marie Lawson

Death at Love House
1976
as Marcella Geffenhart

Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Mabel

The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Maxine Carroll

Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Jenny Swanson

Model Wife
1941
as Joan Keating Chambers

The Office Wife
1930
as Katharine Murdock

Sons o' Guns
1936
as Yvonne

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
The Devil's Parade
1930

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)

And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Herself

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)

We're in the Money
1935
as Ginger Stewart

The King and the Chorus Girl
1937
as Miss Dorothy Ellis

Kansas City Princess
1934
as Rosie Sturges

Big Daddy
1969

Talent Scout
1937
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

Breakdowns of 1939
1939
as Self
The Voice of Hollywood
1930

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
as Self (archive footage)

The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Rosemary Durant

The Reckless Hour
1931
as Allen Crane

Sinners' Holiday
1930
as Myrtle

Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Molly Mahoney

Back in Circulation
1937
as 'Timmy' Blake

Winner Take All
1975
as Beverly Craig

Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Marjorie Mossrock

Broadway Bad
1933
as Tony Landers

The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
as Schatzi Sutro

God's Gift to Women
1931
as Fifi

Make Me a Star
1932
as 'Flips' Montague

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self

Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
as Gloria Fay

Kona Coast
1968
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark

I Want a Divorce
1940
as Geraldine Brokaw

A Marriage of Strangers
1959
as Mrs. Patrick

Just Around the Corner
1933
as Mrs. Graham

Child of Trouble
1957
as Helen Green

The Woman Inside
1981
as Aunt Coll
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
- Broadway Gondolier (1935) — as Alice Hughes
- Nightmare Alley (1947) — as Zeena Krumbein
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