Joan Blondell
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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
Credits
Grease (1978)
as Vi
Nightmare Alley (1947)
as Zeena Krumbein
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Carol
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Jenny
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
as Lady Fingers
The Champ (1979)
as Dolly Kenyon
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
as Aunt Sissy
Footlight Parade (1933)
as Nan
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Opening Night (1977)
as Sarah Goode
The Public Enemy (1931)
as Mamie
Advance to the Rear (1964)
as Easy Jenny
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
as Self
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
as Landlady
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
as Violet
This Could Be the Night (1957)
as Crystal St. Clair
Desk Set (1957)
as Peg Costello
Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
as Jenny Swanson
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
as Maizie Dickson
Waterhole #3 (1967)
as Lavinia
Death at Love House (1976)
as Marcella Geffenhart
The Opposite Sex (1956)
as Edith Potter
Blondie Johnson (1933)
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Adventure (1945)
as Helen Melohn
I Want a Divorce (1940)
as Geraldine Brokaw
Three on a Match (1932)
as Mary Keaton
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Topper Returns (1941)
as Gail Richards
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dead Don't Die (1975)
as Levenia
Convention City (1933)
as Nancy Lorraine
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
as Mrs. Lavender
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
as Schatzi Sutro
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
as Lee Morgan
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
There's Always a Woman (1938)
as Sally Reardon
We're in the Money (1935)
as Ginger Stewart
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Hope Banner
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
as Glenda Callahan
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
as Maxine Carroll
Kilroy (1965)
as Rose Kelsey
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
as Daphne Peters
Make Me a Star (1932)
as 'Flips' Montague
Night Nurse (1931)
as Maloney
Other Men's Women (1931)
as Marie
Just Around the Corner (1933)
as Mrs. Graham
Big Daddy (1969)
Actor
Hollywood Newsreel (1934)
as Self
He Was Her Man (1934)
as Rose Lawrence
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
as Rosemary Durant
East Side of Heaven (1939)
as Mary Wilson
Lady for a Night (1942)
as Jenny Blake
I've Got Your Number (1934)
as Marie Lawson
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
as Miss Dorothy Ellis
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
as Norma Perry
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
as Molly Mahoney
Winchester '73 (1967)
as Larouge
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)
as Self
And She Learned About Dames (1934)
as Herself
Millie (1931)
as Angie
Dames (1934)
as Mabel Anderson
The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
as Doris Harvey
God's Gift to Women (1931)
as Fifi
Model Wife (1941)
as Joan Keating Chambers
The Glove (1979)
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
Lizzie (1957)
as Aunt Morgan
Three Men on a Horse (1936)
as Mabel
The Voice of Hollywood (1930)
Actor
Broadway Gondolier (1935)
as Alice Hughes
Big Business Girl (1931)
as Pearl
The Office Wife (1930)
as Katharine Murdock
Things You Never See on the Screen (1935)
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (1935)
Actor
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" (1936)
Actor
Blonde Crazy (1931)
as Anne Roberts
A Marriage of Strangers (1959)
as Mrs. Patrick
Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
as Grace
The Blue Veil (1951)
as Annie Rawlins
Winner Take All (1975)
as Beverly Craig
The Phynx (1970)
as Ruby
Christmas Eve (1947)
as Ann Nelson
Union Depot (1932)
as Ruth Collins
The Crowd Roars (1932)
as Anne Scott
Big City Blues (1932)
as Vida Fleet
Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
as Marjorie Mossrock
Battered (1978)
as Edna Thompson
Stand-In (1937)
as Lester Plum
Miss Pinkerton (1932)
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Smarty (1934)
as Vicki
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' (1931)
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
Off the Record (1939)
as Jane Morgan
Havana Widows (1933)
as Mae Knight
Broadway's Like That (1930)
as Ruth's Pal
Angel Baby (1961)
as Mollie Hays
The Devil's Parade (1930)
Actor
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5" (1936)
Actor
One And One Is One (1936)
as Herself
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
as Mona Carter
Sons o' Guns (1936)
as Yvonne
Lawyer Man (1932)
as Olga Michaels
Illicit (1931)
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Child of Trouble (1957)
as Helen Green
The Baron (1977)
as Mama Lou
Kona Coast (1968)
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle (1965)
as Self
The Reckless Hour (1931)
as Myrtle Nichols
My Past (1931)
as Marian Moore
Colleen (1936)
as Minnie Hawkins
Sinners' Holiday (1930)
as Myrtle
Central Park (1932)
as Dot
Goodbye Again (1933)
as Anne Rogers
Back in Circulation (1937)
as 'Timmy' Blake
The Woman Inside (1981)
as Aunt Coll
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie" (1936)
Actor
Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)
as Self
Stage Struck (1936)
as Peggy Revere
Talent Scout (1937)
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Heart Breaker (1930)
Actor
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
as Angela Twitchell
Broadway Bad (1933)
as Tony Landers
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
as Gloria Fay
Kansas City Princess (1934)
as Rosie Sturges