Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 30, 1906
Died
Dec 25, 1979
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
178 titles
Joan 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
Filmography
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
The Woman Inside
Aunt Coll
The Glove
Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Champ
Dolly Kenyon
The Rebels
Mrs. Brumple
$weepstake$
Mme. Grimaldi
Battered
Edna Thompson
Grease
Vi
Fantasy Island
Naomi Gittings
Opening Night
Sarah Goode
The Love Boat
Ramona Bevans
The Baron
Mama Lou
Death at Love House
Marcella Geffenhart
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Landlady
Starsky & Hutch
Mrs. Pruitt
Switch
Mrs. Lear
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Winner Take All
Beverly Craig
The Dead Don't Die
Levenia
The Snoop Sisters
Madame Mimi
Police Story
Banyon
Peggy Revere
The Rookies
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Aunt Louise
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Jenny
The Phynx
Ruby
McCloud
Love, American Style
Medical Center
Doris
Big Daddy
Here Come the Brides
Lottie Hatfield
The Name of the Game
Miss Wall
The Outsider
Sadie Burch
Kona Coast
Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
Stay Away, Joe
Glenda Callahan
Waterhole #3
Lavinia
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Miss Lottie
Winchester '73
Larouge
The Spy in the Green Hat
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame
Family Affair
That Girl
Summer Fun