Joan Blondell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 August 1906 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 25 December 1979
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
Acting 128
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self (archive footage)
- 2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self (archive footage)
- 2008You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story as Self
- 2006Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Complicated Women as Self (archive footage)
- 1991Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire as Self (archive footage)
- 1990Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self (archive footage)
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1981The Woman Inside as Aunt Coll
- 1979The Glove as Mrs. Fitzgerald
- 1979The Champ as Dolly Kenyon
- 1979The Rebels as Mrs. Brumple
- 1978Battered as Edna Thompson
- 1978Grease as Vi
- 1977Opening Night as Sarah Goode
- 1977The Baron as Mama Lou
- 1976Death at Love House as Marcella Geffenhart
- 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Landlady
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1975Winner Take All as Beverly Craig
- 1975The Dead Don't Die as Levenia
- 1971Support Your Local Gunfighter as Jenny
- 1970The Phynx as Ruby
- 1969Big Daddy
- 1968Kona Coast as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
- 1968Stay Away, Joe as Glenda Callahan
- 1967Waterhole #3 as Lavinia
- 1967Winchester '73 as Larouge
- 1967The Spy in the Green Hat as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
- 1966Ride Beyond Vengeance as Mrs. Lavender
- 1965The Cincinnati Kid as Lady Fingers
- 1965Kilroy as Rose Kelsey
- 1965The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle as Self
- 1964Advance to the Rear as Easy Jenny
- 1961Angel Baby as Mollie Hays
- 1959A Marriage of Strangers as Mrs. Patrick
- 1957Desk Set as Peg Costello
- 1957Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? as Violet
- 1957This Could Be the Night as Crystal St. Clair
- 1957Child of Trouble as Helen Green
- 1957Lizzie as Aunt Morgan
- 1956The Opposite Sex as Edith Potter
- 1951The Blue Veil as Annie Rawlins
- 1950For Heaven's Sake as Daphne Peters
- 1947Christmas Eve as Ann Nelson
- 1947Nightmare Alley as Zeena Krumbein
- 1947The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Rosemary Durant
- 1945Adventure as Helen Melohn
- 1945Don Juan Quilligan as Marjorie Mossrock
- 1945A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Aunt Sissy
- 1943Cry 'Havoc' as Grace
- 1942Lady for a Night as Jenny Blake
- 1941Three Girls About Town as Hope Banner
- 1941Model Wife as Joan Keating Chambers
- 1941Topper Returns as Gail Richards
- 1940I Want a Divorce as Geraldine Brokaw
- 1940Two Girls on Broadway as Molly Mahoney
- 1939Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
- 1939The Amazing Mr. Williams as Maxine Carroll
- 1939Good Girls Go to Paris as Jenny Swanson
- 1939The Kid from Kokomo as Doris Harvey
- 1939East Side of Heaven as Mary Wilson
- 1939Off the Record as Jane Morgan
- 1938There's Always a Woman as Sally Reardon
- 1937Stand-In as Lester Plum
- 1937The Perfect Specimen as Mona Carter
- 1937Back in Circulation as 'Timmy' Blake
- 1937Talent Scout as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1937The King and the Chorus Girl as Miss Dorothy Ellis
- 1936Gold Diggers of 1937 as Norma Perry
- 1936Three Men on a Horse as Mabel
- 1936Stage Struck as Peggy Revere
- 1936Bullets or Ballots as Lee Morgan
- 1936Sons o' Guns as Yvonne
- 1936Colleen as Minnie Hawkins
- 1936One And One Is One as Herself
- 1936Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
- 1936Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
- 1936Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
- 1935Miss Pacific Fleet as Gloria Fay
- 1935Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
- 1935We're in the Money as Ginger Stewart
- 1935Broadway Gondolier as Alice Hughes
- 1935Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
- 1935Traveling Saleslady as Angela Twitchell
- 1934Kansas City Princess as Rosie Sturges
- 1934Dames as Mabel Anderson
- 1934He Was Her Man as Rose Lawrence
- 1934Smarty as Vicki
- 1934And She Learned About Dames as Herself
- 1934Hollywood Newsreel as Self
- 1934I've Got Your Number as Marie Lawson
- 1933Convention City as Nancy Lorraine
- 1933Havana Widows as Mae Knight
- 1933Footlight Parade as Nan
- 1933Goodbye Again as Anne Rogers
- 1933Gold Diggers of 1933 as Carol
- 1933Blondie Johnson as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
- 1933Broadway Bad as Tony Landers
- 1933Just Around the Corner as Mrs. Graham
- 1932Lawyer Man as Olga Michaels
- 1932Central Park as Dot
- 1932Three on a Match as Mary Keaton
- 1932Big City Blues as Vida Fleet
- 1932Make Me a Star as 'Flips' Montague
- 1932Miss Pinkerton as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
- 1932The Famous Ferguson Case as Maizie Dickson
- 1932The Crowd Roars as Anne Scott
- 1932The Greeks Had a Word for Them as Schatzi Sutro
- 1932Union Depot as Ruth Collins
- 1931Blonde Crazy as Anne Roberts
- 1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
- 1931The Reckless Hour as Myrtle Nichols
- 1931Night Nurse as Maloney
- 1931Big Business Girl as Pearl
- 1931My Past as Marian Moore
- 1931The Public Enemy as Mamie
- 1931God's Gift to Women as Fifi
- 1931Illicit as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
- 1931Millie as Angie
- 1931Other Men's Women as Marie
- 1930Sinners' Holiday as Myrtle
- 1930The Voice of Hollywood
- 1930The Office Wife as Katharine Murdock
- 1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
- 1930The Heart Breaker
- 1930The Devil's Parade
- 1930Broadway's Like That as Ruth's Pal