Joan Blondell
- Acting
- August 30, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA
- December 25, 1979
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
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film · Self
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story · Self
- Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound · Self
- Complicated Women · Self
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire · Self
- Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge · Self
- 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
- 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
- Ride Beyond Vengeance · Mrs. Lavender
- The Cincinnati Kid · Lady Fingers
- Kilroy · Rose Kelsey
- The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle · Self
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
- Advance to the Rear · Easy Jenny
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Mrs. Melvin Freebie
- Petticoat Junction · Florabelle Campbell
- Burke's Law · Ethel Kronkeit, Candy Sturdevant
- The Greatest Show on Earth · T.T. Hill
- Vacation Playhouse · Miss Zilke
- The Lucy Show · Joan Brenner
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Self
- The Virginian · Rosanna Dobie
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- Dr. Kildare · Dolly Marlowe
- Angel Baby · Mollie Hays
- My Three Sons · Harriet Blanchard
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show · Helene Terry
- The Untouchables · Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
- Adventures in Paradise · Millicent Brass
- The Twilight Zone · Phyllis Britt
- Bonanza · Lillian Manfred
- A Marriage of Strangers · Mrs. Patrick
- The Real McCoys · Aunt Win
- Desk Set · Peg Costello
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? · Violet
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Self
- This Could Be the Night · Crystal St. Clair
- Child of Trouble · Helen Green