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