Joan Blondell
Acting1906New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting History
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1981
The Woman Inside
as Aunt Coll
1979
The Glove
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Champ
as Dolly Kenyon
$weepstake$
TVas Mme. Grimaldi• 1 eps
The Rebels
TVas Mrs. Brumple• 2 eps
1978
1977
The Baron
as Mama Lou
Opening Night
as Sarah Goode
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Landlady
Death at Love House
as Marcella Geffenhart
Switch
TVas Mrs. Lear• 1 eps
Starsky & Hutch
TVas Mrs. Pruitt• 2 eps
1975
Winner Take All
as Beverly Craig
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Dead Don't Die
as Levenia
1974
The Snoop Sisters
TVas Madame Mimi• 1 eps
1973
1972
Banyon
TVas Peggy Revere• 15 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1970
The Phynx
as Ruby
The Name of the Game
TVas Miss Wall• 1 eps
1969
1968
Kona Coast
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
Stay Away, Joe
as Glenda Callahan
Petticoat Junction
TVas Florabelle Campbell• 1 eps
The Outsider
TVas Sadie Burch• 1 eps
Here Come the Brides
TVas Lottie Hatfield• 52 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TVas Self• 2 eps
1967
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
Winchester '73
as Larouge
Waterhole #3
as Lavinia
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TVas Miss Lottie• 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas Madame• 1 eps
1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Mrs. Lavender
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TVas Mrs. Melvin Freebie• 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TVas Mrs. Fingers Stilletto• 1 eps
1965
The Cincinnati Kid
as Lady Fingers
Kilroy
as Rose Kelsey
My Three Sons
TVas Harriet Blanchard• 1 eps
The Lucy Show
TVas Joan Brenner• 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Rose Kelsey• 1 eps
1964
Advance to the Rear
as Easy Jenny
Bonanza
TVas Lillian Manfred• 1 eps
The Greatest Show on Earth
TVas T.T. Hill• 1 eps
Vacation Playhouse
TVas Miss Zilke• 1 eps
Burke's Law
TVas Candy Sturdevant• 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
TVas Phyllis Britt• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Dolly Marlowe• 1 eps
1963
The Real McCoys
TVas Aunt Win• 3 eps
The Virginian
TVas Rosanna Dobie• 1 eps
1961
Angel Baby
as Mollie Hays
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TVas Helene Terry• 1 eps
The Untouchables
TVas Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall• 1 eps
1960
Adventures in Paradise
TVas Millicent Brass• 1 eps
1959
A Marriage of Strangers
as Mrs. Patrick
1958
Studio One
TVas Ruth Breen• 1 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
1957
Child of Trouble
as Helen Green
This Could Be the Night
as Crystal St. Clair
Lizzie
as Aunt Morgan
Desk Set
as Peg Costello
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
as Violet
1956
The Opposite Sex
as Edith Potter
1955
General Electric Theater
TVas Joan Preston• 1 eps
1953
Lux Video Theatre
TVas May• 1 eps
Suspense
TVas Clara• 1 eps
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Calamity Jane• 1 eps
1951
The Blue Veil
as Annie Rawlins
1950
For Heaven's Sake
as Daphne Peters
What's My Line?
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TVas Self• 1 eps
1947
1945
1943
Cry 'Havoc'
as Grace
1942
Lady for a Night
as Jenny Blake
1941
Three Girls About Town
as Hope Banner
Model Wife
as Joan Keating Chambers
Topper Returns
as Gail Richards
1940
I Want a Divorce
as Geraldine Brokaw
Two Girls on Broadway
as Molly Mahoney
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Maxine Carroll
Breakdowns of 1939
as Self
The Kid from Kokomo
as Doris Harvey
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Jenny Swanson
Off the Record
as Jane Morgan
East Side of Heaven
as Mary Wilson
1938
There's Always a Woman
as Sally Reardon
1937
The Perfect Specimen
as Mona Carter
The King and the Chorus Girl
as Miss Dorothy Ellis
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Back in Circulation
as 'Timmy' Blake
Stand-In
as Lester Plum
1936
One And One Is One
as Herself
Sons o' Guns
as Yvonne
Bullets or Ballots
as Lee Morgan
Stage Struck
as Peggy Revere
Three Men on a Horse
as Mabel
Colleen
as Minnie Hawkins
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Norma Perry
1935
We're in the Money
as Ginger Stewart
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Gloria Fay
Traveling Saleslady
as Angela Twitchell
Broadway Gondolier
as Alice Hughes
1934
Without Honor
as Rose Lawrence
Smarty
as Vicki
Dames
as Mabel Anderson
I've Got Your Number
as Marie Lawson
Hollywood Newsreel
as Self
Kansas City Princess
as Rosie Sturges
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
1933
Goodbye Again
as Anne Rogers
Broadway Bad
as Tony Landers
Convention City
as Nancy Lorraine
Blondie Johnson
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Havana Widows
as Mae Knight
Just Around the Corner
as Mrs. Graham
Footlight Parade
as Nan Prescott
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Carol
1932
Make Me a Star
as 'Flips' Montague
Union Depot
as Ruth Collins
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Maizie Dickson
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Schatzi Sutro
Three on a Match
as Mary Keaton
The Roar of the Crowd
as Anne Scott
Big City Blues
as Vida Fleet
Lawyer Man
as Olga Michaels
Miss Pinkerton
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Central Park
as Dot
1931
Blonde Crazy
as Anne Roberts
The Reckless Hour
as Allen Crane
The Public Enemy
as Mamie
Night Nurse
as Maloney
My Past
as Marian Moore
Illicit
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Millie
as Angie
God's Gift to Women
as Fifi
Big Business Girl
as Pearl
Other Men's Women
as Marie
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
1930