1906-08-30 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Blondell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive footage) | 2009-01-01 |
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-21 |
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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self | 2008-05-15 |
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Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound | Self (archive footage) | 2006-03-21 |
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Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
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Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | 1991-07-15 |
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Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) | 1990-02-02 |
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Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
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The Woman Inside | Aunt Coll | 1981-09-01 |
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The Champ | Dolly Kenyon | 1979-07-07 |
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The Rebels | Mrs. Brumple | 1979-05-14 |
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The Glove | Mrs. Fitzgerald | 1979-12-01 |
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Battered | Edna Thompson | 1978-09-26 |
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Grease | Vi | 1978-06-16 |
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The Baron | Mama Lou | 1977-01-01 |
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Opening Night | Sarah Goode | 1977-12-22 |
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Death at Love House | Marcella Geffenhart | 1976-09-03 |
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Landlady | 1976-07-26 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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The Dead Don't Die | Levenia | 1975-01-14 |
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Winner Take All | Beverly Craig | 1975-03-03 |
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Support Your Local Gunfighter | Jenny | 1971-05-26 |
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The Phynx | Ruby | 1970-03-06 |
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Big Daddy | 1969-06-11 | |
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Kona Coast | Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark | 1968-05-01 |
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Stay Away, Joe | Glenda Callahan | 1968-03-08 |
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Waterhole #3 | Lavinia | 1967-10-10 |
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Winchester '73 | Larouge | 1967-03-14 |
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The Spy in the Green Hat | Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto | 1967-02-03 |
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Ride Beyond Vengeance | Mrs. Lavender | 1966-01-01 |
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The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle | Self | 1965-01-01 |
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Kilroy | Rose Kelsey | 1965-03-14 |
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The Cincinnati Kid | Lady Fingers | 1965-10-15 |
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Advance to the Rear | Easy Jenny | 1964-06-10 |
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Angel Baby | Mollie Hays | 1961-05-14 |
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A Marriage of Strangers | Mrs. Patrick | 1959-05-14 |
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Desk Set | Peg Costello | 1957-08-02 |
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This Could Be the Night | Crystal St. Clair | 1957-05-14 |
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Lizzie | Aunt Morgan | 1957-04-04 |
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Child of Trouble | Helen Green | 1957-05-02 |
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Violet | 1957-07-29 |
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The Opposite Sex | Edith Potter | 1956-11-15 |
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The Blue Veil | Annie Rawlins | 1951-10-26 |
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For Heaven's Sake | Daphne Peters | 1950-12-15 |
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Christmas Eve | Ann Nelson | 1947-10-31 |
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The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Rosemary Durant | 1947-06-02 |
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Nightmare Alley | Zeena Krumbein | 1947-10-09 |
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Don Juan Quilligan | Marjorie Mossrock | 1945-06-01 |
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Adventure | Helen Melohn | 1945-12-28 |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Aunt Sissy | 1945-02-28 |
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Cry 'Havoc' | Grace | 1943-11-23 |
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Lady for a Night | Jenny Blake | 1942-01-05 |
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Model Wife | Joan Keating Chambers | 1941-04-17 |
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Three Girls About Town | Hope Banner | 1941-10-23 |
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Topper Returns | Gail Richards | 1941-03-21 |
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I Want a Divorce | Geraldine Brokaw | 1940-09-20 |
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Two Girls on Broadway | Molly Mahoney | 1940-04-19 |
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East Side of Heaven | Mary Wilson | 1939-04-07 |
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The Kid from Kokomo | Doris Harvey | 1939-05-23 |
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Off the Record | Jane Morgan | 1939-01-21 |
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Good Girls Go to Paris | Jenny Swanson | 1939-06-20 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Maxine Carroll | 1939-11-22 |
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Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | 1939-12-31 |
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There's Always a Woman | Sally Reardon | 1938-04-20 |
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Stand-In | Lester Plum | 1937-10-29 |
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Back in Circulation | 'Timmy' Blake | 1937-08-27 |
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Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1937-07-24 |
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The King and the Chorus Girl | Miss Dorothy Ellis | 1937-03-27 |
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The Perfect Specimen | Mona Carter | 1937-10-23 |
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Three Men on a Horse | Mabel | 1936-11-21 |
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Bullets or Ballots | Lee Morgan | 1936-06-06 |
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Gold Diggers of 1937 | Norma Perry | 1936-12-28 |
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Stage Struck | Peggy Revere | 1936-09-12 |
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One And One Is One | Herself | 1936-01-01 |
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Colleen | Minnie Hawkins | 1936-03-21 |
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Sons o' Guns | Yvonne | 1936-05-13 |
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Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
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Broadway Gondolier | Alice Hughes | 1935-07-27 |
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Miss Pacific Fleet | Gloria Fay | 1935-12-14 |
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We're in the Money | Ginger Stewart | 1935-08-17 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | 1935-04-12 | |
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Traveling Saleslady | Angela Twitchell | 1935-03-28 |
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Hollywood Newsreel | Self | 1934-03-24 |
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He Was Her Man | Rose Lawrence | 1934-06-16 |
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Dames | Mabel Anderson | 1934-09-01 |
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Kansas City Princess | Rosie Sturges | 1934-09-14 |
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Smarty | Vicki | 1934-05-19 |
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And She Learned About Dames | Herself | 1934-03-27 |
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I've Got Your Number | Marie Lawson | 1934-02-24 |
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Blondie Johnson | Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson | 1933-02-25 |
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Just Around the Corner | Mrs. Graham | 1933-01-17 |
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Gold Diggers of 1933 | Carol | 1933-05-27 |
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Footlight Parade | Nan Prescott | 1933-10-21 |
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Convention City | Nancy Lorraine | 1933-12-14 |
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Havana Widows | Mae Knight | 1933-11-18 |
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Goodbye Again | Anne Rogers | 1933-09-09 |
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Broadway Bad | Tony Landers | 1933-02-24 |
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Make Me a Star | 'Flips' Montague | 1932-07-01 |
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The Crowd Roars | Anne Scott | 1932-04-16 |
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Union Depot | Ruth Collins | 1932-01-14 |
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The Famous Ferguson Case | Maizie Dickson | 1932-04-19 |
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Three on a Match | Mary Keaton | 1932-10-29 |
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Schatzi Sutro | 1932-02-03 |
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Big City Blues | Vida Fleet | 1932-09-18 |
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Lawyer Man | Olga Michaels | 1932-12-24 |
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Miss Pinkerton | Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton | 1932-05-27 |
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Central Park | Dot | 1932-12-10 |
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' | Self - Gallery Member (uncredited) | 1931-09-13 |
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Night Nurse | Maloney | 1931-07-16 |
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Blonde Crazy | Anne Roberts | 1931-09-16 |
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The Public Enemy | Mamie | 1931-04-23 |
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Illicit | Helen 'Duckie' Childers | 1931-02-14 |
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God's Gift to Women | Fifi | 1931-04-13 |
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Other Men's Women | Marie | 1931-01-17 |
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The Reckless Hour | Allen Crane | 1931-08-15 |
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Big Business Girl | Pearl | 1931-06-12 |
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Millie | Angie | 1931-02-06 |
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My Past | Marian Moore | 1931-05-03 |
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The Voice of Hollywood | 1930-08-30 | |
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Broadway's Like That | Ruth's Pal | 1930-03-04 |
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The Devil's Parade | 1930-06-06 | |
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The Heart Breaker | 1930-06-30 | |
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
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Sinners' Holiday | Myrtle | 1930-10-11 |
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The Office Wife | Katharine Murdock | 1930-08-23 |
