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.
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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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You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self | 2008-05-15 |
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | 2008-10-21 |
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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 Glove | Mrs. Fitzgerald | 1979-12-01 |
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The Champ | Dolly Kenyon | 1979-07-07 |
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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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Winner Take All | Beverly Craig | 1975-03-03 |
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The Dead Don't Die | Levenia | 1975-01-14 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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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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The Spy in the Green Hat | Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto | 1967-02-03 |
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Waterhole #3 | Lavinia | 1967-10-10 |
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Winchester '73 | Larouge | 1967-03-14 |
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Ride Beyond Vengeance | Mrs. Lavender | 1966-01-01 |
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The Cincinnati Kid | Lady Fingers | 1965-10-15 |
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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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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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Child of Trouble | Helen Green | 1957-05-02 |
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Lizzie | Aunt Morgan | 1957-04-04 |
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Violet | 1957-07-29 |
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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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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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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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Christmas Eve | Ann Nelson | 1947-10-31 |
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Adventure | Helen Melohn | 1945-12-28 |
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Don Juan Quilligan | Marjorie Mossrock | 1945-06-01 |
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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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Three Girls About Town | Hope Banner | 1941-10-23 |
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Model Wife | Joan Keating Chambers | 1941-04-17 |
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Topper Returns | Gail Richards | 1941-03-21 |
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Two Girls on Broadway | Molly Mahoney | 1940-04-19 |
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I Want a Divorce | Geraldine Brokaw | 1940-09-20 |
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East Side of Heaven | Mary Wilson | 1939-04-07 |
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Good Girls Go to Paris | Jenny Swanson | 1939-06-20 |
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Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | 1939-12-31 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Maxine Carroll | 1939-11-22 |
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Off the Record | Jane Morgan | 1939-01-21 |
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The Kid from Kokomo | Doris Harvey | 1939-05-23 |
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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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Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1937-07-24 |
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The Perfect Specimen | Mona Carter | 1937-10-23 |
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Back in Circulation | 'Timmy' Blake | 1937-08-27 |
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The King and the Chorus Girl | Miss Dorothy Ellis | 1937-03-27 |
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Stage Struck | Peggy Revere | 1936-09-12 |
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Colleen | Minnie Hawkins | 1936-03-21 |
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Gold Diggers of 1937 | Norma Perry | 1936-12-28 |
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Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" | 1936-01-01 | |
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Bullets or Ballots | Lee Morgan | 1936-06-06 |
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Sons o' Guns | Yvonne | 1936-05-13 |
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One And One Is One | Herself | 1936-01-01 |
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Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie" | 1936-01-01 | |
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Three Men on a Horse | Mabel | 1936-11-21 |
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Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5" | 1936-01-01 | |
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Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | 1935-04-12 | |
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Miss Pacific Fleet | Gloria Fay | 1935-12-14 |
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Traveling Saleslady | Angela Twitchell | 1935-03-28 |
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Broadway Gondolier | Alice Hughes | 1935-07-27 |
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We're in the Money | Ginger Stewart | 1935-08-17 |
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Kansas City Princess | Rosie Sturges | 1934-09-14 |
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Dames | Mabel Anderson | 1934-09-01 |
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He Was Her Man | Rose Lawrence | 1934-06-16 |
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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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Hollywood Newsreel | Self | 1934-03-24 |
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Smarty | Vicki | 1934-05-19 |
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Just Around the Corner | Mrs. Graham | 1933-01-17 |
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Convention City | Nancy Lorraine | 1933-12-14 |
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Broadway Bad | Tony Landers | 1933-02-24 |
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Blondie Johnson | Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson | 1933-02-25 |
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Havana Widows | Mae Knight | 1933-11-18 |
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Gold Diggers of 1933 | Carol | 1933-05-27 |
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Goodbye Again | Anne Rogers | 1933-09-09 |
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Footlight Parade | Nan Prescott | 1933-10-21 |
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Three on a Match | Mary Keaton | 1932-10-29 |
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Lawyer Man | Olga Michaels | 1932-12-24 |
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Schatzi Sutro | 1932-02-03 |
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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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Big City Blues | Vida Fleet | 1932-09-18 |
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Central Park | Dot | 1932-12-10 |
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Make Me a Star | 'Flips' Montague | 1932-07-01 |
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Miss Pinkerton | Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton | 1932-05-27 |
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Blonde Crazy | Anne Roberts | 1931-09-16 |
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Millie | Angie | 1931-02-06 |
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My Past | Marian Moore | 1931-05-03 |
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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 | Myrtle Nichols | 1931-08-15 |
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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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Illicit | Helen 'Duckie' Childers | 1931-02-14 |
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Big Business Girl | Pearl | 1931-06-12 |
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Night Nurse | Maloney | 1931-07-16 |
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The Public Enemy | Mamie | 1931-04-23 |
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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 |
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Broadway's Like That | Ruth's Pal | 1930-03-04 |
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The Voice of Hollywood | 1930-08-30 | |
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The Heart Breaker | 1930-06-30 | |
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The Devil's Parade | 1930-06-06 |
