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) | 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 Rebels | Mrs. Brumple | 1979-05-14 |
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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 | 1978-07-07 |
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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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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Landlady | 1976-07-26 |
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Death at Love House | Marcella Geffenhart | 1976-09-02 |
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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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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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Kilroy | Rose Kelsey | 1965-03-14 |
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The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle | Self | 1965-01-01 |
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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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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Violet | 1957-07-29 |
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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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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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Nightmare Alley | Zeena Krumbein | 1947-10-09 |
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The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Rosemary Durant | 1947-06-02 |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Aunt Sissy | 1945-02-28 |
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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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Cry 'Havoc' | Grace | 1943-11-23 |
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Lady for a Night | Jenny Blake | 1942-01-05 |
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Topper Returns | Gail Richards | 1941-03-21 |
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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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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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Off the Record | Jane Morgan | 1939-01-21 |
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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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Good Girls Go to Paris | Jenny Swanson | 1939-06-20 |
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The Kid from Kokomo | Doris Harvey | 1939-05-23 |
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East Side of Heaven | Mary Wilson | 1939-04-07 |
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There's Always a Woman | Sally Reardon | 1938-04-20 |
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The Perfect Specimen | Mona Carter | 1937-10-23 |
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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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Back in Circulation | 'Timmy' Blake | 1937-08-27 |
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Stand-In | Lester Plum | 1937-10-29 |
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Gold Diggers of 1937 | Norma Perry | 1936-12-28 |
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Sons o' Guns | Yvonne | 1936-05-13 |
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Three Men on a Horse | Mabel | 1936-11-21 |
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One And One Is One | Herself | 1936-01-01 |
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Stage Struck | Peggy Revere | 1936-09-12 |
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Bullets or Ballots | Lee Morgan | 1936-06-06 |
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Colleen | Minnie Hawkins | 1936-03-21 |
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We're in the Money | Ginger Stewart | 1935-08-17 |
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Miss Pacific Fleet | Gloria Fay | 1935-12-14 |
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Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
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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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Hollywood Newsreel | Self | 1934-03-24 |
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Dames | Mabel Anderson | 1934-09-01 |
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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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Smarty | Vicki | 1934-05-19 |
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Kansas City Princess | Rosie Sturges | 1934-09-14 |
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He Was Her Man | Rose Lawrence | 1934-06-16 |
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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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Footlight Parade | Nan Prescott | 1933-10-21 |
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Gold Diggers of 1933 | Carol King | 1933-05-27 |
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Broadway Bad | Tony Landers | 1933-02-24 |
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Goodbye Again | Anne Rogers | 1933-09-09 |
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Havana Widows | Mae Knight | 1933-11-18 |
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Convention City | Nancy Lorraine | 1933-12-14 |
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Union Depot | Ruth Collins | 1932-01-14 |
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Big City Blues | Vida Fleet | 1932-09-18 |
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The Crowd Roars | Anne Scott | 1932-04-16 |
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Lawyer Man | Olga Michaels | 1932-12-24 |
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Three on a Match | Mary Keaton | 1932-10-29 |
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The Famous Ferguson Case | Maizie Dickson | 1932-04-19 |
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Make Me a Star | 'Flips' Montague | 1932-07-01 |
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Central Park | Dot | 1932-12-10 |
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Miss Pinkerton | Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton | 1932-05-27 |
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Schatzi Sutro | 1932-02-03 |
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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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The Reckless Hour | Allen Crane | 1931-08-15 |
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Illicit | Helen 'Duckie' Childers | 1931-02-14 |
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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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Blonde Crazy | Anne Roberts | 1931-09-16 |
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Big Business Girl | Pearl | 1931-06-12 |
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Millie | Angie | 1931-02-06 |
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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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My Past | Marian Moore | 1931-05-03 |
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | 1930-08-01 |
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The Heart Breaker | 1930-06-30 | |
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The Devil's Parade | 1930-06-06 | |
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The Office Wife | Katharine Murdock | 1930-08-23 |
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The Voice of Hollywood | 1930-08-30 | |
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Sinners' Holiday | Myrtle | 1930-10-11 |
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Broadway's Like That | Ruth's Pal | 1930-03-04 |