Joan Blondell

Joan Blondell

Acting
August 30, 1906 December 25, 1979 New York City, New York, USA 1 popularity
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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.

Movies

20 titles
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
4K

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
4K 6.9

Self (archive footage)

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
4K 8.5

Self

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
4K 4.9

Self (archive footage)

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound

2006
Complicated Women
4K 6.9

Self (archive footage)

Complicated Women

2003
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
4K 6.5

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

1991
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
4K 7.0

Self (archive footage)

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990
Going Hollywood: The '30s
4K 9.0

(archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984
The Woman Inside
4K 4.3

Aunt Coll

The Woman Inside

1981
The Glove
4K 5.1

Mrs. Fitzgerald

The Glove

1979
The Champ
4K 7.0

Dolly Kenyon

The Champ

1979
Battered
4K 9.0

Edna Thompson

Battered

1978
Grease
4K 7.4

Vi

Grease

1978
Opening Night
4K 7.6

Sarah Goode

Opening Night

1977
The Baron
4K 5.6

Mama Lou

The Baron

1977
Death at Love House
4K 5.0

Marcella Geffenhart

Death at Love House

1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4K 4.4

Landlady

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
4K 6.3

Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975
Winner Take All
4K 7.4

Beverly Craig

Winner Take All

1975
The Dead Don't Die
4K 6.0

Levenia

The Dead Don't Die

1975

TV Shows

20 titles
The Rebels
4K 10.0
TV

Mrs. Brumple

The Rebels

1979
Fantasy Island
4K 6.5
TV

Naomi Gittings

Fantasy Island

1978
The Love Boat
4K 6.3
TV

Ramona Bevans

The Love Boat

1977
Starsky & Hutch
4K 7.3
TV

Mrs. Pruitt

Starsky & Hutch

1975
Switch
4K 6.6
TV

Mrs. Lear

Switch

1975
The Snoop Sisters
4K 7.5
TV

Madame Mimi

The Snoop Sisters

1973
Police Story
4K 7.0
TV

Police Story

1973
Banyon
4K 8.0
TV

Peggy Revere

Banyon

1972
The Rookies
4K 6.9
TV

The Rookies

1972
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
4K 5.3
TV

Aunt Louise

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

1971
McCloud
4K 7.2
TV

McCloud

1970
Love, American Style
4K 6.2
TV

Love, American Style

1969
Medical Center
4K 6.4
TV

Doris

Medical Center

1969
Here Come the Brides
4K 6.9
TV

Lottie Hatfield

Here Come the Brides

1968
The Name of the Game
4K 7.0
TV

Miss Wall

The Name of the Game

1968
The Outsider
4K 6.0
TV

Sadie Burch

The Outsider

1968
The Guns of Will Sonnett
4K 6.5
TV

Miss Lottie

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
4K 6.9
TV

Madame

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966
Family Affair
4K 6.7
TV

Family Affair

1966
That Girl
4K 6.2
TV

That Girl

1966

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