Joan Blondell
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
What's My Line?
1950
Bonanza
1959
The Love Boat
1977
Petticoat Junction
1963
Love, American Style
1969
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
Studio One
1948
The Virginian
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
What's My Line?
as Self · 1950
Bonanza
as Lillian Manfred · 1959
The Love Boat
as Ramona Bevans · 1977
Petticoat Junction
as Florabelle Campbell · 1963
Love, American Style
· 1969
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1957
The Twilight Zone
as Phyllis Britt · 1959
Studio One
as Ruth Breen · 1948
The Virginian
as Rosanna Dobie · 1962
Dr. Kildare
as Dolly Marlowe · 1961
My Three Sons
as Harriet Blanchard · 1960
Starsky & Hutch
as Mrs. Pruitt · 1975
The Untouchables
as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall · 1959
Fantasy Island
as Naomi Gittings · 1978
The Lucy Show
as Joan Brenner · 1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Mrs. Melvin Freebie · 1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self · 1948
Medical Center
as Doris · 1969
Burke's Law
as Ethel Kronkeit · 1963
Burke's Law
as Candy Sturdevant · 1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self · 1950
The Name of the Game
as Miss Wall · 1968
McCloud
· 1970
The Rookies
· 1972
That Girl
· 1966
Family Affair
· 1966
The Real McCoys
as Aunt Win · 1957
Adventures in Paradise
as Millicent Brass · 1959
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto · 1964
Switch
as Mrs. Lear · 1975
Suspense
as Clara · 1949
Police Story
· 1973
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Helene Terry · 1960
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Miss Lottie · 1967
Lux Video Theatre
as May · 1950
Grease
as Vi · 1978
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Madame · 1966
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
as Aunt Louise · 1971
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Rose Kelsey · 1954
Here Come the Brides
as Lottie Hatfield · 1968
The Greatest Show on Earth
as T.T. Hill · 1963
The Outsider
as Sadie Burch · 1968
Vacation Playhouse
as Miss Zilke · 1963
Banyon
as Peggy Revere · 1972
Playwrights '56
· 1955
$weepstake$
as Mme. Grimaldi · 1979
The Snoop Sisters
as Madame Mimi · 1973
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Carol · 1933
The Rebels
as Mrs. Brumple · 1979
General Electric Theater
as Joan Preston · 1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Calamity Jane · 1951
The Cincinnati Kid
as Lady Fingers · 1965
The Champ
as Dolly Kenyon · 1979
Nightmare Alley
as Zeena Krumbein · 1947
Opening Night
as Sarah Goode · 1977
Footlight Parade
as Nan · 1933
The Public Enemy
as Mamie · 1931
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Jenny · 1971
Summer Fun
· 1966
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Aunt Sissy · 1945
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
as Violet · 1957
Desk Set
as Peg Costello · 1957
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Landlady · 1976
Topper Returns
as Gail Richards · 1941
Death at Love House
as Marcella Geffenhart · 1976
Three on a Match
as Mary Keaton · 1932
Hollywood Newsreel
as Self · 1934
Bullets or Ballots
as Lee Morgan · 1936
Lady for a Night
as Jenny Blake · 1942
Waterhole #3
as Lavinia · 1967
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage) · 1991
Stay Away, Joe
as Glenda Callahan · 1968
The Opposite Sex
as Edith Potter · 1956
Advance to the Rear
as Easy Jenny · 1964
Convention City
as Nancy Lorraine · 1933
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage) · 1975
The Dead Don't Die
as Levenia · 1975
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage) · 2003
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto · 1967
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Mrs. Lavender · 1966
For Heaven's Sake
as Daphne Peters · 1950
Model Wife
as Joan Keating Chambers · 1941
The Phynx
as Ruby · 1970
Night Nurse
as Maloney · 1931
There's Always a Woman
as Sally Reardon · 1938
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Maxine Carroll · 1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Jenny Swanson · 1939
East Side of Heaven
as Mary Wilson · 1939
Other Men's Women
as Marie · 1931
Winchester '73
as Larouge · 1967
The King and the Chorus Girl
as Miss Dorothy Ellis · 1937
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage) · 2008
The Glove
as Mrs. Fitzgerald · 1979
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage) · 1990
Adventure
as Helen Melohn · 1945
This Could Be the Night
as Crystal St. Clair · 1957
The Kid from Kokomo
as Doris Harvey · 1939
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Maizie Dickson · 1932
Big Daddy
· 1969
Just Around the Corner
as Mrs. Graham · 1933
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage) · 1984
Dames
as Mabel Anderson · 1934
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Rosemary Durant · 1947
I Want a Divorce
as Geraldine Brokaw · 1940
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Schatzi Sutro · 1932
Kilroy
as Rose Kelsey · 1965
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Norma Perry · 1936
He Was Her Man
as Rose Lawrence · 1934
God's Gift to Women
as Fifi · 1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited) · 1931
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself · 1934
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage) · 2009
Blondie Johnson
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson · 1933
I've Got Your Number
as Marie Lawson · 1934
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
· 1936
Make Me a Star
as 'Flips' Montague · 1932
Three Girls About Town
as Hope Banner · 1941
Broadway Gondolier
as Alice Hughes · 1935
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
as Self · 2008
The Office Wife
as Katharine Murdock · 1930
Stand-In
as Lester Plum · 1937
Big City Blues
as Vida Fleet · 1932
Blonde Crazy
as Anne Roberts · 1931
Angel Baby
as Mollie Hays · 1961
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self · 1930
Lizzie
as Aunt Morgan · 1957
The Blue Veil
as Annie Rawlins · 1951
A Marriage of Strangers
as Mrs. Patrick · 1959
Two Girls on Broadway
as Molly Mahoney · 1940
Things You Never See on the Screen
as Self · 1935
The Voice of Hollywood
· 1930
Big Business Girl
as Pearl · 1931
Three Men on a Horse
as Mabel · 1936
Don Juan Quilligan
as Marjorie Mossrock · 1945
Cry 'Havoc'
as Grace · 1943
Christmas Eve
as Ann Nelson · 1947
Havana Widows
as Mae Knight · 1933
The Crowd Roars
as Anne Scott · 1932
Miss Pinkerton
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton · 1932
We're in the Money
as Ginger Stewart · 1935
Colleen
as Minnie Hawkins · 1936
Central Park
as Dot · 1932
One And One Is One
as Herself · 1936
Off the Record
as Jane Morgan · 1939
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
· 1935
Battered
as Edna Thompson · 1978
Lawyer Man
as Olga Michaels · 1932
Winner Take All
as Beverly Craig · 1975
Union Depot
as Ruth Collins · 1932
Millie
as Angie · 1931
Child of Trouble
as Helen Green · 1957
Sons o' Guns
as Yvonne · 1936
Stage Struck
as Peggy Revere · 1936
Broadway's Like That
as Ruth's Pal · 1930
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
· 1936
The Perfect Specimen
as Mona Carter · 1937
Breakdowns of 1939
as Self · 1939
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
as Self · 1965
Sinners' Holiday
as Myrtle · 1930
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Gloria Fay · 1935
Traveling Saleslady
as Angela Twitchell · 1935
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
· 1936
Kansas City Princess
as Rosie Sturges · 1934
Back in Circulation
as 'Timmy' Blake · 1937
The Baron
as Mama Lou · 1977
Kona Coast
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark · 1968
Illicit
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers · 1931
Smarty
as Vicki · 1934
The Devil's Parade
· 1930
Goodbye Again
as Anne Rogers · 1933
My Past
as Marian Moore · 1931
The Reckless Hour
as Myrtle Nichols · 1931
The Woman Inside
as Aunt Coll · 1981
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1937
Broadway Bad
as Tony Landers · 1933
The Heart Breaker
· 1930