About

Known credits:
125
Birthday:
1906-08-30
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Joan Blondell

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression Actor Self (archive) N/A
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2008 Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2008 You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story Actor Self 59
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2006 Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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2003 Complicated Women Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1991 Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1990 Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
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1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1981 The Woman Inside Actor Aunt Coll 58
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1979 The Glove Actor Mrs. Fitzgerald 58
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1979 The Champ Actor Dolly Kenyon 61
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1979 The Rebels Actor Mrs. Brumple N/A
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1978 Battered Actor Edna Thompson N/A
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1978 Grease Actor Vi 73
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1977 Opening Night Actor Sarah Goode 63
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1977 The Baron Actor Mama Lou 59
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1976 Death at Love House Actor Marcella Geffenhart 58
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1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Actor Landlady 58
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1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1975 Winner Take All Actor Beverly Craig 59
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1975 The Dead Don't Die Actor Levenia 58
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1972 Banyon Actor Peggy Revere 69
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1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter Actor Jenny 59
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1970 The Phynx Actor Ruby 58
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1969 Big Daddy Actor N/A
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1968 Here Come the Brides Actor 68
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1968 Kona Coast Actor Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark 58
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1968 Stay Away, Joe Actor Glenda Callahan 58
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1967 Waterhole #3 Actor Lavinia 59
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1967 Winchester '73 Actor Larouge 59
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1967 The Spy in the Green Hat Actor Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto 59
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1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance Actor Mrs. Lavender 59
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1965 The Cincinnati Kid Actor Lady Fingers 62
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1965 Kilroy Actor Rose Kelsey N/A
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1965 The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle Actor Self N/A
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1964 Advance to the Rear Actor Easy Jenny 58
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1961 Angel Baby Actor Mollie Hays 59
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1959 A Marriage of Strangers Actor Mrs. Patrick N/A
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1957 Desk Set Actor Peg Costello 61
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1957 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Actor Violet 59
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1957 This Could Be the Night Actor Crystal St. Clair 59
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1957 Lizzie Actor Aunt Morgan 59
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1956 The Opposite Sex Actor Edith Potter 58
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1951 The Blue Veil Actor Annie Rawlins 59
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1950 For Heaven's Sake Actor Daphne Peters 59
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1947 Christmas Eve Actor Ann Nelson 58
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1947 Nightmare Alley Actor Zeena Krumbein 62
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1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D. Actor Rosemary Durant 59
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1945 Adventure Actor Helen Melohn 59
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1945 Don Juan Quilligan Actor Marjorie Mossrock 59
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1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Actor Aunt Sissy 61
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1943 Cry 'Havoc' Actor Grace 59
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1942 Lady for a Night Actor Jenny Blake 58
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1941 Three Girls About Town Actor Hope Banner 59
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1941 Model Wife Actor Joan Keating Chambers N/A
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1941 Topper Returns Actor Gail Richards 59
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1940 I Want a Divorce Actor Geraldine Brokaw N/A
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1940 Two Girls on Broadway Actor Molly Mahoney 59
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1939 Breakdowns of 1939 Actor Self N/A
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1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams Actor Maxine Carroll 59
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1939 Good Girls Go to Paris Actor Jenny Swanson 59
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1939 The Kid from Kokomo Actor Doris Harvey 59
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1939 East Side of Heaven Actor Mary Wilson 59
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1939 Off the Record Actor Jane Morgan 59
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1938 There's Always a Woman Actor Sally Reardon 59
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1937 Stand-In Actor Lester Plum 59
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1937 The Perfect Specimen Actor Mona Carter 59
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1937 Back in Circulation Actor 'Timmy' Blake 59
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1937 Talent Scout Actor Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) 59
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1937 The King and the Chorus Girl Actor Miss Dorothy Ellis 59
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1936 Gold Diggers of 1937 Actor Norma Perry 58
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1936 Three Men on a Horse Actor Mabel 59
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1936 Stage Struck Actor Peggy Revere 58
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1936 Bullets or Ballots Actor Lee Morgan 59
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1936 Sons o' Guns Actor Yvonne 58
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1936 Colleen Actor Minnie Hawkins 59
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1936 One And One Is One Actor Herself 59
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1935 Miss Pacific Fleet Actor Gloria Fay 59
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1935 Things You Never See on the Screen Actor Self 59
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1935 We're in the Money Actor Ginger Stewart 59
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1935 Broadway Gondolier Actor Alice Hughes 58
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1935 Traveling Saleslady Actor Angela Twitchell 59
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1934 Kansas City Princess Actor Rosie Sturges 58
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1934 Dames Actor Mabel Anderson 59
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1934 He Was Her Man Actor Rose Lawrence 59
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1934 Smarty Actor Vicki 58
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1934 And She Learned About Dames Actor Herself 59
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1934 Hollywood Newsreel Actor Self 59
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1934 I've Got Your Number Actor Marie Lawson 59
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1933 Convention City Actor Nancy Lorraine 58
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1933 Havana Widows Actor Mae Knight 58
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1933 Footlight Parade Actor Nan Prescott 60
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1933 Goodbye Again Actor Anne Rogers 58
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1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 Actor Carol King 61
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1933 Blondie Johnson Actor Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson 59
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1933 Broadway Bad Actor Tony Landers 58
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1933 Just Around the Corner Actor Mrs. Graham 58
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1932 Lawyer Man Actor Olga Michaels 58
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1932 Central Park Actor Dot 58
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1932 Three on a Match Actor Mary Keaton 59
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1932 Big City Blues Actor Vida Fleet 58
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1932 Make Me a Star Actor 'Flips' Montague 59
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1932 Miss Pinkerton Actor Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton 58
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1932 The Famous Ferguson Case Actor Maizie Dickson 59
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1932 The Crowd Roars Actor Anne Scott 58
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1932 The Greeks Had a Word for Them Actor Schatzi Sutro 58
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1932 Union Depot Actor Ruth Collins 59
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1931 Blonde Crazy Actor Anne Roberts 59
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1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' Actor Self - Gallery Member (uncredited) 59
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1931 The Reckless Hour Actor Allen Crane 59
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1931 Night Nurse Actor Maloney 60
Fair
1931 Big Business Girl Actor Pearl 59
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1931 My Past Actor Marian Moore 58
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1931 The Public Enemy Actor Mamie 64
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1931 God's Gift to Women Actor Fifi 58
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1931 Illicit Actor Helen 'Duckie' Childers 59
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1931 Millie Actor Angie 59
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1931 Other Men's Women Actor Marie 59
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1930 Sinners' Holiday Actor Myrtle 59
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1930 The Voice of Hollywood Actor N/A
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1930 The Office Wife Actor Katharine Murdock 58
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1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee Actor Self 59
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1930 The Heart Breaker Actor N/A
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1930 The Devil's Parade Actor N/A
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1930 Broadway's Like That Actor Ruth's Pal 58
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