Joan Blondell
Department: Acting
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 Cincinnati Kid
1965
Grease
1978
Blondie Johnson
1933
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Desk Set
1957
Opening Night
1977
Bullets or Ballots
1936
Footlight Parade
1933
Lady for a Night
1942
The Dead Don't Die
1975
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
Blonde Crazy
1931
Three on a Match
1932
The Opposite Sex
1956
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
East Side of Heaven
1939
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Dames
1934
Adventure
1945
Topper Returns
1941
The Public Enemy
1931
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
Stay Away, Joe
1968
The Glove
1979
Nightmare Alley
1947
Night Nurse
1931
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
Christmas Eve
1947
The Office Wife
1930
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Three Girls About Town
1941
This Could Be the Night
1957
For Heaven's Sake
1950
Illicit
1931
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
The Crowd Roars
1932
Angel Baby
1961
Big Business Girl
1931
Colleen
1936
Lawyer Man
1932
Union Depot
1932
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
Kona Coast
1968
The Blue Veil
1951
The Perfect Specimen
1937
Three Men on a Horse
1936
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
Millie
1931
Lizzie
1957
Big City Blues
1932
We're in the Money
1935
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
Advance to the Rear
1964
Sons o' Guns
1936
Stand-In
1937
The King and the Chorus Girl
1937
The Reckless Hour
1931
Make Me a Star
1932
There's Always a Woman
1938
The Phynx
1970
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Sinners' Holiday
1930
Traveling Saleslady
1935
He Was Her Man
1934
Miss Pinkerton
1932
Central Park
1932
Stage Struck
1936
Just Around the Corner
1933
Smarty
1934
Kansas City Princess
1934
My Past
1931
I Want a Divorce
1940
Goodbye Again
1933
Off the Record
1939
Havana Widows
1933
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
I've Got Your Number
1934
Other Men's Women
1931
Broadway Bad
1933
Convention City
1933
God's Gift to Women
1931
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
A Marriage of Strangers
1959
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
Broadway's Like That
1930
Model Wife
1941
Back in Circulation
1937
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
1965
Winchester '73
1967
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
Kilroy
1965
The Baron
1977
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
The Champ
1979
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
Waterhole #3
1967
Winner Take All
1975
Talent Scout
1937
One And One Is One
1936
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991
Death at Love House
1976
The Woman Inside
1981
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
Battered
1978
And She Learned About Dames
1934
Complicated Women
2003
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931
Big Daddy
1969
The Devil's Parade
1930
The Heart Breaker
1930
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
Child of Trouble
1957
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
1936
Family Affair
1966
Burke's Law
1963
The Rookies
1972
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
My Three Sons
1960
The Love Boat
1977
That Girl
1966
Petticoat Junction
1963
Studio One
1948
General Electric Theater
1953
The Twilight Zone
1959
Police Story
1973
Switch
1975
The Virginian
1962
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
McCloud
1970
Banyon
1972
Here Come the Brides
1968
Adventures in Paradise
1959
Suspense
1949
Summer Fun
1966
Playwrights '56
1955
Vacation Playhouse
1963
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
The Lucy Show
1962
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Burke's Law
1963
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
What's My Line?
1950
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Snoop Sisters
1973
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
The Name of the Game
1968
Love, American Style
1969
Medical Center
1969
Bonanza
1959
The Untouchables
1959
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Real McCoys
1957
The Outsider
1968
$weepstake$
1979
The Rebels
1979