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Joan Blondell

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Joan Blondell

Born August 30, 1906 in New York City, New York, USADied December 25, 1979107 films

Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress.

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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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Opening Night posterFirst watchOpening Night19777.6as Sarah GoodeActress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging.View film

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Grease poster7.4Grease1978The Public Enemy poster7.2The Public Enemy1931The Cincinnati Kid poster7.0The Cincinnati Kid1965Nightmare Alley poster7.2Nightmare Alley1947The Champ poster7.0The Champ1979Gold Diggers of 1933 poster7.2Gold Diggers of 19331933A Tree Grows in Brooklyn poster7.5A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945Desk Set poster7.0Desk Set1957

Filmography

107 films as actor
  1. 1981The Woman InsideAunt Coll
  2. 1979The GloveMrs. Fitzgerald
  3. 1979The ChampDolly Kenyon
  4. 1978BatteredEdna Thompson
  5. 1978GreaseVi
  6. 1977Opening NightSarah Goode
  7. 1977The BaronMama Lou
  8. 1976Death at Love HouseMarcella Geffenhart
  9. 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodLandlady
  10. 1975Winner Take AllBeverly Craig
  11. 1975The Dead Don't DieLevenia
  12. 1971Support Your Local GunfighterJenny
  13. 1970The PhynxRuby
  14. 1969Big Daddy
  15. 1968Kona CoastKittibelle Lightfoot Clark
  16. 1968Stay Away, JoeGlenda Callahan
  17. 1967Waterhole #3Lavinia
  18. 1967Winchester '73Larouge
  19. 1967The Spy in the Green HatMrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
  20. 1966Ride Beyond VengeanceMrs. Lavender
  21. 1965The Cincinnati KidLady Fingers
  22. 1965KilroyRose Kelsey
  23. 1964Advance to the RearEasy Jenny
  24. 1961Angel BabyMollie Hays
  25. 1959A Marriage of StrangersMrs. Patrick
  26. 1957Desk SetPeg Costello
  27. 1957Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?Violet
  28. 1957This Could Be the NightCrystal St. Clair
  29. 1957Child of TroubleHelen Green
  30. 1957LizzieAunt Morgan
  31. 1956The Opposite SexEdith Potter
  32. 1951The Blue VeilAnnie Rawlins
  33. 1950For Heaven's SakeDaphne Peters
  34. 1947Christmas EveAnn Nelson
  35. 1947Nightmare AlleyZeena Krumbein
  36. 1947The Corpse Came C.O.D.Rosemary Durant
  37. 1945AdventureHelen Melohn
  38. 1945Don Juan QuilliganMarjorie Mossrock
  39. 1945A Tree Grows in BrooklynAunt Sissy
  40. 1943Cry 'Havoc'Grace
  41. 1942Lady for a NightJenny Blake
  42. 1941Three Girls About TownHope Banner
  43. 1941Model WifeJoan Keating Chambers
  44. 1941Topper ReturnsGail Richards
  45. 1940I Want a DivorceGeraldine Brokaw
  46. 1940Two Girls on BroadwayMolly Mahoney
  47. 1939The Amazing Mr. WilliamsMaxine Carroll
  48. 1939Good Girls Go to ParisJenny Swanson
  49. 1939The Kid from KokomoDoris Harvey
  50. 1939East Side of HeavenMary Wilson
  51. 1939Off the RecordJane Morgan
  52. 1938There's Always a WomanSally Reardon
  53. 1937Stand-InLester Plum
  54. 1937The Perfect SpecimenMona Carter
  55. 1937Back in Circulation'Timmy' Blake
  56. 1937The King and the Chorus GirlMiss Dorothy Ellis
  57. 1936Gold Diggers of 1937Norma Perry
  58. 1936Three Men on a HorseMabel
  59. 1936Stage StruckPeggy Revere
  60. 1936Bullets or BallotsLee Morgan
  61. 1936Sons o' GunsYvonne
  62. 1936ColleenMinnie Hawkins
  63. 1936Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
  64. 1936Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
  65. 1936Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
  66. 1935Miss Pacific FleetGloria Fay
  67. 1935We're in the MoneyGinger Stewart
  68. 1935Broadway GondolierAlice Hughes
  69. 1935Traveling SalesladyAngela Twitchell
  70. 1934Kansas City PrincessRosie Sturges
  71. 1934DamesMabel Anderson
  72. 1934He Was Her ManRose Lawrence
  73. 1934SmartyVicki
  74. 1934I've Got Your NumberMarie Lawson
  75. 1933Convention CityNancy Lorraine
  76. 1933Havana WidowsMae Knight
  77. 1933Footlight ParadeNan
  78. 1933Goodbye AgainAnne Rogers
  79. 1933Gold Diggers of 1933Carol
  80. 1933Blondie JohnsonVirginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
  81. 1933Broadway BadTony Landers
  82. 1933Just Around the CornerMrs. Graham
  83. 1932Lawyer ManOlga Michaels
  84. 1932Central ParkDot
  85. 1932Three on a MatchMary Keaton
  86. 1932Big City BluesVida Fleet
  87. 1932Make Me a Star'Flips' Montague
  88. 1932Miss PinkertonNurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
  89. 1932The Famous Ferguson CaseMaizie Dickson
  90. 1932The Crowd RoarsAnne Scott
  91. 1932The Greeks Had a Word for ThemSchatzi Sutro
  92. 1932Union DepotRuth Collins
  93. 1931Blonde CrazyAnne Roberts
  94. 1931The Reckless HourMyrtle Nichols
  95. 1931Night NurseMaloney
  96. 1931Big Business GirlPearl
  97. 1931My PastMarian Moore
  98. 1931The Public EnemyMamie
  99. 1931God's Gift to WomenFifi
  100. 1931IllicitHelen 'Duckie' Childers
  101. 1931MillieAngie
  102. 1931Other Men's WomenMarie
  103. 1930Sinners' HolidayMyrtle
  104. 1930The Office WifeKatharine Murdock
  105. 1930The Heart Breaker
  106. 1930The Devil's Parade
  107. 1930Broadway's Like ThatRuth's Pal