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