Acting
Joan Blondell
EN cinema · 127 credits
Born
30 August 1906
Died
25 December 1979 (aged 73)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Rose Joan Blondell · Джоан Блонделл · Rosebud Blondell
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
Filmography
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
The Woman Inside
as Aunt Coll
The Glove
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Champ
as Dolly Kenyon
Grease
as Vi
Battered
as Edna Thompson
Opening Night
as Sarah Goode
The Baron
as Mama Lou
Death at Love House
as Marcella Geffenhart
The Dead Don't Die
as Levenia
Winner Take All
as Beverly Craig
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Phynx
as Ruby
Stay Away, Joe
as Glenda Callahan
Kona Coast
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
Winchester '73
as Larouge
Waterhole #3
as Lavinia
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Mrs. Lavender
The Cincinnati Kid
as Lady Fingers
Kilroy
as Rose Kelsey
Advance to the Rear
as Easy Jenny
Angel Baby
as Mollie Hays
A Marriage of Strangers
as Mrs. Patrick
Desk Set
as Peg Costello
This Could Be the Night
as Crystal St. Clair
Lizzie
as Aunt Morgan
Child of Trouble
as Helen Green
The Opposite Sex
as Edith Potter
The Blue Veil
as Annie Rawlins
For Heaven's Sake
as Daphne Peters
Nightmare Alley
as Zeena Krumbein
Christmas Eve
as Ann Nelson
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Rosemary Durant
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Aunt Sissy
Adventure
as Helen Melohn
Don Juan Quilligan
as Marjorie Mossrock
Cry 'Havoc'
as Grace
Lady for a Night
as Jenny Blake
Topper Returns
as Gail Richards
Three Girls About Town
as Hope Banner
Model Wife
as Joan Keating Chambers
Two Girls on Broadway
as Molly Mahoney
I Want a Divorce
as Geraldine Brokaw
East Side of Heaven
as Mary Wilson
The Kid from Kokomo
as Doris Harvey
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Jenny Swanson
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Maxine Carroll
Off the Record
as Jane Morgan
There's Always a Woman
as Sally Reardon
The Perfect Specimen
as Mona Carter
Stand-In
as Lester Plum
The King and the Chorus Girl
as Miss Dorothy Ellis
Back in Circulation
as 'Timmy' Blake
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
as Lee Morgan
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Norma Perry
Colleen
as Minnie Hawkins
Three Men on a Horse
as Mabel
Sons o' Guns
as Yvonne
Stage Struck
as Peggy Revere
One And One Is One
as Herself
Broadway Gondolier
as Alice Hughes
We're in the Money
as Ginger Stewart
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Gloria Fay
Traveling Saleslady
as Angela Twitchell
Dames
as Mabel Anderson
He Was Her Man
as Rose Lawrence
Smarty
as Vicki
Kansas City Princess
as Rosie Sturges
I've Got Your Number
as Marie Lawson
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
Blondie Johnson
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Carol
Just Around the Corner
as Mrs. Graham
Goodbye Again
as Anne Rogers
Havana Widows
as Mae Knight
Broadway Bad
as Tony Landers
Convention City
as Nancy Lorraine
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Schatzi Sutro
Three on a Match
as Mary Keaton
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Maizie Dickson
The Crowd Roars
as Anne Scott
Lawyer Man
as Olga Michaels
Union Depot
as Ruth Collins
Big City Blues
as Vida Fleet
Make Me a Star
as 'Flips' Montague
Miss Pinkerton
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Central Park
as Dot
Blonde Crazy
as Anne Roberts
The Public Enemy
as Mamie
Night Nurse
as Maloney
Illicit
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Big Business Girl
as Pearl
Millie
as Angie
The Reckless Hour
as Myrtle Nichols
My Past
as Marian Moore
Other Men's Women
as Marie
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
The Office Wife
as Katharine Murdock
Sinners' Holiday
as Myrtle
Broadway's Like That
as Ruth's Pal
