Joan Blondell
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.
TV Shows(50)
The Rebels
Mrs. Brumple
1979
$weepstake$
Mme. Grimaldi
1979
The Love Boat
Ramona Bevans
1977
Starsky & Hutch
Mrs. Pruitt
1975
Switch
Mrs. Lear
1975
The Snoop Sisters
Madame Mimi
1973
Police Story
1973
Banyon
Peggy Revere
1972
The Rookies
1972
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Aunt Louise
1971
McCloud
1970
Love, American Style
1969
Medical Center
Doris
1969
Here Come the Brides
Lottie Hatfield
1968
The Name of the Game
Miss Wall
1968
The Outsider
Sadie Burch
1968
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Miss Lottie
1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame
1966
Family Affair
1966
That Girl
1966
Summer Fun
1966
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Mrs. Melvin Freebie
1963
Petticoat Junction
Florabelle Campbell
1963
Burke's Law
Ethel Kronkeit
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
T.T. Hill
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Miss Zilke
1963
The Lucy Show
Joan Brenner
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Virginian
Rosanna Dobie
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Dr. Kildare
Dolly Marlowe
1961
My Three Sons
Harriet Blanchard
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Helene Terry
1960
The Untouchables
Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
1959
Adventures in Paradise
Millicent Brass
1959
The Twilight Zone
Phyllis Britt
1959
Bonanza
Lillian Manfred
1959
The Real McCoys
Aunt Win
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Playwrights '56
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Rose Kelsey
1954
General Electric Theater
Joan Preston
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Calamity Jane
1951
Lux Video Theatre
May
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Suspense
Clara
1949
Studio One
Ruth Breen
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(127)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
2009
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
2008
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
2006
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
1991
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self (archive footage)
1990
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
The Woman Inside
Aunt Coll
1981
The Glove
Mrs. Fitzgerald
1979
The Champ
Dolly Kenyon
1979
Battered
Edna Thompson
1978
Grease
Vi
1978
Opening Night
Sarah Goode
1977
The Baron
Mama Lou
1977
Death at Love House
Marcella Geffenhart
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Landlady
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Winner Take All
Beverly Craig
1975
The Dead Don't Die
Levenia
1975
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Jenny
1971
The Phynx
Ruby
1970
Big Daddy
1969
Kona Coast
Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
1968
Stay Away, Joe
Glenda Callahan
1968
Waterhole #3
Lavinia
1967
Winchester '73
Larouge
1967
The Spy in the Green Hat
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
1967
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Mrs. Lavender
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
Lady Fingers
1965
Kilroy
Rose Kelsey
1965
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
Self
1965
Advance to the Rear
Easy Jenny
1964
Angel Baby
Mollie Hays
1961
A Marriage of Strangers
Mrs. Patrick
1959
Desk Set
Peg Costello
1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Violet
1957
This Could Be the Night
Crystal St. Clair
1957
Child of Trouble
Helen Green
1957
Lizzie
Aunt Morgan
1957
The Opposite Sex
Edith Potter
1956
The Blue Veil
Annie Rawlins
1951
For Heaven's Sake
Daphne Peters
1950
Christmas Eve
Ann Nelson
1947
Nightmare Alley
Zeena Krumbein
1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Rosemary Durant
1947
Adventure
Helen Melohn
1945
Don Juan Quilligan
Marjorie Mossrock
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Aunt Sissy
1945
Cry 'Havoc'
Grace
1943
Lady for a Night
Jenny Blake
1942
Three Girls About Town
Hope Banner
1941
Model Wife
Joan Keating Chambers
1941
Topper Returns
Gail Richards
1941
I Want a Divorce
Geraldine Brokaw
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
Molly Mahoney
1940
Breakdowns of 1939
Self
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Maxine Carroll
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
Jenny Swanson
1939
The Kid from Kokomo
Doris Harvey
1939
East Side of Heaven
Mary Wilson
1939
Off the Record
Jane Morgan
1939
There's Always a Woman
Sally Reardon
1938
Stand-In
Lester Plum
1937
The Perfect Specimen
Mona Carter
1937
Back in Circulation
'Timmy' Blake
1937
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
The King and the Chorus Girl
Miss Dorothy Ellis
1937
Gold Diggers of 1937
Norma Perry
1936
Three Men on a Horse
Mabel
1936
Stage Struck
Peggy Revere
1936
Bullets or Ballots
Lee Morgan
1936
Sons o' Guns
Yvonne
1936
Colleen
Minnie Hawkins
1936
One And One Is One
Herself
1936
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
Miss Pacific Fleet
Gloria Fay
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
1935
We're in the Money
Ginger Stewart
1935
Broadway Gondolier
Alice Hughes
1935
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
Traveling Saleslady
Angela Twitchell
1935
Kansas City Princess
Rosie Sturges
1934
Dames
Mabel Anderson
1934
He Was Her Man
Rose Lawrence
1934
Smarty
Vicki
1934
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
1934
Hollywood Newsreel
Self
1934
I've Got Your Number
Marie Lawson
1934
Convention City
Nancy Lorraine
1933
Havana Widows
Mae Knight
1933
Footlight Parade
Nan Prescott
1933
Goodbye Again
Anne Rogers
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
Carol
1933
Blondie Johnson
Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
1933
Broadway Bad
Tony Landers
1933
Just Around the Corner
Mrs. Graham
1933
Lawyer Man
Olga Michaels
1932
Central Park
Dot
1932
Three on a Match
Mary Keaton
1932
Big City Blues
Vida Fleet
1932
Make Me a Star
'Flips' Montague
1932
Miss Pinkerton
Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
Maizie Dickson
1932
The Crowd Roars
Anne Scott
1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Schatzi Sutro
1932
Union Depot
Ruth Collins
1932
Blonde Crazy
Anne Roberts
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
1931
The Reckless Hour
Allen Crane
1931
Night Nurse
Maloney
1931
Big Business Girl
Pearl
1931
My Past
Marian Moore
1931
The Public Enemy
Mamie
1931
God's Gift to Women
Fifi
1931
Illicit
Helen 'Duckie' Childers
1931
Millie
Angie
1931
Other Men's Women
Marie
1931
Sinners' Holiday
Myrtle
1930
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
The Office Wife
Katharine Murdock
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
1930
The Heart Breaker
1930
The Devil's Parade
1930
Broadway's Like That
Ruth's Pal
1930