Joan Blondell
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday30 August 1906
Died25 December 1979 (age 73)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits178
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 nom…
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008 · Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008 · Self
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
2003 · Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991 · Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
The Woman Inside
1981 · Aunt Coll
The Glove
1979 · Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Champ
1979 · Dolly Kenyon
The Rebels
1979 · Mrs. Brumple
$weepstake$
1979 · Mme. Grimaldi
Battered
1978 · Edna Thompson
Grease
1978 · Vi
Fantasy Island
1978 · Naomi Gittings
Opening Night
1977 · Sarah Goode
The Love Boat
1977 · Ramona Bevans
The Baron
1977 · Mama Lou
Death at Love House
1976 · Marcella Geffenhart
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · Landlady
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Mrs. Pruitt
Switch
1975 · Mrs. Lear
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Winner Take All
1975 · Beverly Craig
The Dead Don't Die
1975 · Levenia
The Snoop Sisters
1973 · Madame Mimi
Police Story
1973
Banyon
1972 · Peggy Revere
The Rookies
1972
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971 · Aunt Louise
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Jenny
The Phynx
1970 · Ruby
McCloud
1970
Love, American Style
1969
Medical Center
1969 · Doris
Big Daddy
1969
Here Come the Brides
1968 · Lottie Hatfield
The Name of the Game
1968 · Miss Wall
The Outsider
1968 · Sadie Burch
Kona Coast
1968 · Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
Stay Away, Joe
1968 · Glenda Callahan
Waterhole #3
1967 · Lavinia
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · Miss Lottie
Winchester '73
1967 · Larouge
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967 · Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Madame
Family Affair
1966
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