Joan Blondell
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Aug 30 1906• Died Dec 25 1979
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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…
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Joan Blondell's Credits
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Bonanza
Lillian Manfred
The Love Boat
Ramona Bevans
The Virginian
Rosanna Dobie
The Twilight Zone
Phyllis Britt
Love, American Style
My Three Sons
Harriet Blanchard
Starsky & Hutch
Mrs. Pruitt
Medical Center
Doris
Petticoat Junction
Florabelle Campbell
Dr. Kildare
Dolly Marlowe
Studio One
Ruth Breen
The Untouchables
Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
Family Affair
Burke's Law
Ethel Kronkeit
McCloud
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Name of the Game
Miss Wall
The Lucy Show
Joan Brenner
What's My Line?
Self
The Rookies
That Girl
Adventures in Paradise
Millicent Brass
Suspense
Clara
Police Story
Switch
Mrs. Lear
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
The Real McCoys
Aunt Win
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Miss Lottie
Grease
Vi
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Helene Terry
Lux Video Theatre
May
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Aunt Louise
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Madame
The Outsider
Sadie Burch
Here Come the Brides
Lottie Hatfield
$weepstake$
Mme. Grimaldi
The Greatest Show on Earth
T.T. Hill
Vacation Playhouse
Miss Zilke
Banyon
Peggy Revere
The Snoop Sisters
Madame Mimi
The Wonderful World of Disney
Rose Kelsey
Playwrights '56
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Calamity Jane
General Electric Theater
Joan Preston
Summer Fun
Nightmare Alley
Zeena Krumbein
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
The Cincinnati Kid
Lady Fingers
Opening Night
Sarah Goode
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Mrs. Lavender
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
The Public Enemy
Mamie
The Champ
Dolly Kenyon
Bullets or Ballots
Lee Morgan
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
The Opposite Sex
Edith Potter
Angel Baby
Mollie Hays
Night Nurse
Maloney
The Blue Veil
Annie Rawlins
Christmas Eve
Ann Nelson
Two Girls on Broadway
Molly Mahoney
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Landlady
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self (archive footage)
Blondie Johnson
Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
The Phynx
Ruby
Gold Diggers of 1933
Carol
Topper Returns
Gail Richards
Make Me a Star
'Flips' Montague
He Was Her Man
Rose Lawrence
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Maxine Carroll
Good Girls Go to Paris
Jenny Swanson
The Glove
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Desk Set
Peg Costello
Cry 'Havoc'
Grace
Kilroy
Rose Kelsey
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
This Could Be the Night
Crystal St. Clair
The Famous Ferguson Case
Maizie Dickson
Three on a Match
Mary Keaton
The Rebels
Mrs. Brumple
Stand-In
Lester Plum
Stage Struck
Peggy Revere
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Violet
Off the Record
Jane Morgan
Miss Pinkerton
Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
Illicit
Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Big City Blues
Vida Fleet
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Aunt Sissy
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Jenny
I Want a Divorce
Geraldine Brokaw
Stay Away, Joe
Glenda Callahan
Colleen
Minnie Hawkins
My Past
Marian Moore
Broadway Bad
Tony Landers
Central Park
Dot
Millie
Angie
Lawyer Man
Olga Michaels
Gold Diggers of 1937
Norma Perry
Blonde Crazy
Anne Roberts
I've Got Your Number
Marie Lawson
Footlight Parade
Nan Prescott
Advance to the Rear
Easy Jenny
Kansas City Princess
Rosie Sturges
The Office Wife
Katharine Murdock
Adventure
Helen Melohn
Dames
Mabel Anderson
The Spy in the Green Hat
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
Don Juan Quilligan
Marjorie Mossrock
The Crowd Roars
Anne Scott
The King and the Chorus Girl
Miss Dorothy Ellis
Traveling Saleslady
Angela Twitchell
Sons o' Guns
Yvonne
Havana Widows
Mae Knight
We're in the Money
Ginger Stewart
Battered
Edna Thompson
Hollywood Newsreel
Self
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Schatzi Sutro
Winner Take All
Beverly Craig
For Heaven's Sake
Daphne Peters
East Side of Heaven
Mary Wilson
Three Men on a Horse
Mabel
The Dead Don't Die
Levenia
The Perfect Specimen
Mona Carter
Broadway Gondolier
Alice Hughes
Lady for a Night
Jenny Blake
Big Daddy
Three Girls About Town
Hope Banner
A Marriage of Strangers
Mrs. Patrick
God's Gift to Women
Fifi
Smarty
Vicki
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1939
Self
The Reckless Hour
Allen Crane
Other Men's Women
Marie
Back in Circulation
'Timmy' Blake
Death at Love House
Marcella Geffenhart
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Union Depot
Ruth Collins
Big Business Girl
Pearl
Lizzie
Aunt Morgan
Convention City
Nancy Lorraine
Model Wife
Joan Keating Chambers
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Rosemary Durant
Winchester '73
Larouge
Waterhole #3
Lavinia
The Voice of Hollywood
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
The Kid from Kokomo
Doris Harvey
There's Always a Woman
Sally Reardon
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Child of Trouble
Helen Green
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
The Baron
Mama Lou
Goodbye Again
Anne Rogers
Miss Pacific Fleet
Gloria Fay
The Woman Inside
Aunt Coll
Sinners' Holiday
Myrtle
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
Self
Broadway's Like That
Ruth's Pal
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
Kona Coast
Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
Just Around the Corner
Mrs. Graham
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
The Devil's Parade
The Heart Breaker
One And One Is One
Herself
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"