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Joan Blondell

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1906-08-30

Deathday: 1979-12-25 (73 years old)

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 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.

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Filmography

all 169

Movies 127

TV Shows 42

self 19

Self

Joan Blondell

Biography

Filmography

all 169

Movies 127

TV Shows 42

self 19

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013)

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)

Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006)

Complicated Women (2003)

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991)

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)

Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

The Woman Inside (1981)

The Glove (1979)

The Champ (1979)

The Rebels (1979)

Sweepstakes (1979)

Battered (1978)

Grease (1978)

Opening Night (1977)

The Love Boat (1977)

The Baron (1977)

Death at Love House (1976)

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)

Starsky & Hutch (1975)

Switch (1975)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

Winner Take All (1975)

The Dead Don't Die (1975)

The Snoop Sisters (1973)

Police Story (1973)

Banyon (1972)

The Rookies (1972)

Tribute to Bogart (1972)

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

The Phynx (1970)

McCloud (1970)

Medical Center (1969)

Anatomy of a Crime (1969)

Big Daddy (1969)

Here Come the Brides (1968)

The Outsider (1968)

Kona Coast (1968)

Stay Away, Joe (1968)

Waterhole #3 (1967)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)

Winchester '73 (1967)

The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966)

Family Affair (1966)

That Girl (1966)

Summer Fun (1966)

Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Kilroy (1965)

The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle (1965)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)

Advance to the Rear (1964)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

Petticoat Junction (1963)

Burke's Law (1963)

The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)

Vacation Playhouse (1963)

The Lucy Show (1962)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

The Virginian (1962)

The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

Angel Baby (1961)

My Three Sons (1960)

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)

Adventures in Paradise (1959)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

A Marriage of Strangers (1959)

Desk Set (1957)

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)