Joan Blondell
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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Kona Coast
1968
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
2008
Topper Returns
1941
Grease
1978
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Desk Set
1957
We're in the Money
1935
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Goodbye Again
1933
God's Gift to Women
1931
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
Night Nurse
1931
Complicated Women
2003
Battered
1978
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
Back in Circulation
1937
Christmas Eve
1947
Stand-In
1937
Talent Scout
1937
Colleen
1936
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
Opening Night
1977
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
2006
There's Always a Woman
1938
Angel Baby
1961
The Champ
1979
Dames
1934
The Public Enemy
1931
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
Big City Blues
1932
The Perfect Specimen
1937