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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Blondell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | New York City, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906-08-30 |
| Died | 1979-12-25 |
Movies
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self (archive footage)
2008
2008
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
The Woman Inside
as Aunt Coll
1981
The Glove
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
1979
The Champ
as Dolly Kenyon
1979
The Rebels
as Mrs. Brumple
1979
Battered
as Edna Thompson
1978
Grease
as Vi
1978
Opening Night
as Sarah Goode
1977
The Baron
as Mama Lou
1977
Death at Love House
as Marcella Geffenhart
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Landlady
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Winner Take All
as Beverly Craig
1975
The Dead Don't Die
as Levenia
1975
Support Your Local Gunfighter
as Jenny
1971
The Phynx
as Ruby
1970
1969
Kona Coast
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
1968
Stay Away, Joe
as Glenda Callahan
1968
Waterhole #3
as Lavinia
1967
Winchester '73
as Larouge
1967
The Spy in the Green Hat
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
1967
Ride Beyond Vengeance
as Mrs. Lavender
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
as Lady Fingers
1965
Kilroy
as Rose Kelsey
1965
1965
Advance to the Rear
as Easy Jenny
1964
Angel Baby
as Mollie Hays
1961
A Marriage of Strangers
as Mrs. Patrick
1959
Desk Set
as Peg Costello
1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
as Violet
1957
This Could Be the Night
as Crystal St. Clair
1957
Lizzie
as Aunt Morgan
1957
The Opposite Sex
as Edith Potter
1956
The Blue Veil
as Annie Rawlins
1951
For Heaven's Sake
as Daphne Peters
1950
Christmas Eve
as Ann Nelson
1947
Nightmare Alley
as Zeena Krumbein
1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Rosemary Durant
1947
Adventure
as Helen Melohn
1945
Don Juan Quilligan
as Marjorie Mossrock
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Aunt Sissy
1945
Cry 'Havoc'
as Grace
1943
Lady for a Night
as Jenny Blake
1942
Three Girls About Town
as Hope Banner
1941
Model Wife
as Joan Keating Chambers
1941
Topper Returns
as Gail Richards
1941
I Want a Divorce
as Geraldine Brokaw
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
as Molly Mahoney
1940
Breakdowns of 1939
as Self
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Maxine Carroll
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Jenny Swanson
1939
The Kid from Kokomo
as Doris Harvey
1939
East Side of Heaven
as Mary Wilson
1939
Off the Record
as Jane Morgan
1939
There's Always a Woman
as Sally Reardon
1938
Stand-In
as Lester Plum
1937
The Perfect Specimen
as Mona Carter
1937
Back in Circulation
as 'Timmy' Blake
1937
Talent Scout
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937
The King and the Chorus Girl
as Miss Dorothy Ellis
1937
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Norma Perry
1936
Three Men on a Horse
as Mabel
1936
Stage Struck
as Peggy Revere
1936
Bullets or Ballots
as Lee Morgan
1936
Sons o' Guns
as Yvonne
1936
Colleen
as Minnie Hawkins
1936
One And One Is One
as Herself
1936
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Gloria Fay
1935
1935
We're in the Money
as Ginger Stewart
1935
Broadway Gondolier
as Alice Hughes
1935
Traveling Saleslady
as Angela Twitchell
1935
Kansas City Princess
as Rosie Sturges
1934
Dames
as Mabel Anderson
1934
He Was Her Man
as Rose Lawrence
1934
Smarty
as Vicki
1934
And She Learned About Dames
as Herself
1934
Hollywood Newsreel
as Self
1934
I've Got Your Number
as Marie Lawson
1934
Convention City
as Nancy Lorraine
1933
Havana Widows
as Mae Knight
1933
Footlight Parade
as Nan Prescott
1933
Goodbye Again
as Anne Rogers
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Carol King
1933
Blondie Johnson
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
1933
Broadway Bad
as Tony Landers
1933
Just Around the Corner
as Mrs. Graham
1933
Lawyer Man
as Olga Michaels
1932
Central Park
as Dot
1932
Three on a Match
as Mary Keaton
1932
Big City Blues
as Vida Fleet
1932
Make Me a Star
as 'Flips' Montague
1932
Miss Pinkerton
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Maizie Dickson
1932
The Crowd Roars
as Anne Scott
1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Schatzi Sutro
1932
Union Depot
as Ruth Collins
1932
Blonde Crazy
as Anne Roberts
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
1931
The Reckless Hour
as Allen Crane
1931
Night Nurse
as Maloney
1931
Big Business Girl
as Pearl
1931
My Past
as Marian Moore
1931
The Public Enemy
as Mamie
1931
God's Gift to Women
as Fifi
1931
Illicit
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
1931
Millie
as Angie
1931
Other Men's Women
as Marie
1931
Sinners' Holiday
as Myrtle
1930
The Office Wife
as Katharine Murdock
1930
1930
1930
Broadway's Like That
as Ruth's Pal
1930
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