Joan Blondell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-08-30 (73 years old)

Deathday

1979-12-25

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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 Ac...

Acting

1965

The Cincinnati Kid

as Lady Fingers

1978

Grease

as Vi

1933

Blondie Johnson

as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson

1945

1957

Desk Set

as Peg Costello

1977

Opening Night

as Sarah Goode

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Lee Morgan

1933

Footlight Parade

as Nan Prescott

1942

Lady for a Night

as Jenny Blake

1975

1932

1931

Blonde Crazy

as Anne Roberts

1932

Three on a Match

as Mary Keaton

1956

The Opposite Sex

as Edith Potter

1939

East Side of Heaven

as Mary Wilson

1935

Broadway Gondolier

as Alice Hughes

1934

Dames

as Mabel Anderson

1945

Adventure

as Helen Melohn

1941

Topper Returns

as Gail Richards

1931

1968

Stay Away, Joe

as Glenda Callahan

1979

The Glove

as Mrs. Fitzgerald

1947

Nightmare Alley

as Zeena Krumbein

1931

Night Nurse

as Maloney

1943

Cry 'Havoc'

as Grace

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937

as Norma Perry

1947

Christmas Eve

as Ann Nelson

1930

The Office Wife

as Katharine Murdock

1940

Two Girls on Broadway

as Molly Mahoney

1941

1957

This Could Be the Night

as Crystal St. Clair

1950

For Heaven's Sake

as Daphne Peters

1931

Illicit

as Helen 'Duckie' Childers

1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

as Maizie Dickson

1939

The Kid from Kokomo

as Doris Harvey

1932

The Crowd Roars

as Anne Scott

1961

Angel Baby

as Mollie Hays

1931

1936

Colleen

as Minnie Hawkins

1932

Lawyer Man

as Olga Michaels

1979

The Rebels

as Mrs. Brumple

1932

Union Depot

as Ruth Collins

1939

Good Girls Go to Paris

as Jenny Swanson

1968

Kona Coast

as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark

1951

The Blue Veil

as Annie Rawlins

1937

The Perfect Specimen

as Mona Carter

1931

Millie

as Angie

1957

Lizzie

as Aunt Morgan

1932

Big City Blues

as Vida Fleet

1935

We're in the Money

as Ginger Stewart

1947

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

as Rosemary Durant

1964

Advance to the Rear

as Easy Jenny

1936

Sons o' Guns

as Yvonne

1937

Stand-In

as Lester Plum

1937

The King and the Chorus Girl

as Miss Dorothy Ellis

1931

The Reckless Hour

as Allen Crane

1932

Make Me a Star

as 'Flips' Montague

1938

There's Always a Woman

as Sally Reardon

1970

The Phynx

as Ruby

1935

Miss Pacific Fleet

as Gloria Fay

1939

The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Maxine Carroll

1930

1935

Traveling Saleslady

as Angela Twitchell

1934

He Was Her Man

as Rose Lawrence

1932

Miss Pinkerton

as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton

1932

1936

Stage Struck

as Peggy Revere

1933

1934

Smarty

as Vicki

1934

Kansas City Princess

as Rosie Sturges

1931

My Past

as Marian Moore

1940

I Want a Divorce

as Geraldine Brokaw

1933

Goodbye Again

as Anne Rogers

1939

Off the Record

as Jane Morgan

1933

Havana Widows

as Mae Knight

1945

Don Juan Quilligan

as Marjorie Mossrock

1934

I've Got Your Number

as Marie Lawson

1931

1933

Broadway Bad

as Tony Landers

1933

Convention City

as Nancy Lorraine

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1959

1967

The Spy in the Green Hat

as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto

1930

1941

Model Wife

as Joan Keating Chambers

1937

Back in Circulation

as 'Timmy' Blake

1967

Winchester '73

as Larouge

1965

Kilroy

as Rose Kelsey

1977

The Baron

as Mama Lou

1990

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

as Self (archive footage)

1979

The Champ

as Dolly Kenyon

1966

Ride Beyond Vengeance

as Mrs. Lavender

1967

Waterhole #3

as Lavinia

1975

Winner Take All

as Beverly Craig

1937

Talent Scout

as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)

1936

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire

as Self (archive footage)

1976

Death at Love House

as Marcella Geffenhart

1981

The Woman Inside

as Aunt Coll

1978

Battered

as Edna Thompson

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1931

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'

as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)

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