Joan Blondell
ActingAlso Known As
Rose Joan Blondell, Джоан Блонделл, Rosebud 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.
Movies
(127 total)
Grease
as Vi
The Public Enemy
as Mamie
The Cincinnati Kid
as Lady Fingers
Opening Night
as Sarah Goode
Nightmare Alley
as Zeena Krumbein
The Champ
as Dolly Kenyon
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Carol
Desk Set
as Peg Costello
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Aunt Sissy
Footlight Parade
as Nan Prescott
Night Nurse
as Maloney
Three on a Match
as Mary Keaton
Topper Returns
as Gail Richards
Bullets or Ballots
as Lee Morgan
Blonde Crazy
as Anne Roberts
Dames
as Mabel Anderson
Stay Away, Joe
as Glenda Callahan
Illicit
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
TV Shows
(51 total)
The Twilight Zone
as Phyllis Britt
Bonanza
as Lillian Manfred
Starsky & Hutch
as Mrs. Pruitt
The Love Boat
as Ramona Bevans
The Untouchables
as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
The Lucy Show
as Joan Brenner
Petticoat Junction
as Florabelle Campbell
My Three Sons
as Harriet Blanchard
The Virginian
as Rosanna Dobie
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Rose Kelsey
What's My Line?
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Dr. Kildare
as Dolly Marlowe