Joan Blondell

Known for ActingBorn 1906-08-30Died 1979-12-25New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Rebels

I Want a Divorce

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Battered

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

The Twilight Zone

Banyon

Big Daddy

The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle

Vacation Playhouse

The Untouchables

The Wonderful World of Disney

Opening Night

The Snoop Sisters

Winner Take All

Grease

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Bonanza

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Starsky & Hutch

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Complicated Women

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

McCloud

And She Learned About Dames

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

The Champ

East Side of Heaven

Here Come the Brides

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Police Story

The Lucy Show

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Name of the Game

Nightmare Alley

The Cincinnati Kid

The Public Enemy

Desk Set

The Rookies

Gold Diggers of 1933

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

What's My Line?

Good Girls Go to Paris

Lizzie

For Heaven's Sake

Don Juan Quilligan