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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.
Acted in 147
1980s
- 1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
- 1981
The Woman Inside
Aunt Coll
1970s
- 1979
The Glove
Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Rebels
Mrs. Brumple · 2 episodes
- 1978
Battered
Edna Thompson
70Grease
Vi
- 1977
The Baron
Mama Lou
- 1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Landlady
- 1975
Winner Take All
Beverly Craig
The Dead Don't Die
Levenia
- 1973
The Snoop Sisters
Madame Mimi · 1 episode
- 1972
- 1971
- 1970
The Phynx
Ruby
1960s
- 1969
Big Daddy
Movie
- 1968
Kona Coast
Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
Stay Away, Joe
Glenda Callahan
- 1967
Winchester '73
Larouge
The Spy in the Green Hat
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
- 1966
Ride Beyond Vengeance
Mrs. Lavender
- 1965
Kilroy
Rose Kelsey
- 1964
Advance to the Rear
Easy Jenny
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
Angel Baby
Mollie Hays
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
A Marriage of Strangers
Mrs. Patrick
- 1957
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Violet
This Could Be the Night
Crystal St. Clair
Child of Trouble
Helen Green
Lizzie
Aunt Morgan
- 1956
- 1954
- 1953
General Electric Theater
Joan Preston · 1 episode
- 1951
The Blue Veil
Annie Rawlins
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Calamity Jane · 1 episode
- 1950
For Heaven's Sake
Daphne Peters
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
Christmas Eve
Ann Nelson
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Rosemary Durant
- 1945
Adventure
Helen Melohn
Don Juan Quilligan
Marjorie Mossrock
- 1943
- 1942
Lady for a Night
Jenny Blake
- 1941
Three Girls About Town
Hope Banner
Model Wife
Joan Keating Chambers
- 1940
I Want a Divorce
Geraldine Brokaw
Two Girls on Broadway
Molly Mahoney
1930s
- 1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Maxine Carroll
Good Girls Go to Paris
Jenny Swanson
The Kid from Kokomo
Doris Harvey
East Side of Heaven
Mary Wilson
Off the Record
Jane Morgan
- 1938
- 1937
Stand-In
Lester Plum
The Perfect Specimen
Mona Carter
Back in Circulation
'Timmy' Blake
Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
The King and the Chorus Girl
Miss Dorothy Ellis
- 1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
Norma Perry
Three Men on a Horse
Mabel
Stage Struck
Peggy Revere
Sons o' Guns
Yvonne
Colleen
Minnie Hawkins
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
Movie
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
Movie
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"
Movie
- 1935
Miss Pacific Fleet
Gloria Fay
We're in the Money
Ginger Stewart
Broadway Gondolier
Alice Hughes
Traveling Saleslady
Angela Twitchell
- 1934
Kansas City Princess
Rosie Sturges
He Was Her Man
Rose Lawrence
Smarty
Vicki
I've Got Your Number
Marie Lawson
- 1933
Convention City
Nancy Lorraine
Havana Widows
Mae Knight
Goodbye Again
Anne Rogers
Blondie Johnson
Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Broadway Bad
Tony Landers
Just Around the Corner
Mrs. Graham
- 1932
Central Park
Dot
Three on a Match
Mary Keaton
Big City Blues
Vida Fleet
Make Me a Star
'Flips' Montague
The Famous Ferguson Case
Maizie Dickson
The Crowd Roars
Anne Scott
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Schatzi Sutro
Union Depot
Ruth Collins
- 1931
The Reckless Hour
Myrtle Nichols
Night Nurse
Maloney
Big Business Girl
Pearl
My Past
Marian Moore
God's Gift to Women
Fifi
Illicit
Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Millie
Angie
Other Men's Women
Marie
- 1930
Sinners' Holiday
Myrtle
The Voice of Hollywood
Movie
Broadway's Like That
Ruth's Pal
Appearances22
2000s
- 2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
- 2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
- 2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Self (archive footage)
- 2003
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Self (archive footage)
- 1990
1970s
- 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1965
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
Self
- 1962
- 1961
1950s
- 1957
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
1930s
- 1939
Breakdowns of 1939
Self
- 1936
One And One Is One
Herself
- 1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self
- 1934
And She Learned About Dames
Herself
Hollywood Newsreel
Self
- 1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
- 1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self