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Joan Blondell (1906–1979)

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With blonde hair, big blue eyes and a big smile, Joan was usually cast as the wisecracking working girl who was the lead's best friend. Born into vaudeville to a comic named Eddie, Joan was on the stage when she was three years old. For years, she toured the circuit with her parents and joined a stock company when she was 17... See full bio »

Born:

Rose Joan Blondell
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 73) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1981 The Woman Inside
Aunt Coll
 
1979 The Glove
Mrs. Fitzgerald
 
1979 The Rebels (TV movie)
Mrs. Brumple
 
1979 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Naomi Gittings
– Bowling/Command Performance (1979) … Naomi Gittings
 
1979 The Champ
Dolly Kenyon
 
1979 $weepstake$ (TV series)
Mme. Grimaldi
– Episode #1.2 (1979) … Mme. Grimaldi
 
1978 The Love Boat (TV series)
Ramona Bevans
– Ship of Ghouls (1978) … Ramona Bevans
 
1978 Battered (TV movie)
Edna Thompson
 
1978 Grease
Vi
 
1977 Opening Night
Sarah Goode
 
1977 The Baron
 
1976 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
Mrs. Pruitt
– The Las Vegas Strangler (1976) … Mrs. Pruitt
 
1976 Death at Love House (TV movie)
Marcella Geffenhart
 
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Landlady
 
1976 Switch (TV series)
Mrs. Lear
– One of Our Zeppelins Is Missing (1976) … Mrs. Lear
 
1975 Police Story (TV series)
Doreen
– Little Boy Lost (1975) … Doreen
 
1975 Winner Take All (TV movie)
Beverly Craig
 
1975 The Dead Don't Die (TV movie)
Levenia
 
1974 Bobby Parker and Company (TV movie)
His Mother
 
1974 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
Madame Mimi
– The Devil Made Me Do It! (1974) … Madame Mimi
 
1973 The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series)
Aunt Louise
– Exit Laughing (1973) … Aunt Louise
 
1973 Medical Center (TV series)
Doris
– Stranger in Two Worlds (1973) … Doris
 
1973 The Rookies (TV series)
Mrs. Darrin
– Cry Wolf (1973) … Mrs. Darrin
 
1971-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
(segment "Love and the Lovesick Sailor") / (segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon")
– Love and the Footlight Fiancee/Love and the Plane Fantasy/Love and the Swinging Surgeon/Love and the Teller's Tale (1973) … (segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon")
– Love and the Lovesick Sailor/Love and the Mistress/Love and the Reincarnation/Love and the Sex Survey (1971) … (segment "Love and the Lovesick Sailor")
 
1972-1973 Banyon (TV series)
Peggy Revere
– The Murder Game (1972) … Peggy Revere
– The Lady Killer (1972) … Peggy Revere
– The Clay Clarinet (1972) … Peggy Revere
– Meal Ticket (1972) … Peggy Revere
– Completely Out of Print (1972) … Peggy Revere
See all 8 episodes »
 
1971 McCloud (TV series)
Ernistine White
– Top of the World, Ma! (1971) … Ernistine White
 
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter
Jenny
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Miss Wall
– Battle at Gannon's Bridge (1970) … Miss Wall
 
1970 The Phynx
Ruby
 
1968-1970 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Lottie Hatfield
– Two Women (1970) … Lottie Hatfield
– The Last Winter (1970) … Lottie Hatfield (credit only)
– Absalom (1970) … Lottie Hatfield
– Bolt of Kilmaren (1970) … Lottie Hatfield
– How Dry We Are (1970) … Lottie Hatfield
See all 51 episodes »
 
1969 Big Daddy
 
1968 The Outsider (TV series)
Sadie Burch
– There Was a Little Girl (1968) … Sadie Burch
 
1968 Kona Coast
Kittibelle Lightfoot
 
1968 That Girl (TV series)
Marjorie Hobart
– Just Spell the Name Right (1968) … Marjorie Hobart
 
1968 Stay Away, Joe
Glenda Callahan
 
1968 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Florabelle Campbell
– Girl of Our Dreams (1968) … Florabelle Campbell
 
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV series)
Miss Lottie
– Sunday in Paradise (1967) … Miss Lottie
 
1967 Family Affair (TV series)
Laura London
– Somebody Upstairs (1967) … Laura London
 
1967 Waterhole #3
Lavinia
 
1967 Winchester 73 (TV movie)
Larouge
 
1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Madam
– The U.F.O. Affair (1967) … Madam
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
– The Concrete Overcoat Affair: Part I (1966) … Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
 
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Melvin Freebie
– The Blue-Eyed Horse (1966) … Mrs. Melvin Freebie
 
1966 Baby Makes Three (TV movie)
Joan Terry
 
1966 Ride Beyond Vengeance
Mrs. Lavender
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Mrs. Lewis
– The Last Commuter (1965) … Mrs. Lewis
 
1965 My Three Sons (TV series)
Harriet Blanchard
– Office Mother (1965) … Harriet Blanchard
 
1965 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Joan Brenner
– Lucy the Stunt Man (1965) … Joan Brenner
– Lucy and Joan (1965) … Joan Brenner
 
1965 The Cincinnati Kid
Lady Fingers
 
1965 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Rose Kelsey
– Kilroy: Part 4 (1965) … Rose Kelsey
 
1964 Vacation Playhouse (TV series)
Miss Zilke
– Hooray for Hollywood (1964) … Miss Zilke
 
1964 Advance to the Rear
Easy Jenny
 
1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dolly Marlowe
– Dolly's Dilemma (1964) … Dolly Marlowe
 
1964 Bonanza (TV series)
Lillian 'Aunt Lil' Manfred
– The Pressure Game (1964) … Lillian 'Aunt Lil' Manfred
 
1963-1964 Burke's Law (TV series)
Candy Sturdevant / Ethel Kronkeit
– Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee? (1964) … Candy Sturdevant
– Who Killed Harris Crown? (1963) … Ethel Kronkeit
 
1964 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
T.T. Hill
– You're All Right, Ivy (1964) … T.T. Hill
 
1964 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Phyllis Britt
– What's in the Box (1964) … Phyllis Britt
 
1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Ma Bleecker
– The Bleecker Story (1963) … Ma Bleecker
 
1963 The Virginian (TV series)
Rosanna Dobie
– To Make This Place Remember (1963) … Rosanna Dobie
 
1963 The Real McCoys (TV series)
Aunt Win
– Aunt Win Steps In (1963) … Aunt Win
– Aunt Win's Conquest (1963) … Aunt Win
– Aunt Win Arrives (1963) … Aunt Win
 
1963 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Lucy Tutaine
– The Train and Lucy Tutaine (1963) … Lucy Tutaine
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Emily Komack
– The Big Day (1962) … Emily Komack
 
1961 Angel Baby
Mollie Hays
 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
Helene Terry
– Sign of the Zodiac (1961) … Helene Terry
 
1961 The Untouchables (TV series)
Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
– The Underground Court (1961) … Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
 
1961 The Witness (TV series)
Ma Barker
– Ma Barker (1961) … Ma Barker
 
1960 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Millicent Brass
– The Forbidden Sea (1960) … Millicent Brass
 
1959 Lux Playhouse (TV series)
– Boy on a Fence (1959)
 
1957-1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Helen Green / Mrs. Patrick
– A Marriage of Strangers (1959) … Mrs. Patrick
– Child of Trouble (1957) … Helen Green
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Ruth Breen
– A Funny-Looking Kid (1958) … Ruth Breen
 
1957 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Violet
 
1957 This Could Be the Night
Crystal St. Clair
 
1957 Desk Set
Peg Costello
 
1957 Lizzie
Aunt Morgan
 
1956 The Opposite Sex
Edith
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Ellen
– White Gloves (1955) … Ellen
 
1955 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
Mother
– Snow Job (1955) … Mother
 
1955 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Joan Preston
– Star in the House (1955) … Joan Preston
 
1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
– Burlesque (1955)
 
1955 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– Sergeant Sullivan Speaking (1955)
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
May
– Tango (1953) … May
 
1953 Suspense (TV series)
Clara
– Vacancy for Death (1953) … Clara
 
1952 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Calamity Jane
– The Pussyfootin' Rocks (1952) … Calamity Jane
 
1951 The Blue Veil
Annie Rawlins
 
1951 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV series)
– Pot o' Gold (1951)
 
1950 For Heaven's Sake
Daphne Peters
 
1947 Christmas Eve
Ann Nelson
 
1947 Nightmare Alley
Zeena Krumbein
 
1947 The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Rosemary Durant
 
1945 Adventure
Helen Melohn
 
1945 Don Juan Quilligan
Marjorie Mossrock
 
1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Aunt Sissy
 
1943 Cry 'Havoc'
Grace
 
1942 Lady for a Night
Jenny Blake
 
1941 Three Girls About Town
Hope Banner
 
1941 Model Wife
Joan Keating Chambers
 
1941 Topper Returns
Gail Richards
 
1940 I Want a Divorce
Geraldine 'Jerry' Brokaw
 
1940 Two Girls on Broadway
Molly Mahoney
 
1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams
Maxine Carroll
 
1939 Good Girls Go to Paris
Jenny Swanson
 
1939 The Kid from Kokomo
Doris Harvey
 
1939 East Side of Heaven
Mary Wilson
 
1939 Off the Record
Jane Morgan
 
1938 There's Always a Woman
Sally Reardon
 
1937 Stand-In
Lester Plum
 
1937 The Perfect Specimen
Mona Carter
 
1937 Back in Circulation
'Timmy' Blake
 
1937 The King and the Chorus Girl
Miss Dorothy Ellis
 
1936 Gold Diggers of 1937
Norma Perry
 
1936 Three Men on a Horse
Mabel
 
1936 Stage Struck
Peggy Revere
 
1936 Bullets or Ballots
Lee Morgan
 
1936 Sons o' Guns
Yvonne
 
1936 Colleen
Minnie Hawkins
 
1935 Miss Pacific Fleet
Gloria Fay
 
1935 We're in the Money
Ginger Stewart
 
1935 Broadway Gondolier
Alice Hughes
 
1935 Traveling Saleslady
Angela Twitchell
 
1934 Kansas City Princess
Rosie Sturges
 
1934 Dames
Mabel
 
1934 Smarty
Vicki
 
1934 He Was Her Man
Rose Lawrence
 
1934 I've Got Your Number
Marie Lawson
 
1933 Convention City
Nancy Lorraine
 
1933 Havana Widows
Mae Knight
 
1933 Footlight Parade
Nan
 
1933 Goodbye Again
Anne Rogers, Bixby's Secretary
 
1933 Gold Diggers of 1933
Carol
 
1933 Blondie Johnson
Blondie Johnson
 
1933 Broadway Bad
Tony Landers
 
1933 Just Around the Corner (short)
Mrs. Graham
 
1932 Lawyer Man
Olga
 
1932 Central Park
Dot
 
1932 Three on a Match
Mary Keaton
 
1932 Big City Blues
Vida Fleet
 
1932 Miss Pinkerton
Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton
 
1932 Make Me a Star
'Flips' Montague
 
1932 The Famous Ferguson Case
Maizie Dickson
 
1932 The Crowd Roars
Anne Scott
 
1932 The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Schatzi Sutro
 
1932 Union Depot
Ruth Collins
 
1931 Blonde Crazy
Anne Roberts
 
1931 The Reckless Hour
Myrtle Nichols
 
1931 Night Nurse
Maloney
 
1931 Big Business Girl
Pearl
 
1931 My Past
Marion Moore
 
1931 The Public Enemy
Mamie
 
1931 God's Gift to Women
Fifi
 
1931 Illicit
Helen 'Duckie' Childers
 
1931 Millie
Angie Wickerstaff
 
1931 Other Men's Women
Marie
 
1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' (short)
Gallery Member (uncredited)
 
1930 Sinners' Holiday
Myrtle
 
1930 The Office Wife
Katherine
 
1930 The Devil's Parade (short)
 
1930 Broadway's Like That (short)
Ruth's Pal
 
1930 The Heart Breaker (short)
 
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1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary) (performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man" 1933)
 
1968 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
– Girl of Our Dreams (1968) (performer: "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" - uncredited, "Girl of My Dreams" - uncredited)
 
1951 The Blue Veil (performer: "Daddy")
 
1943 Cry 'Havoc' (performer: "Where Do We Go From Here?" 1917 - uncredited)
 
1942 Lady for a Night (performer: "Up in a Balloon" - uncredited)
 
1940 Two Girls on Broadway (performer: "Broadway's Still Broadway' 1940)
 
1937 Stand-In (performer: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1936 Sons o' Guns (performer: "For a Buck and a Quarter a Day" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Gold Diggers of 1937 (performer: "Speaking of the Weather" 1936, "All's Fair in Love and War" 1936)
 
1936 Colleen (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "Boulevardier from the Bronx" 1936 - uncredited, "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1935 Broadway Gondolier (performer: "The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and Cat" 1935 - uncredited / "Flagenheim's Odorless Cheese" 1935 - uncredited, "The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and Cat" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 We're in the Money (performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1934 Dames (performer: "The Girl at the Ironing Board" 1934 - uncredited / "Try to See It My Way" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 (performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1931 Illicit ("Yankee Doodle" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
1974 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney (TV special documentary)
Herself (table bow)
 
1972 Tribute to Bogart (TV documentary)
Herself - Interviewee
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.34 (1971) … Herself
 
1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 August 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1971 The Movie Crazy Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score & Best Song Score
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.36 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1965 The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle (documentary short)
Herself
 
1960 About Faces (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 17 February 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1959 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #6.29 (1959) … Herself
 
1958 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.199 (1958) … Herself
 
1953-1955 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #7.20 (1955) … Herself - Actress
– Episode #5.16 (1953) … Herself - Actress
 
1951-1953 All Star Revue (TV series)
Herself - Guest Actress / Comedic Dancer
– Episode #3.24 (1953) … Herself - Guest Actress/Comedic Dancer
– Episode #2.3 (1951) … Herself - Guest Actress
 
1951 TV Club (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #1.20 (1951) … Herself
 
1950 Penthouse Party (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.16 (1950) … Herself
 
1950 Twenty Questions (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 22 December 1950 (1950) … Herself
 
1950 The Faye Emerson Show (TV series)
Herself
– Halloween Party (1950) … Herself
 
1950 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 29 October 1950 (1950) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Actress
– Episode #1.4 (1950) … Herself - Actress
 
1950 Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.13 (1950) … Herself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (documentary short)
Herself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (short)
Herself
 
1934 Hollywood Newsreel (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (short)
Herself
 
1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (TV documentary)
 
2005 Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (TV documentary)
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1981 James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
 
1967 The Spy in the Green Hat
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1955 When the Talkies Were Young (short)
Myrtle (uncredited)
 
1937 Talent Scout
Benefit Show Guest (uncredited)
 
1934 And She Learned About Dames (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 

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(1959) Unsold pilot: Starred in a sitcom pilot called "The Jacksons". See more »

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There's a fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a deadpan are getting away with it. I'd hate to see them onstage with a dog act. See more »

Trivia:

According to the July 24, 1944, issue of Time Magazine, Blondell divorced Dick Powell on the grounds of cruelty alleging that "when she objected to the incessant coming and going of guests, Powell crooned: 'If you don't like it, you can get the hell out.'". See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo