Joan Blondell
Acting Born Aug 30, 1906 Died Dec 25, 1979 New York City, New York, USA 179 credits
Biography
Joan Blondell was an American actress. She was born on August 30, 1906, in New York City. Blondell performed in film and television for 50 years. She was active in films during the 1930s, often co-starring with Glenda Farrell in nine films. Blondell appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Blue Veil. Blondell continued acting for the rest of her life, often in small character roles or supporting television roles. She died on December 25, 1979, at the age of 73.
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Career overview
Joan Blondell established herself as a film actress after winning a beauty pageant. She became a staple of Warner Brothers during the 1930s, appearing in numerous movies. Blondell co-starred with Glenda Farrell in nine films, often portraying characters together.
Blondell continued acting throughout her life, often in smaller character roles or supporting television roles. She appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions. The actress was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Blue Veil.
Blondell's acting career spanned 50 years, during which she performed in film and television. She was an American actress born in New York City on August 30, 1906. Blondell's known credits include acting in 178 productions.
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Career timeline
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmYou Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Complicated Women
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Going Hollywood: The '30s
The Woman Inside
$weepstake$The RebelsThe ChampThe Glove
Fantasy IslandGreaseBattered
The Love BoatOpening NightThe Baron
Death at Love HouseWon Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Starsky & HutchSwitchBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?Winner Take AllThe Dead Don't Die
Police StoryThe Snoop Sisters
The RookiesBanyon
The New Dick Van Dyke ShowSupport Your Local Gunfighter
McCloudThe Phynx
Love, American StyleMedical CenterBig Daddy
The Name of the GameHere Come the BridesThe OutsiderStay Away, JoeKona Coast
The Guns of Will SonnettThe Spy in the Green HatWaterhole #3Winchester '73
Family AffairThat GirlThe Girl from U.N.C.L.E.Ride Beyond VengeanceSummer Fun
The Cincinnati KidKilroyThe Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Advance to the Rear
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatrePetticoat JunctionBurke's LawBurke's LawThe Greatest Show on Earth
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonThe VirginianThe Lucy Show
The Mike Douglas ShowDr. KildareAngel Baby
My Three SonsThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
BonanzaThe Twilight ZoneThe UntouchablesAdventures in ParadiseA Marriage of Strangers
Tonight Starring Jack PaarThe Real McCoysLizzieThis Could Be the NightDesk Set
The Opposite Sex
Full Filmography
179 titles- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) as Self
- Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Complicated Women (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991) as Self (archive footage)
- Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990) as Self (archive footage)
- Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) as (archive footage)
- The Woman Inside (1981) as Aunt Coll
- $weepstake$ (1979) as Mme. Grimaldi
- The Rebels (1979) as Mrs. Brumple
- The Champ (1979) as Dolly Kenyon
- The Glove (1979) as Mrs. Fitzgerald
- Fantasy Island (1978) as Naomi Gittings
- Grease (1978) as Vi
- Battered (1978) as Edna Thompson
- The Love Boat (1977) as Ramona Bevans
- Opening Night (1977) as Sarah Goode
- The Baron (1977) as Mama Lou
- Death at Love House (1976) as Marcella Geffenhart
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) as Landlady
- Starsky & Hutch (1975) as Mrs. Pruitt
- Switch (1975) as Mrs. Lear
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- Winner Take All (1975) as Beverly Craig
- The Dead Don't Die (1975) as Levenia
- Police Story (1973)
- The Snoop Sisters (1973) as Madame Mimi
- The Rookies (1972)
- Banyon (1972) as Peggy Revere
- The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971) as Aunt Louise
- Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) as Jenny
- McCloud (1970)
- The Phynx (1970) as Ruby
- Love, American Style (1969)
- Medical Center (1969) as Doris
- Big Daddy (1969)
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Miss Wall
- Here Come the Brides (1968) as Lottie Hatfield
- The Outsider (1968) as Sadie Burch
- Stay Away, Joe (1968) as Glenda Callahan
- Kona Coast (1968) as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
- The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967) as Miss Lottie
- The Spy in the Green Hat (1967) as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
- Waterhole #3 (1967) as Lavinia
- Winchester '73 (1967) as Larouge
- Family Affair (1966)
- That Girl (1966)
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966) as Madame
- Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) as Mrs. Lavender
- Summer Fun (1966)
- The Cincinnati Kid (1965) as Lady Fingers
- Kilroy (1965) as Rose Kelsey
- The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle (1965) as Self
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
- Advance to the Rear (1964) as Easy Jenny
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Mrs. Melvin Freebie
- Petticoat Junction (1963) as Florabelle Campbell
- Burke's Law (1963) as Ethel Kronkeit
- Burke's Law (1963) as Candy Sturdevant
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963) as T.T. Hill
- Vacation Playhouse (1963) as Miss Zilke
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Virginian (1962) as Rosanna Dobie
- The Lucy Show (1962) as Joan Brenner
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Dolly Marlowe
- Angel Baby (1961) as Mollie Hays
- My Three Sons (1960) as Harriet Blanchard
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Helene Terry
- Bonanza (1959) as Lillian Manfred
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Phyllis Britt
- The Untouchables (1959) as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
- Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Millicent Brass
- A Marriage of Strangers (1959) as Mrs. Patrick
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
- The Real McCoys (1957) as Aunt Win
- Lizzie (1957) as Aunt Morgan
- This Could Be the Night (1957) as Crystal St. Clair
- Desk Set (1957) as Peg Costello
- Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) as Violet
- Child of Trouble (1957) as Helen Green
- The Opposite Sex (1956) as Edith Potter
- Playwrights '56 (1955)
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Rose Kelsey
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Joan Preston
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Calamity Jane
- The Blue Veil (1951) as Annie Rawlins
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as May
- For Heaven's Sake (1950) as Daphne Peters
- Suspense (1949) as Clara
- Studio One (1948) as Ruth Breen
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Nightmare Alley (1947) as Zeena Krumbein
- Christmas Eve (1947) as Ann Nelson
- The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) as Rosemary Durant
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) as Aunt Sissy
- Don Juan Quilligan (1945) as Marjorie Mossrock
- Adventure (1945) as Helen Melohn
- Cry 'Havoc' (1943) as Grace
- Lady for a Night (1942) as Jenny Blake
- Model Wife (1941) as Joan Keating Chambers
- Topper Returns (1941) as Gail Richards
- Three Girls About Town (1941) as Hope Banner
- I Want a Divorce (1940) as Geraldine Brokaw
- Two Girls on Broadway (1940) as Molly Mahoney
- Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) as Jenny Swanson
- The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) as Maxine Carroll
- Off the Record (1939) as Jane Morgan
- The Kid from Kokomo (1939) as Doris Harvey
- Breakdowns of 1939 (1939) as Self
- East Side of Heaven (1939) as Mary Wilson
- There's Always a Woman (1938) as Sally Reardon
- The Perfect Specimen (1937) as Mona Carter
- Talent Scout (1937) as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Stand-In (1937) as Lester Plum
- The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) as Miss Dorothy Ellis
- Back in Circulation (1937) as 'Timmy' Blake
- Bullets or Ballots (1936) as Lee Morgan
- Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) as Norma Perry
- One And One Is One (1936) as Herself
- Three Men on a Horse (1936) as Mabel
- Colleen (1936) as Minnie Hawkins
- Stage Struck (1936) as Peggy Revere
- Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" (1936)
- Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5" (1936)
- Sons o' Guns (1936) as Yvonne
- Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie" (1936)
- Broadway Gondolier (1935) as Alice Hughes
- We're in the Money (1935) as Ginger Stewart
- Traveling Saleslady (1935) as Angela Twitchell
- Things You Never See on the Screen (1935) as Self
- Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) as Gloria Fay
- Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (1935)
- Hollywood Newsreel (1934) as Self
- I've Got Your Number (1934) as Marie Lawson
- And She Learned About Dames (1934) as Herself
- He Was Her Man (1934) as Rose Lawrence
- Kansas City Princess (1934) as Rosie Sturges
- Dames (1934) as Mabel Anderson
- Smarty (1934) as Vicki
- Footlight Parade (1933) as Nan
- Convention City (1933) as Nancy Lorraine
- Blondie Johnson (1933) as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) as Carol
- Just Around the Corner (1933) as Mrs. Graham
- Goodbye Again (1933) as Anne Rogers
- Broadway Bad (1933) as Tony Landers
- Havana Widows (1933) as Mae Knight
- Three on a Match (1932) as Mary Keaton
- Union Depot (1932) as Ruth Collins
- Miss Pinkerton (1932) as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
- Lawyer Man (1932) as Olga Michaels
- Big City Blues (1932) as Vida Fleet
- The Crowd Roars (1932) as Anne Scott
- The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) as Schatzi Sutro
- Central Park (1932) as Dot
- Make Me a Star (1932) as 'Flips' Montague
- The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) as Maizie Dickson
- The Public Enemy (1931) as Mamie
- Big Business Girl (1931) as Pearl
- Night Nurse (1931) as Maloney
- Other Men's Women (1931) as Marie
- Millie (1931) as Angie
- Blonde Crazy (1931) as Anne Roberts
- God's Gift to Women (1931) as Fifi
- The Reckless Hour (1931) as Myrtle Nichols
- How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' (1931) as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
- My Past (1931) as Marian Moore
- Illicit (1931) as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
- The Office Wife (1930) as Katharine Murdock
- The Heart Breaker (1930)
- The Devil's Parade (1930)
- The Voice of Hollywood (1930)
- Sinners' Holiday (1930) as Myrtle
- An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930) as Self
- Broadway's Like That (1930) as Ruth's Pal
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Joan Blondell best known for?
Joan Blondell is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990), The Champ (1979), Caged Heat (1974), Grease (1978).
When and where was Joan Blondell born?
Joan Blondell was born on August 30, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. They passed away on December 25, 1979.
How many credits does Joan Blondell have?
Joan Blondell has accumulated over 179 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1930 to 2009.
What is Joan Blondell's background in cinema and television?
Joan Blondell was an American actress. She was born on August 30, 1906, in New York City. Blondell performed in film and television for 50 years. She was active in films during the 1930s, often co-starring with Glenda Farrell in nine films. Blondell appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions. She was n...
Joan Blondell by the numbers
179credits
127films
52TV series
1930–2009active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Phyllis Britt — aged about 52
- Banyon (1972) as Peggy Revere — aged about 65
- The Untouchables (1959) as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall — aged about 52
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Rose Kelsey — aged about 47
- Opening Night (1977) as Sarah Goode — aged about 70
- The Snoop Sisters (1973) as Madame Mimi — aged about 66
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