Joan 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.
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Love Boat (1977) as Ramona Bevans
- Bonanza (1959) as Lillian Manfred
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Petticoat Junction (1963) as Florabelle Campbell
- The Virginian (1962) as Rosanna Dobie
- My Three Sons (1960) as Harriet Blanchard
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Phyllis Britt
- The Lucy Show (1962) as Joan Brenner
- Love, American Style (1969)
- The Untouchables (1959) as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
- Burke's Law (1963) as Ethel Kronkeit
- Burke's Law (1963) as Candy Sturdevant
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Mrs. Melvin Freebie
- Fantasy Island (1978) as Naomi Gittings
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Dolly Marlowe
- The Rookies (1972)
- Starsky & Hutch (1975) as Mrs. Pruitt
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- Medical Center (1969) as Doris
- Studio One (1948) as Ruth Breen
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Suspense (1949) as Clara
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Miss Wall