Joan Blondell: movies and TV shows
Joan Blondell has 179 credits in the archive: 127 films and 52 TV series, from 1930 to 2009. Highest rated: The Twilight Zone (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 2009 · busiest year: 1931 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 102 |
| 2008 | Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 101 |
| 2008 | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self | Film | 8.5 | 101 |
| 2006 | Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.9 | 99 |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 96 |
| 1991 | Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 84 |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 77 |
| 1981 | The Woman Inside | Aunt Coll | Film | 4.3 | 74 |
| 1979 | $weepstake$ | Mme. Grimaldi | TV | — | 72 |
| 1979 | The Rebels | Mrs. Brumple | TV | 10.0 | 72 |
| 1979 | The Champ | Dolly Kenyon | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1979 | The Glove | Mrs. Fitzgerald | Film | 5.1 | 72 |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Naomi Gittings | TV | 6.5 | 71 |
| 1978 | Grease | Vi | Film | 7.4 | 71 |
| 1978 | Battered | Edna Thompson | Film | 9.0 | 71 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Ramona Bevans | TV | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1977 | Opening Night | Sarah Goode | Film | 7.6 | 70 |
| 1977 | The Baron | Mama Lou | Film | 5.6 | 70 |
| 1976 | Death at Love House | Marcella Geffenhart | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Landlady | Film | 4.4 | 69 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Mrs. Pruitt | TV | 7.3 | 68 |
| 1975 | Switch | Mrs. Lear | TV | 6.6 | 68 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1975 | Winner Take All | Beverly Craig | Film | 7.4 | 68 |
| 1975 | The Dead Don't Die | Levenia | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 1973 | The Snoop Sisters | Madame Mimi | TV | 7.5 | 66 |
| 1972 | The Rookies | TV | 6.9 | 65 | |
| 1972 | Banyon | Peggy Revere | TV | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1971 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Aunt Louise | TV | 5.2 | 64 |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Jenny | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 63 | |
| 1970 | The Phynx | Ruby | Film | 3.7 | 63 |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | TV | 6.2 | 62 | |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Doris | TV | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1969 | Big Daddy | Film | 8.0 | 62 | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Miss Wall | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides | Lottie Hatfield | TV | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1968 | The Outsider | Sadie Burch | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1968 | Stay Away, Joe | Glenda Callahan | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1968 | Kona Coast | Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark | Film | 3.3 | 61 |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Miss Lottie | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1967 | The Spy in the Green Hat | Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Lavinia | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1967 | Winchester '73 | Larouge | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1966 | Family Affair | TV | 6.7 | 59 | |
| 1966 | That Girl | TV | 6.2 | 59 | |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Madame | TV | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1966 | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Mrs. Lavender | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1966 | Summer Fun | TV | — | 59 | |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Lady Fingers | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1965 | Kilroy | Rose Kelsey | Film | — | 58 |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle | Self | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mrs. Fingers Stilletto | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Easy Jenny | Film | 5.2 | 57 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mrs. Melvin Freebie | TV | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Florabelle Campbell | TV | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Ethel Kronkeit | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Candy Sturdevant | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | T.T. Hill | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | Miss Zilke | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Rosanna Dobie | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Joan Brenner | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dolly Marlowe | TV | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1961 | Angel Baby | Mollie Hays | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | Harriet Blanchard | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Helene Terry | TV | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Lillian Manfred | TV | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Phyllis Britt | TV | 8.5 | 52 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Millicent Brass | TV | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1959 | A Marriage of Strangers | Mrs. Patrick | Film | — | 52 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | Aunt Win | TV | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1957 | Lizzie | Aunt Morgan | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1957 | This Could Be the Night | Crystal St. Clair | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1957 | Desk Set | Peg Costello | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1957 | Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Violet | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1957 | Child of Trouble | Helen Green | Film | — | 50 |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Edith Potter | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | TV | 6.3 | 48 | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Rose Kelsey | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Joan Preston | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Calamity Jane | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | Annie Rawlins | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | May | TV | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1950 | For Heaven's Sake | Daphne Peters | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Clara | TV | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Ruth Breen | TV | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1947 | Nightmare Alley | Zeena Krumbein | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Ann Nelson | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1947 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Rosemary Durant | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Aunt Sissy | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1945 | Don Juan Quilligan | Marjorie Mossrock | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1945 | Adventure | Helen Melohn | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1943 | Cry 'Havoc' | Grace | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1942 | Lady for a Night | Jenny Blake | Film | 5.5 | 35 |
| 1941 | Model Wife | Joan Keating Chambers | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1941 | Topper Returns | Gail Richards | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town | Hope Banner | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1940 | I Want a Divorce | Geraldine Brokaw | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | Molly Mahoney | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1939 | Good Girls Go to Paris | Jenny Swanson | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Maxine Carroll | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | Off the Record | Jane Morgan | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1939 | The Kid from Kokomo | Doris Harvey | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1939 | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1939 | East Side of Heaven | Mary Wilson | Film | 7.4 | 32 |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman | Sally Reardon | Film | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | The Perfect Specimen | Mona Carter | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1937 | Talent Scout | Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1937 | Stand-In | Lester Plum | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1937 | The King and the Chorus Girl | Miss Dorothy Ellis | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation | 'Timmy' Blake | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | Lee Morgan | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1936 | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Norma Perry | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1936 | One And One Is One | Herself | Film | 5.5 | 29 |
| 1936 | Three Men on a Horse | Mabel | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1936 | Colleen | Minnie Hawkins | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1936 | Stage Struck | Peggy Revere | Film | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1936 | Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1936 | Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5" | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1936 | Sons o' Guns | Yvonne | Film | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1936 | Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie" | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | Alice Hughes | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | We're in the Money | Ginger Stewart | Film | 5.9 | 28 |
| 1935 | Traveling Saleslady | Angela Twitchell | Film | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1935 | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | Film | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1935 | Miss Pacific Fleet | Gloria Fay | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1934 | Hollywood Newsreel | Self | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | I've Got Your Number | Marie Lawson | Film | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1934 | And She Learned About Dames | Herself | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | He Was Her Man | Rose Lawrence | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1934 | Kansas City Princess | Rosie Sturges | Film | 4.9 | 27 |
| 1934 | Dames | Mabel Anderson | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1934 | Smarty | Vicki | Film | 4.6 | 27 |
| 1933 | Footlight Parade | Nan | Film | 6.8 | 26 |
| 1933 | Convention City | Nancy Lorraine | Film | 4.2 | 26 |
| 1933 | Blondie Johnson | Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson | Film | 5.9 | 26 |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | Carol | Film | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1933 | Just Around the Corner | Mrs. Graham | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | Goodbye Again | Anne Rogers | Film | 4.9 | 26 |
| 1933 | Broadway Bad | Tony Landers | Film | 5.3 | 26 |
| 1933 | Havana Widows | Mae Knight | Film | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Mary Keaton | Film | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1932 | Union Depot | Ruth Collins | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1932 | Miss Pinkerton | Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton | Film | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1932 | Lawyer Man | Olga Michaels | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1932 | Big City Blues | Vida Fleet | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1932 | The Crowd Roars | Anne Scott | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1932 | The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Schatzi Sutro | Film | 5.6 | 25 |
| 1932 | Central Park | Dot | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1932 | Make Me a Star | 'Flips' Montague | Film | 6.4 | 25 |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case | Maizie Dickson | Film | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1931 | The Public Enemy | Mamie | Film | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1931 | Big Business Girl | Pearl | Film | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1931 | Night Nurse | Maloney | Film | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1931 | Other Men's Women | Marie | Film | 5.7 | 24 |
| 1931 | Millie | Angie | Film | 5.3 | 24 |
| 1931 | Blonde Crazy | Anne Roberts | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | God's Gift to Women | Fifi | Film | 4.8 | 24 |
| 1931 | The Reckless Hour | Myrtle Nichols | Film | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' | Self - Gallery Member (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | My Past | Marian Moore | Film | 4.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | Illicit | Helen 'Duckie' Childers | Film | 5.7 | 24 |
| 1930 | The Office Wife | Katharine Murdock | Film | 4.9 | 23 |
| 1930 | The Heart Breaker | Film | 7.0 | 23 | |
| 1930 | The Devil's Parade | Film | 7.0 | 23 | |
| 1930 | The Voice of Hollywood | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1930 | Sinners' Holiday | Myrtle | Film | 6.2 | 23 |
| 1930 | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | Film | 4.5 | 23 |
| 1930 | Broadway's Like That | Ruth's Pal | Film | 3.5 | 23 |