Joan Blondell
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
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
The Glove
1979
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Champ
1979
as Dolly Kenyon
$weepstake$
1979
as Mme. Grimaldi
The Rebels
1979
as Mrs. Brumple
Grease
1978
as Vi
Battered
1978
as Edna Thompson
Fantasy Island
1978
as Naomi Gittings
Opening Night
1977
as Sarah Goode
The Baron
1977
as Mama Lou
The Love Boat
1977
as Ramona Bevans
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Landlady
Death at Love House
1976
as Marcella Geffenhart
The Dead Don't Die
1975
as Levenia
Winner Take All
1975
as Beverly Craig
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Switch
1975
as Mrs. Lear
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Mrs. Pruitt
Police Story
1973
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Madame Mimi
The Rookies
1972
Banyon
1972
as Peggy Revere
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Jenny
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
as Aunt Louise
The Phynx
1970
as Ruby
McCloud
1970
Big Daddy
1969
Medical Center
1969
as Doris
Love, American Style
1969
Stay Away, Joe
1968
as Glenda Callahan
Kona Coast
1968
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
Here Come the Brides
1968
as Lottie Hatfield
The Name of the Game
1968
as Miss Wall
The Outsider
1968
as Sadie Burch
The Spy in the Green Hat
1967
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
Winchester '73
1967
as Larouge
Waterhole #3
1967
as Lavinia
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Miss Lottie
Ride Beyond Vengeance
1966
as Mrs. Lavender
Family Affair
1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Madame
That Girl
1966
Summer Fun
1966
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Lady Fingers
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
1965
as Self
Kilroy
1965
as Rose Kelsey
Advance to the Rear
1964
as Easy Jenny
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
Burke's Law
1963
as Ethel Kronkeit
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Florabelle Campbell
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Miss Zilke
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as T.T. Hill
Burke's Law
1963
as Candy Sturdevant
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Mrs. Melvin Freebie
The Virginian
1962
as Rosanna Dobie
The Lucy Show
1962
as Joan Brenner
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Angel Baby
1961
as Mollie Hays
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dolly Marlowe
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
My Three Sons
1960
as Harriet Blanchard
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Helene Terry
A Marriage of Strangers
1959
as Mrs. Patrick
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Phyllis Britt
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Millicent Brass
Bonanza
1959
as Lillian Manfred
The Untouchables
1959
as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
Desk Set
1957
as Peg Costello
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
as Violet
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Crystal St. Clair
Lizzie
1957
as Aunt Morgan
Child of Trouble
1957
as Helen Green
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Real McCoys
1957
as Aunt Win
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
The Blue Veil
1951
as Annie Rawlins
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Calamity Jane
For Heaven's Sake
1950
as Daphne Peters
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as May
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
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
Adventure
1945
as Helen Melohn
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as Marjorie Mossrock
Cry 'Havoc'
1943
as Grace
Lady for a Night
1942
as Jenny Blake
Topper Returns
1941
as Gail Richards
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Hope Banner
Model Wife
1941
as Joan Keating Chambers
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
as Molly Mahoney
I Want a Divorce
1940
as Geraldine Brokaw
East Side of Heaven
1939
as Mary Wilson
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
as Doris Harvey
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939
as Jenny Swanson
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Maxine Carroll
Off the Record
1939
as Jane Morgan
Breakdowns of 1939
1939
as Self
There's Always a Woman
1938
as Sally Reardon
The Perfect Specimen
1937
as Mona Carter
Stand-In
1937
as Lester Plum
The King and the Chorus Girl
1937
as Miss Dorothy Ellis
Back in Circulation
1937
as 'Timmy' Blake
Talent Scout
1937
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Lee Morgan
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
as Norma Perry
Colleen
1936
as Minnie Hawkins
Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Mabel
Sons o' Guns
1936
as Yvonne
Stage Struck
1936
as Peggy Revere
One And One Is One
1936
as Herself
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"
1936
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"
1936
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
Miss Pacific Fleet
1935
as Gloria Fay
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Angela Twitchell
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
Dames
1934
as Mabel Anderson
He Was Her Man
1934
as Rose Lawrence
Smarty
1934
as Vicki
Kansas City Princess
1934
as Rosie Sturges
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Marie Lawson
Hollywood Newsreel
1934
as Self
And She Learned About Dames
1934
as Herself
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Carol
Footlight Parade
1933
as Nan
Just Around the Corner
1933
as Mrs. Graham
Goodbye Again
1933
as Anne Rogers
Havana Widows
1933
as Mae Knight
Broadway Bad
1933
as Tony Landers
Convention City
1933
as Nancy Lorraine
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
as Schatzi Sutro
Three on a Match
1932
as Mary Keaton
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Maizie Dickson
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Anne Scott
Lawyer Man
1932
as Olga Michaels
Union Depot
1932
as Ruth Collins
Big City Blues
1932
as Vida Fleet
Make Me a Star
1932
as 'Flips' Montague
Miss Pinkerton
1932
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Central Park
1932
as Dot
Blonde Crazy
1931
as Anne Roberts
The Public Enemy
1931
as Mamie
Night Nurse
1931
as Maloney
Illicit
1931
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Big Business Girl
1931
as Pearl
Millie
1931
as Angie
The Reckless Hour
1931
as Myrtle Nichols
My Past
1931
as Marian Moore
Other Men's Women
1931
as Marie
God's Gift to Women
1931
as Fifi
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
The Office Wife
1930
as Katharine Murdock
Sinners' Holiday
1930
as Myrtle
Broadway's Like That
1930
as Ruth's Pal
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
The Devil's Parade
1930
The Heart Breaker
1930