Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
8/30/1906
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Rose Joan BlondellДжоан БлонделлRosebud Blondell
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 nom...
Known For
Grease
as Vi
Illicit
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
The Glove
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
Stage Struck
as Peggy Revere
Nightmare Alley
as Zeena Krumbein
Union Depot
as Ruth Collins
Goodbye Again
as Anne Rogers
Cry 'Havoc'
as Grace
Traveling Saleslady
as Angela Twitchell
The Phynx
as Ruby
Christmas Eve
as Ann Nelson
Waterhole #3
as Lavinia
Winchester '73
as Larouge
Sinners' Holiday
as Myrtle
The Champ
as Dolly Kenyon
Broadway Bad
as Tony Landers
Opening Night
as Sarah Goode
The Rebels
as Mrs. Brumple
The Woman Inside
as Aunt Coll
The Baron
as Mama Lou
Career Timeline
2008
1979
1976
1975
1968
1967
1966
1965
1963
1962
1959
1957
1950
1947
1945
1941
1939
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
Lawyer Man
as Olga Michaels
Central Park
as Dot
Three on a Match
as Mary Keaton
Big City Blues
as Vida Fleet
Make Me a Star
as 'Flips' Montague
Miss Pinkerton
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Maizie Dickson
The Crowd Roars
as Anne Scott
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Schatzi Sutro
Union Depot
as Ruth Collins
1931
Blonde Crazy
as Anne Roberts
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
The Reckless Hour
as Allen Crane
Night Nurse
as Maloney
Big Business Girl
as Pearl
My Past
as Marian Moore
The Public Enemy
as Mamie
God's Gift to Women
as Fifi
Illicit
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Millie
as Angie
Other Men's Women
as Marie