Personal Info
Known Credits
123
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1906-08-30 (119 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2009 --
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
| Self (archive)
2008 --
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
| Self (archive footage)
2008 --
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
| Self
2006 --
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
| Self (archive footage)
2003 --
Complicated Women
| Self (archive footage)
1991 --
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
| Self (archive footage)
1990 --
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
| Self (archive footage)
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1981 --
The Woman Inside
| Aunt Coll
1979 --
The Glove
| Mrs. Fitzgerald
1979 --
The Champ
| Dolly Kenyon
1979 --
The Rebels
| Mrs. Brumple
1978 --
Battered
| Edna Thompson
1978 --
Grease
| Vi
1977 --
Opening Night
| Sarah Goode
1977 --
The Baron
| Mama Lou
1976 --
Death at Love House
| Marcella Geffenhart
1976 --
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
| Landlady
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1975 --
Winner Take All
| Beverly Craig
1975 --
The Dead Don't Die
| Levenia
1971 --
Support Your Local Gunfighter
| Jenny
1970 --
The Phynx
| Ruby
1969 --
Big Daddy
|
1968 --
Kona Coast
| Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
1968 --
Stay Away, Joe
| Glenda Callahan
1967 --
Waterhole #3
| Lavinia
1967 --
Winchester '73
| Larouge
1967 --
The Spy in the Green Hat
| Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
1966 --
Ride Beyond Vengeance
| Mrs. Lavender
1965 --
The Cincinnati Kid
| Lady Fingers
1965 --
Kilroy
| Rose Kelsey
1965 --
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
| Self
1964 --
Advance to the Rear
| Easy Jenny
1961 --
Angel Baby
| Mollie Hays
1959 --
A Marriage of Strangers
| Mrs. Patrick
1957 --
Desk Set
| Peg Costello
1957 --
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
| Violet
1957 --
This Could Be the Night
| Crystal St. Clair
1957 --
Lizzie
| Aunt Morgan
1956 --
The Opposite Sex
| Edith Potter
1951 --
The Blue Veil
| Annie Rawlins
1950 --
For Heaven's Sake
| Daphne Peters
1947 --
Christmas Eve
| Ann Nelson
1947 --
Nightmare Alley
| Zeena Krumbein
1947 --
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
| Rosemary Durant
1945 --
Adventure
| Helen Melohn
1945 --
Don Juan Quilligan
| Marjorie Mossrock
1945 --
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
| Aunt Sissy
1943 --
Cry 'Havoc'
| Grace
1942 --
Lady for a Night
| Jenny Blake
1941 --
Three Girls About Town
| Hope Banner
1941 --
Model Wife
| Joan Keating Chambers
1941 --
Topper Returns
| Gail Richards
1940 --
I Want a Divorce
| Geraldine Brokaw
1940 --
Two Girls on Broadway
| Molly Mahoney
1939 --
Breakdowns of 1939
| Self
1939 --
The Amazing Mr. Williams
| Maxine Carroll
1939 --
Good Girls Go to Paris
| Jenny Swanson
1939 --
The Kid from Kokomo
| Doris Harvey
1939 --
East Side of Heaven
| Mary Wilson
1939 --
Off the Record
| Jane Morgan
1938 --
There's Always a Woman
| Sally Reardon
1937 --
Stand-In
| Lester Plum
1937 --
The Perfect Specimen
| Mona Carter
1937 --
Back in Circulation
| 'Timmy' Blake
1937 --
Talent Scout
| Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
1937 --
The King and the Chorus Girl
| Miss Dorothy Ellis
1936 --
Gold Diggers of 1937
| Norma Perry
1936 --
Three Men on a Horse
| Mabel
1936 --
Stage Struck
| Peggy Revere
1936 --
Bullets or Ballots
| Lee Morgan
1936 --
Sons o' Guns
| Yvonne
1936 --
Colleen
| Minnie Hawkins
1936 --
One And One Is One
| Herself
1935 --
Miss Pacific Fleet
| Gloria Fay
1935 --
Things You Never See on the Screen
| Self
1935 --
We're in the Money
| Ginger Stewart
1935 --
Broadway Gondolier
| Alice Hughes
1935 --
Traveling Saleslady
| Angela Twitchell
1934 --
Kansas City Princess
| Rosie Sturges
1934 --
Dames
| Mabel Anderson
1934 --
He Was Her Man
| Rose Lawrence
1934 --
Smarty
| Vicki
1934 --
And She Learned About Dames
| Herself
1934 --
Hollywood Newsreel
| Self
1934 --
I've Got Your Number
| Marie Lawson
1933 --
Convention City
| Nancy Lorraine
1933 --
Havana Widows
| Mae Knight
1933 --
Footlight Parade
| Nan Prescott
1933 --
Goodbye Again
| Anne Rogers
1933 --
Gold Diggers of 1933
| Carol King
1933 --
Blondie Johnson
| Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
1933 --
Broadway Bad
| Tony Landers
1933 --
Just Around the Corner
| Mrs. Graham
1932 --
Lawyer Man
| Olga Michaels
1932 --
Central Park
| Dot
1932 --
Three on a Match
| Mary Keaton
1932 --
Big City Blues
| Vida Fleet
1932 --
Make Me a Star
| 'Flips' Montague
1932 --
Miss Pinkerton
| Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
1932 --
The Famous Ferguson Case
| Maizie Dickson
1932 --
The Crowd Roars
| Anne Scott
1932 --
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
| Schatzi Sutro
1932 --
Union Depot
| Ruth Collins
1931 --
Blonde Crazy
| Anne Roberts
1931 --
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
| Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
1931 --
The Reckless Hour
| Allen Crane
1931 --
Night Nurse
| Maloney
1931 --
Big Business Girl
| Pearl
1931 --
My Past
| Marian Moore
1931 --
The Public Enemy
| Mamie
1931 --
God's Gift to Women
| Fifi
1931 --
Illicit
| Helen 'Duckie' Childers
1931 --
Millie
| Angie
1931 --
Other Men's Women
| Marie
1930 --
Sinners' Holiday
| Myrtle
1930 --
The Voice of Hollywood
|
1930 --
The Office Wife
| Katharine Murdock
1930 --
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
| Self
1930 --
The Heart Breaker
|
1930 --
The Devil's Parade
|
1930 --
Broadway's Like That
| Ruth's Pal