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Joan Blondell
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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…
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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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2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2008
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2006
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1991
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie (archive footage)
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1981
The Woman Inside
Movie Aunt Coll
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1979
The Glove
Movie Mrs. Fitzgerald
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1979
The Champ
Movie Dolly Kenyon
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1979
The Rebels
TV show Mrs. Brumple
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1979
$weepstake$
TV show Mme. Grimaldi
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1978
Battered
Movie Edna Thompson
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1978
Grease
Movie Vi
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1978
Fantasy Island
TV show Naomi Gittings
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1977
Opening Night
Movie Sarah Goode
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Ramona Bevans
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1977
The Baron
Movie Mama Lou
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1976
Death at Love House
Movie Marcella Geffenhart
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1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie Landlady
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1975
Starsky & Hutch
TV show Mrs. Pruitt
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1975
Switch
TV show Mrs. Lear
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1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1975
Winner Take All
Movie Beverly Craig
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1975
The Dead Don't Die
Movie Levenia
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1973
The Snoop Sisters
TV show Madame Mimi
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1973
Police Story
TV show
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1972
Banyon
TV show Peggy Revere
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1972
The Rookies
TV show
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1971
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
TV show Aunt Louise
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1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Movie Jenny
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1970
The Phynx
Movie Ruby
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1970
McCloud
TV show
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1969
Love, American Style
TV show
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1969
Medical Center
TV show Doris
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1969
Big Daddy
Movie
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1968
Here Come the Brides
TV show Lottie Hatfield
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1968
The Name of the Game
TV show Miss Wall
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1968
The Outsider
TV show Sadie Burch
