Grease1978
As Vi
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Joan Blondell
Born
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.
Filmography (127)
The Cincinnati Kid1965
As Lady Fingers
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Champ1979
As Dolly Kenyon
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Nightmare Alley1947
As Zeena Krumbein
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Public Enemy1931
As Mamie
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Opening Night1977
As Sarah Goode
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Support Your Local Gunfighter1971
As Jenny
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Footlight Parade1933
As Nan
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Gold Diggers of 19331933
As Carol
TMDb 7.2 / 10
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945
As Aunt Sissy
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Stay Away, Joe1968
As Glenda Callahan
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Desk Set1957
As Peg Costello
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood1976
As Landlady
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?1957
As Violet
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Night Nurse1931
As Maloney
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Bullets or Ballots1936
As Lee Morgan
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Hollywood Newsreel
Hollywood Newsreel1934
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Convention City1933
As Nancy Lorraine
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression2009
As Self (archive footage)
Big Daddy1969
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Blue Veil1951
As Annie Rawlins
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Topper Returns1941
As Gail Richards
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Opposite Sex1956
As Edith Potter
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Three on a Match1932
As Mary Keaton
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Blonde Crazy1931
As Anne Roberts
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dames1934
As Mabel Anderson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Death at Love House1976
As Marcella Geffenhart
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Blondie Johnson1933
As Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Lady for a Night1942
As Jenny Blake
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Adventure1945
As Helen Melohn
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Spy in the Green Hat1967
As Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Waterhole #31967
As Lavinia
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Advance to the Rear1964
As Easy Jenny
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Union Depot1932
As Ruth Collins
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984
As (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Model Wife1941
As Joan Keating Chambers
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge1990
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Angel Baby1961
As Mollie Hays
TMDb 6.1 / 10
This Could Be the Night1957
As Crystal St. Clair
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Glove1979
As Mrs. Fitzgerald
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Famous Ferguson Case1932
As Maizie Dickson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Kilroy1965
As Rose Kelsey
Ride Beyond Vengeance1966
As Mrs. Lavender
TMDb 6.0 / 10
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story2008
As Self
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Winchester '731967
As Larouge
TMDb 6.7 / 10
He Was Her Man1934
As Rose Lawrence
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lizzie1957
As Aunt Morgan
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Kid from Kokomo1939
As Doris Harvey
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Gold Diggers of 19371936
As Norma Perry
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Christmas Eve1947
As Ann Nelson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire1991
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Other Men's Women1931
As Marie
TMDb 5.7 / 10
I've Got Your Number1934
As Marie Lawson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cry 'Havoc'1943
As Grace
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Two Girls on Broadway1940
As Molly Mahoney
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Just Around the Corner1933
As Mrs. Graham
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Big Business Girl1931
As Pearl
TMDb 6.8 / 10
We're in the Money1935
As Ginger Stewart
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Stand-In1937
As Lester Plum
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Off the Record1939
As Jane Morgan
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Havana Widows1933
As Mae Knight
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Miss Pinkerton1932
As Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Winner Take All1975
As Beverly Craig
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film2008
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Talent Scout1937
As Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Marriage of Strangers1959
As Mrs. Patrick
The Phynx1970
As Ruby
TMDb 3.6 / 10
East Side of Heaven1939
As Mary Wilson
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Complicated Women2003
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Make Me a Star1932
As 'Flips' Montague
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Colleen1936
As Minnie Hawkins
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Dead Don't Die1975
As Levenia
TMDb 6.0 / 10
God's Gift to Women1931
As Fifi
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Three Girls About Town1941
As Hope Banner
TMDb 6.5 / 10
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee1930
As Self
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Broadway Gondolier1935
As Alice Hughes
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Smarty1934
As Vicki
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Perfect Specimen1937
As Mona Carter
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Kona Coast1968
As Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
TMDb 3.3 / 10
The Amazing Mr. Williams1939
As Maxine Carroll
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Corpse Came C.O.D.1947
As Rosemary Durant
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Battered1978
As Edna Thompson
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Things You Never See on the Screen1935
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Lawyer Man1932
As Olga Michaels
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Good Girls Go to Paris1939
As Jenny Swanson
TMDb 7.1 / 10
There's Always a Woman1938
As Sally Reardon
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Baron1977
As Mama Lou
TMDb 5.6 / 10
I Want a Divorce1940
As Geraldine Brokaw
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Crowd Roars1932
As Anne Scott
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Kansas City Princess1934
As Rosie Sturges
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Central Park1932
As Dot
TMDb 5.8 / 10
And She Learned About Dames1934
As Herself
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Goodbye Again1933
As Anne Rogers
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Big City Blues1932
As Vida Fleet
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Office Wife1930
As Katharine Murdock
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Sinners' Holiday1930
As Myrtle
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Reckless Hour1931
As Myrtle Nichols
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Voice of Hollywood1930
Three Men on a Horse1936
As Mabel
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Breakdowns of 19391939
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'1931
As Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Don Juan Quilligan1945
As Marjorie Mossrock
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The King and the Chorus Girl1937
As Miss Dorothy Ellis
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Traveling Saleslady1935
As Angela Twitchell
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Broadway Bad1933
As Tony Landers
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Sons o' Guns1936
As Yvonne
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Greeks Had a Word for Them1932
As Schatzi Sutro
TMDb 5.6 / 10
For Heaven's Sake1950
As Daphne Peters
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Illicit1931
As Helen 'Duckie' Childers
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Miss Pacific Fleet1935
As Gloria Fay
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Heart Breaker
The Heart Breaker1930
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Millie1931
As Angie
TMDb 5.3 / 10
My Past1931
As Marian Moore
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound2006
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Stage Struck1936
As Peggy Revere
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Broadway's Like That1930
As Ruth's Pal
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"1936
The Devil's Parade
The Devil's Parade1930
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 3, Normie"1936
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle1965
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Back in Circulation1937
As 'Timmy' Blake
TMDb 6.5 / 10
One And One Is One1936
As Herself
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Child of Trouble1957
As Helen Green
The Woman Inside1981
As Aunt Coll
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 5"1936
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 81935
Filmography and biography: TMDb