Joan Blondell
Birthday: 1906-08-30 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USARose 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Blondell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Acting
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as Dolly Kenyon
as Mrs. Brumple
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
as Mama Lou
as Sarah Goode
as Marcella Geffenhart
as Levenia
as Peggy Revere
as Jenny
as Ruby
as Glenda Callahan
as Larouge
as Lavinia
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
as Mrs. Lavender
as Lady Fingers
as Peg Costello
as Violet
as Edith Potter
as Daphne Peters
as Zeena Krumbein
as Aunt Sissy
as Helen Melohn
as Grace
as Jenny Blake
as Gail Richards
as Hope Banner
as Molly Mahoney
