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