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
Angel Baby
(1961)
Mollie Hays
Opening Night
(1977)
Sarah Goode
The Public Enemy
(1931)
Mamie
Nightmare Alley
(1947)
Zeena Krumbein
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
(1976)
Landlady
The Cincinnati Kid
(1965)
Lady Fingers
The Champ
(1979)
Dolly Kenyon
Desk Set
(1957)
Peg Costello
Advance to the Rear
(1964)
Easy Jenny
Footlight Parade
(1933)
Nan Prescott
The Glove
(1979)
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Three on a Match
(1932)
Mary Keaton
Support Your Local Gunfighter
(1971)
Jenny
Full Filmography
Acting
Sinners' Holiday
(1930)
Myrtle
Broadway's Like That
(1930)
Ruth's Pal
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
(1930)
Self
The Office Wife
(1930)
Katharine Murdock
The Devil's Parade
(1930)
The Heart Breaker
(1930)
Blonde Crazy
(1931)
Anne Roberts
The Public Enemy
(1931)
Mamie
Night Nurse
(1931)
Maloney
Illicit
(1931)
Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Big Business Girl
(1931)
Pearl
Millie
(1931)
Angie
The Reckless Hour
(1931)
Allen Crane
My Past
(1931)
Marian Moore
Other Men's Women
(1931)
Marie
God's Gift to Women
(1931)
Fifi
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
(1931)
Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
(1932)
Schatzi Sutro
Three on a Match
(1932)
Mary Keaton
The Famous Ferguson Case
(1932)
Maizie Dickson
The Crowd Roars
(1932)
Anne Scott
Lawyer Man
(1932)
Olga Michaels
Union Depot
(1932)
Ruth Collins
Big City Blues
(1932)
Vida Fleet
Central Park
(1932)
Dot
Miss Pinkerton
(1932)
Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
Make Me a Star
(1932)
'Flips' Montague
Blondie Johnson
(1933)
Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
Gold Diggers of 1933
(1933)
Carol King
Footlight Parade
(1933)
Nan Prescott
Just Around the Corner
(1933)
Mrs. Graham
Goodbye Again
(1933)
Anne Rogers
Havana Widows
(1933)
Mae Knight
Broadway Bad
(1933)
Tony Landers
Convention City
(1933)
Nancy Lorraine
Dames
(1934)
Mabel Anderson
Smarty
(1934)
Vicki
Kansas City Princess
(1934)
Rosie Sturges
I've Got Your Number
(1934)
Marie Lawson
Hollywood Newsreel
(1934)
Self
He Was Her Man
(1934)
Rose Lawrence
And She Learned About Dames
(1934)
Herself
Broadway Gondolier
(1935)
Alice Hughes
We're in the Money
(1935)
Ginger Stewart
Miss Pacific Fleet
(1935)
Gloria Fay
Traveling Saleslady
(1935)
Angela Twitchell
Things You Never See on the Screen
(1935)
Self
Bullets or Ballots
(1936)
Lee Morgan
Gold Diggers of 1937
(1936)
Norma Perry
Colleen
(1936)
Minnie Hawkins
Three Men on a Horse
(1936)
Mabel
Sons o' Guns
(1936)
Yvonne
Stage Struck
(1936)
Peggy Revere
One And One Is One
(1936)
Herself
The Perfect Specimen
(1937)
Mona Carter
Stand-In
(1937)
Lester Plum
The King and the Chorus Girl
(1937)
Miss Dorothy Ellis
Back in Circulation
(1937)
'Timmy' Blake
Talent Scout
(1937)
Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
There's Always a Woman
(1938)
Sally Reardon
East Side of Heaven
(1939)
Mary Wilson
The Kid from Kokomo
(1939)
Doris Harvey
Good Girls Go to Paris
(1939)
Jenny Swanson
The Amazing Mr. Williams
(1939)
Maxine Carroll
Off the Record
(1939)
Jane Morgan
Breakdowns of 1939
(1939)
Self
Two Girls on Broadway
(1940)
Molly Mahoney
I Want a Divorce
(1940)
Geraldine Brokaw
Topper Returns
(1941)
Gail Richards
Three Girls About Town
(1941)
Hope Banner
Model Wife
(1941)
Joan Keating Chambers
Lady for a Night
(1942)
Jenny Blake
Cry 'Havoc'
(1943)
Grace
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(1945)
Aunt Sissy
Adventure
(1945)
Helen Melohn
Don Juan Quilligan
(1945)
Marjorie Mossrock
Nightmare Alley
(1947)
Zeena Krumbein
Christmas Eve
(1947)
Ann Nelson
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
(1947)
Rosemary Durant
For Heaven's Sake
(1950)
Daphne Peters
The Blue Veil
(1951)
Annie Rawlins
The Opposite Sex
(1956)
Edith Potter
Desk Set
(1957)
Peg Costello
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
(1957)
Violet
This Could Be the Night
(1957)
Crystal St. Clair
Lizzie
(1957)
Aunt Morgan
A Marriage of Strangers
(1959)
Mrs. Patrick
Angel Baby
(1961)
Mollie Hays
Advance to the Rear
(1964)
Easy Jenny
The Cincinnati Kid
(1965)
Lady Fingers
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle
(1965)
Self
Kilroy
(1965)
Rose Kelsey
Ride Beyond Vengeance
(1966)
Mrs. Lavender
Waterhole #3
(1967)
Lavinia
The Spy in the Green Hat
(1967)
Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
Winchester '73
(1967)
Larouge
Stay Away, Joe
(1968)
Glenda Callahan
Kona Coast
(1968)
Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
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 Glove
(1979)
Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Rebels
(1979)
Mrs. Brumple
The Champ
(1979)
Dolly Kenyon
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)
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
(2008)
Self (archive footage)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
(2008)
Self