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Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on a film career, establishing herself as a Pre-Code staple of Warner Bros. Pictures in wisecracking, sexy roles, appearing in more than 100 films and television productions.
Overview. Born. August 30, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA. Died. December 25, 1979 · Santa Monica, California, USA (leukemia) Birth name. Rose Joan Blondell. Height. 5′ 2″ (1.57 m) Mini Bio. With blonde hair, big blue eyes and a big smile, Joan Blondell was usually cast as the wisecracking working girl who was the lead's best friend.
- August 30, 1906
- December 25, 1979
Joan Blondell. Actress: Grease. With blonde hair, big blue eyes and a big smile, Joan Blondell was usually cast as the wisecracking working girl who was the lead's best friend. Joan was born Rose Blondell in Manhattan, New York, the daughter of Katie and Eddie Blondell, who were vaudeville performers.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Santa Monica, California, USA
Joan Blondell in Footlight Parade (1933)- Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, and Dick Powell in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
- Joan Blondell and Warren William in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
- Joan Blondell in Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
- Joan Blondell and Jack Oakie in Colleen (1936)
- Joan Blondell in Union Depot (1932)
- Joan Blondell and Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)
Joan was part of a vaudeville family and spent most of her young life traversing the country and around the world. She placed fourth in the Miss America contest in 1926, and soon embarked on a Broadway career. In 1930 she joined the play Penny Arcade, costarring with James Cagney.
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Jun 1, 2014 · Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes is the first major biography of the effervescent, scene-stealing actress (1906-1979) who conquered motion pictures, vaudeville, Broadway, summer stock, television, and radio. Born the child of vaudevillians, she was on stage by age three.
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Born on August 30, 1906, in New York, New York; died of leukemia on December 25, 1979, in Santa Monica, California; daughter and one of three children of Eddie (a stage comedian, one of the original Katzenjammer Kids) and Kathryn (Cain) Blondell (a vaudeville performer); sister of Gloria Blondell , who also appeared in film and television; atten...
Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on a film career, establishing herself as a Pre-Code staple of Warner Bros. Pictures in wisecracking, sexy roles, appearing in more than 100 films and television productions.
