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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.
Blondell was widely seen in two films released not long before her death – Grease (1978), and the remake of The Champ (1979) with Jon Voight and Rick Schroder. She also appeared in two films released after her death – The Glove (1979), and The Woman Inside (1981).
Jul 23, 2023 · Joan Blondell had a long career, with credits that date back to 1930. In "Grease," she played Vi, the head waitress at the Frosty Palace. Blondell became a fixture of Hollywood's Golden Age during her mid-20s and continued working until her death in 1979, one year after "Grease" was released.
Jun 15, 2018 · Joan Blondell as Vi Image Credit: Right, Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Joan Blondell brought had numerous credits before she signed on to play the gang's waitress at the Frosty Palace.
One of her final roles was playing a waitress in the hit 1978 musical Grease. On December 25, 1979 she died from leukemia at the age of seventy-three. She was cremated and buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Frenchy : I wish I had a guardian angel to tell me what to do. You know, like Debbie Reynolds had in "Tammy." What do you think? Vi : If you find him, give him my phone number.
Caesar was one of several veterans of 1950s television (Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Joan Blondell, Edd Byrnes, Alice Ghostley, Dody Goodman) to be cast in supporting roles; Paul Lynde was considered for the role Arden ultimately filled, [18] with a scene conceived for Lynde that would have had him in a Carmen Miranda outfit. [13]
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.
Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for half a century. She began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career.
Jun 10, 2023 · She portrayed the character Vi in the hit musical Grease, which was one of the last movies she ever acted in. 46. She Kept A Dark Secret. For most of her life, Joan Blondell kept a horrifying secret. Back in 1927, she lived through a real-life nightmare but was too frightened to tell anyone.
