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Rose Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for half a century. She began her career in vaudeville.
Birth Name
Rose Joan Blondell
Born
Thursday, 30 August 1906
Died
Tuesday, 25 December 1979
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Movies | Self | 2019 |
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Herself (archive footage) | 1991 |
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | (archive footage) | 1990 |
Classic Movie Bloopers | Self | 1990 |
Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
The Woman Inside | Aunt Coll | 1981 |
The Glove | Mrs. Fitzgerald | 1979 |
The Rebels | Mrs. Brumple | 1979 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Movies | Self | 2019 |
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire | Herself (archive footage) | 1991 |
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | (archive footage) | 1990 |
Classic Movie Bloopers | Self | 1990 |
Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
The Woman Inside | Aunt Coll | 1981 |
The Glove | Mrs. Fitzgerald | 1979 |
The Rebels | Mrs. Brumple | 1979 |
The Champ | Dolly Kenyon | 1979 |
Sweepstakes | Mme. Grimaldi | 1979 |
Grease | Vi | 1978 |
Opening Night | Sarah Goode | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Ramona Bevans | 1977 |
Fantasy Island | Naomi Gittings | 1977 |
The Baron | Mama Lou | 1977 |
Death at Love House | Marcella Geffenhart | 1976 |
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Landlady | 1976 |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
Starsky and Hutch | Mrs. Pruitt | 1975 |
Switch | Mrs. Lear | 1975 |
Winner Take All | Beverly Craig | 1975 |
The Dead Don't Die | Levenia | 1975 |
Police Story | Doreen | 1973 |
The Snoop Sisters | Madame Mimi | 1972 |
Joanne Carson's VIPs | Self | 1972 |
The Rookies | Mrs. Darrin | 1972 |
The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Aunt Louise | 1971 |
The Movie Crazy Years | Self | 1971 |
Support Your Local Gunfighter | Jenny | 1971 |
Banyon | Peggy Revere | 1971 |
The Phynx | Ruby | 1970 |
McCloud | Ernestine White | 1970 |
Love, American Style | (segment "Love and the Lovesick Sailor") / (segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon") | 1969 |
It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
Medical Center | Doris | 1969 |
Here Come the Brides | Lottie Hatfield | 1968 |
The Name of the Game | Miss Wall | 1968 |
The Outsider | Sadie Burch | 1968 |
Kona Coast | Kittibelle Lightfoot | 1968 |
Stay Away, Joe | Glenda Callahan | 1968 |
Waterhole #3 | Lavinia | 1967 |
The Guns of Will Sonnett | Miss Lottie | 1967 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
Winchester 73 | Larouge | 1967 |
The Spy in the Green Hat | Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto | 1967 |
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Madame | 1966 |
Family Affair | Laura London | 1966 |
That Girl | Marjorie Hobart | 1966 |
Ride Beyond Vengeance | Mrs. Lavender | 1966 |
The Cincinnati Kid | Lady Fingers | 1965 |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Mrs. Fingers Stilletto | 1964 |
Slattery's People | Mrs. Lewis | 1964 |
Advance to the Rear | Easy Jenny / Jenny | 1964 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Carol King / Olga Michaels / Self | 1963 |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Mrs. Melvin Freebie | 1963 |
Petticoat Junction | Florabelle Campbell | 1963 |
Burke's Law | Ethel Kronkeit / Candy Sturdevant | 1963 |
The Greatest Show on Earth | T.T. Hill | 1963 |
Vacation Playhouse | Miss Zilke | 1963 |
The Lucy Show | Joan Brenner | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 1962 |
The Virginian | Rosanna Dobie | 1962 |
Dr. Kildare | Dolly Marlowe | 1961 |
The Dick Powell Theatre | Emily Komack | 1961 |
Angel Baby | Mollie Hays | 1961 |
The Witness | Ma Barker | 1960 |
My Three Sons | Harriet Blanchard | 1960 |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Helene Terry | 1960 |
Adventures in Paradise | Millicent Brass | 1959 |
The Twilight Zone | Phyllis Britt | 1959 |
Bonanza | Lillian Manfred | 1959 |
About Faces | Self | 1959 |
The Untouchables | Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall | 1959 |
The Real McCoys | Aunt Win | 1957 |
Wagon Train | Ma Bleecker | 1957 |
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Violet | 1957 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
Desk Set | Peg Costello | 1957 |
This Could Be the Night | Crystal St. Clair | 1957 |
Lizzie | Aunt Morgan / Morgan James | 1957 |
The Opposite Sex | Edith Potter / Edith | 1956 |
Playhouse 90 | Helen Green / Mrs. Patrick | 1956 |
Playwrights '56 | Mother | 1955 |
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater | Dolores | 1955 |
The Magical World of Disney | Rose Kelsey | 1954 |
Shower of Stars | Bonny | 1954 |
The United States Steel Hour | Ellen | 1953 |
Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
General Electric Theater | Joan Preston | 1953 |
Death Valley Days | Lucy Tutaine | 1952 |
The Blue Veil | Annie Rawlins | 1951 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Calamity Jane | 1951 |
Ladies Before Gentlemen | Self | 1951 |
For Heaven's Sake | Daphne Peters | 1950 |
The Frank Sinatra Show | Self - Sketch Actor | 1950 |
All Star Revue | Self - Guest Actress / Comedic Dancer | 1950 |
Lux Video Theatre | May | 1950 |
Penthouse Party | Self | 1950 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Comic Actress | 1950 |
TV Club | Self | 1950 |
The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Actress | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
College of Musical Knowledge | Self | 1949 |
20 Questions | Self | 1949 |
Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet | Self | 1949 |
Suspense | Clara | 1949 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Herself | 1948 |
Who Said That? | Self | 1948 |
Studio One | Ruth Breen | 1948 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actress | 1948 |
Christmas Eve | Ann Nelson | 1947 |
Nightmare Alley | Zeena Krumbein | 1947 |
The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Rosemary Durant | 1947 |
Adventure | Helen Melohn | 1945 |
Don Juan Quilligan | Marjorie Mossrock | 1945 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Aunt Sissy | 1945 |
Cry 'Havoc' | Grace / Grace Lambert | 1943 |
Lady for a Night | Jenny Blake | 1942 |
Three Girls About Town | Hope Banner | 1941 |
Model Wife | Joan Keating Chambers | 1941 |
Topper Returns | Gail Richards | 1941 |
I Want a Divorce | Geraldine 'Jerry' Brokaw / Geraldine Brokaw | 1940 |
Two Girls on Broadway | Molly Mahoney | 1940 |
The Amazing Mr. Williams | Maxine Carroll | 1939 |
Good Girls Go to Paris | Jenny Swanson | 1939 |
The Kid from Kokomo | Doris Harvey | 1939 |
East Side of Heaven | Mary Wilson | 1939 |
Off the Record | Jane Morgan | 1939 |
There's Always a Woman | Sally Reardon | 1938 |
Stand-In | Lester Plum | 1937 |
The Perfect Specimen | Mona Carter | 1937 |
Back in Circulation | 'Timmy' Blake | 1937 |
Talent Scout | Joan Blondell - Benefit Show Guest | 1937 |
The King and the Chorus Girl | Miss Dorothy Ellis | 1937 |
Gold Diggers of 1937 | Norma Perry | 1936 |
Three Men on a Horse | Mabel | 1936 |
Stage Struck | Peggy Revere | 1936 |
Bullets or Ballots | Lee Morgan | 1936 |
Sons o' Guns | Yvonne | 1936 |
Colleen | Minnie Hawkins | 1936 |
Miss Pacific Fleet | Gloria Fay | 1935 |
Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935 |
We're in the Money | Ginger Stewart | 1935 |
Broadway Gondolier | Alice Hughes | 1935 |
Traveling Saleslady | Angela Twitchell | 1935 |
Kansas City Princess | Rosie Sturges / Rosie Sturgess | 1934 |
Dames | Mabel Anderson / Mabel | 1934 |
He Was Her Man | Rose Lawrence | 1934 |
Smarty | Vicki / Vicki Wallace / Thorpe | 1934 |
And She Learned About Dames | Herself / Self | 1934 |
Hollywood Newsreel | Self | 1934 |
I've Got Your Number | Marie Lawson | 1934 |
Convention City | Nancy Lorraine | 1933 |
Havana Widows | Mae Knight | 1933 |
Footlight Parade | Nan Prescott | 1933 |
Goodbye Again | Anne Rogers | 1933 |
Gold Diggers of 1933 | Carol King | 1933 |
Blondie Johnson | Blondie Johnson / Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson | 1933 |
Broadway Bad | Tony Landers | 1933 |
Just Around the Corner | Mrs. Graham | 1933 |
Lawyer Man | Olga Michaels | 1932 |
Central Park | Dot | 1932 |
Three on a Match | Mary Keaton | 1932 |
Big City Blues | Vida Fleet | 1932 |
Make Me a Star | 'Flips' Montague | 1932 |
Miss Pinkerton | Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton / Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton | 1932 |
The Famous Ferguson Case | Maizie Dickson | 1932 |
The Crowd Roars | Anne Scott | 1932 |
The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Schatzi Sutro | 1932 |
Union Depot | Ruth Collins | 1932 |
Blonde Crazy | Anne Roberts | 1931 |
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' | Self - Gallery Member | 1931 |
The Reckless Hour | Myrtle Nichols / Allen Crane | 1931 |
Night Nurse | Maloney | 1931 |
Big Business Girl | Pearl | 1931 |
The Public Enemy | Mamie | 1931 |
My Past | Marion Moore / Marian Moore | 1931 |
God's Gift to Women | Fifi | 1931 |
Illicit | Helen 'Duckie' Childers | 1931 |
Millie | Angie Wickerstaff / Angie | 1931 |
Other Men's Women | Marie | 1931 |
Sinners' Holiday | Myrtle | 1930 |
The Office Wife | Katherine Murdock / Katharine Murdock | 1930 |
Broadway's Like That | Ruth's Pal | 1930 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1978 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | Nominated |
1970 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Nominated |
1969 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Nominated |
1966 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
1952 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |