Joan Blondell
Joan Rosebud Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress. She performed in movies and television for nearly fifty years.[1] She played Rosie Sturges in Kansas City Princess. She also played Gloria Fay in the movie Miss Pacific Fleet.[2]
Blondell was born in New York City on August 30, 1906.[3] Her sister Gloria Blondell was also an actress. She died on December 25, 1979 in Santa Monica, California from leukemia.[4]
Joan Blondell Media
Blondell in trailer for Three on a Match (1932)
With James Cagney in Footlight Parade (1933)
Blondell with Elvis Presley in Stay Away, Joe (1967)
Blondell's niche in the columbarium at Forest Lawn Glendale
David Manners, Madge Evans, Joan Blondell, Ina Claire from The Greeks Had a Word for Them, 1932
References
- ↑ Matthew Kennedy, Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), p. 3
- ↑ Matthew Kennedy, Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), p. 250
- ↑ Ray Hagen; Laura Wagner, Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004), p. 33
- ↑ Paul Donnelley, Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries (London: Omnibus, 2003), p. 102