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
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Blondell in trailer for Three on a Match (1932)
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With James Cagney in Footlight Parade (1933)
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Blondell with Elvis Presley in Stay Away, Joe (1967)
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Blondell's niche in the columbarium at Forest Lawn Glendale
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David Manners, Madge Evans, Joan Blondell, Ina Claire from The Greeks Had a Word for Them, 1932
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James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, and Joan Blondell in The Crowd Roars, 1932
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Joan Blondell, Eric Linden, and James Cagney in The Crowd Roars, 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