Joan Blondell
Acting
Biography
Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress. After winning a beauty pageant, Blondell embarked upon a film career. Establishing herself as a sexy wisecracking blonde, she was a pre-Code staple of Warner Brothers and appeared in more than 100 movies and television productions. She was most active in films during the 1930s, and during this time she co-starred with Glenda Farrell in nine films, in which the duo portrayed gold-diggers. Blondell continued acting for the rest of her life, often in small character roles or supporting television roles. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Blue Veil (1951). Blondell was seen in featured roles in two films, Grease (1978) and the remake of The Champ (1979), released shortly before her death from leukemia.
Born: August 30, 1906
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century. In 1903, the brothers entered the budding motion picture business. In time, the Warner Brothers moved into film production and would open their own studio in 1923.
The Twilight Zone
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
The Untouchables
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Opening Night
Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
Bonanza
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Grease
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Filmography
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as Aunt Coll
as Mrs. Fitzgerald
as Dolly Kenyon
as Mrs. Brumple
as Edna Thompson
as Vi
as Sarah Goode
as Ramona Bevans
as Mama Lou
as Marcella Geffenhart
as Landlady
as Mrs. Pruitt
as Mrs. Lear
as Self (archive footage)
as Beverly Craig
as Levenia
as Madame Mimi
as Peggy Revere
as Aunt Louise
as Jenny
as Ruby
as Doris
as Lottie Hatfield
as Miss Wall
as Sadie Burch
as Kittibelle Lightfoot Clark
as Glenda Callahan
as Lavinia
as Miss Lottie
as Larouge
as Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
as Madame
as Mrs. Lavender
as Lady Fingers
as Rose Kelsey
as Mrs. Fingers Stilletto
as Easy Jenny
as Florabelle Campbell
as Ethel Kronkeit
as Candy Sturdevant
as Miss Zilke
as Joan Brenner
as Rosanna Dobie
as Self
as Dolly Marlowe
as Mollie Hays
as Harriet Blanchard
as Helene Terry
as Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
as Millicent Brass
as Phyllis Britt
as Lillian Manfred
as Mrs. Patrick
as Aunt Win
as Peg Costello
as Violet
as Crystal St. Clair
as Helen Green
as Aunt Morgan
as Edith Potter
as Rose Kelsey
as Joan Preston
as Annie Rawlins
as Calamity Jane
as Daphne Peters
as Self
as Self
as Clara
as Ruth Breen
as Self
as Ann Nelson
as Zeena Krumbein
as Rosemary Durant
as Helen Melohn
as Marjorie Mossrock
as Aunt Sissy
as Grace
as Jenny Blake
as Hope Banner
as Joan Keating Chambers
as Gail Richards
as Geraldine Brokaw
as Molly Mahoney
as Self
as Maxine Carroll
as Jenny Swanson
as Doris Harvey
as Mary Wilson
as Jane Morgan
as Sally Reardon
as Lester Plum
as Mona Carter
as 'Timmy' Blake
as Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Miss Dorothy Ellis
as Norma Perry
as Mabel
as Peggy Revere
as Lee Morgan
as Yvonne
as Minnie Hawkins
as Herself
as Gloria Fay
as Ginger Stewart
as Alice Hughes
as Angela Twitchell
as Rosie Sturges
as Mabel Anderson
as Rose Lawrence
as Vicki
as Herself
as Marie Lawson
as Nancy Lorraine
as Mae Knight
as Nan Prescott
as Anne Rogers
as Carol
as Virginia M. "Blondie" Johnson
as Tony Landers
as Mrs. Graham
as Olga Michaels
as Dot
as Mary Keaton
as Vida Fleet
as 'Flips' Montague
as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton
as Maizie Dickson
as Anne Scott
as Schatzi Sutro
as Ruth Collins
as Anne Roberts
as Self - Gallery Member (uncredited)
as Allen Crane
as Maloney
as Pearl
as Marian Moore
as Mamie
as Fifi
as Helen 'Duckie' Childers
as Angie
as Marie
as Myrtle
as Katharine Murdock
as Ruth's Pal