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10. Juni 2023 · 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. While locking up the library she worked at, a police officer approached her—and did the unthinkable.
5. Sept. 2020 · Classic Hollywood’s consummate scene-stealing sidekick, Joan Blondell enjoyed a successful screen career for nearly five decades, but it was during the anyth...
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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 ...
A ctress Joan Blondell's vaudeville, stage, movie and television careers nearly equaled the span of her life.. In a career including performances in more than 90 movies, Blondell appeared with such stars as James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn.
A beautiful and accomplished stage and screen actress, Joan Blondell was known for playing character roles as a wisecracking, working-class girl. Blondell toured all over the world, performed on Broadway, and eventually ended up in Hollywood doing movie and television work. In 1972 she wrote a novel, Center Door Fancy, based on her own life and career.
4. Apr. 2024 · Joan Blondell charm and quick wit allowed her to snag over 100 film credits and sprinkle her magic over the small screen too. Coming from a vaudevillian family, this doe-eyed beauty didn’t just waltz onto the silver screen – she tap-danced into the hearts of America with a panache only a vaudevillian progeny could.
She was born Rose Joan Blondell in New York City in 1906. Joan was part of a vaudeville family and spent most of her young life traversing the country and around the world. She placed fourth in the Miss America contest in 1926, and soon embarked on a Broadway career. In 1930 she joined the play Penny Arcade, costarring with James Cagney.
