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Biography
Blonde hair, big blue eyes and a big smile, Joan was the
wisecracking working girl who was usually the best friend of the
lead. Born into Vaudeville to a stage comic named 'Eddie Joan
Blondell' was on the stage when she was three years old. For years,
she toured the circuit with her parents and joined a stock company
when she was 17. She made her New York debut with the Ziegfeld
Follies and appeared in several Broadway productions. She was
starring with 'James Cagney' (qv) on Broadway in "Penny Arcade
(1929)" when Warner Brothers decided to film the play as _Sinner's
Holiday (1930)_ (qv). Both Cagney and Joan were given the leads and
the film was a success. She would be teamed with Cagney again in
such films as _Public Enemy, The (1931)_ (qv) and 'Blonde Crazy
(1931)'. In _Office Wife, The (1930)_ (qv), she would steal the
scenes when she is dressing for work. While Warner Brothers made
Cagney became a star, Joan never rose to that level. In gangster
movies or musicals, her performances were good enough for second
leads, but the studio would not consider her for the first lead. In
the 30's she made a career playing gold-diggers and happy go lucky
girl friends. She would be paired with 'Dick Powell' (qv) in ten
musicals during these years and they were married for 10 years. By
1939, Joan had left Warner Brothers to become an independent
actress, but by then, the blonde role was being defined by
actresses like Veronica Lake, and that role was not Joan.
Therefore, her work slowed greatly as she went into straight comedy
or dramatic roles. Three of her better roles were in 'Topper
Returns (1941)', 'Cry Havoc (1943)' and 'A _Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
A (1945)_ (qv) (1945)'. By the fifties, Joan would garner an
Academy Award Nomination for 'The _Blue Veil, The (1951)_ (qv)
(1951)', but her career would be on the stage which included a
musical version of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". In 1957, Joan would
again appear on the screen as a drunk in Lizzie and as mature
companion to Jayne Mansfield in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?.
While she would appear in a number of Television shows during the
50's and 60's, she would have the role of Winifred on "The Real
McCoys (1963)". Her role in the drama _Cincinnati Kid, The (1965)_
(qv) was well received, but most of her remaining films would be
comedies such as 'Waterhole #3 (1967)' and 'Support Your Local
Gunfighter (1971)'. Still in demand for Television Series, she
would be cast as Lottie on "Here Comes the Brides", 1968-70 and as
Peggy on "Banyon".
Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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Woman Inside, The (1981)
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Champ, The (1979)
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[ Faye Dunaway ]
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Glove, The (1978)
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[ Joanna Cassidy ]
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Grease (1978)
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[ Stockard Channing ] [ Dody Goodman ] [ Olivia Newton-John ]
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Battered (Made for TV) (1978)
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Baron, The (1977)
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[ Gail Strickland ] [ Marlene Clark ]
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Opening Night (1977)
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Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
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[ Zsa Zsa Gabor ] [ Cyd Charisse ] [ Dorothy Lamour ] [ Teri Garr ]
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Death at Love House (Made for TV) (1976)
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[ Kate Jackson ] [ Marianna Hill ] [ Dorothy Lamour ]
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Winner Take All (Made for TV) (1975)
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[ Joanna Pettet ]
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Dead Don't Die, The (Made for TV) (1974)
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[ Yvette Vickers ] [ Linda Cristal ]
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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
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Phynx, The (1970)
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[ Maureen O'Sullivan ] [ Dorothy Lamour ] [ Sally Struthers ]
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Stay Away, Joe (1968)
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Kona Coast (1968)
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Winchester '73 (Made for TV) (1967)
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[ Barbara Luna ]
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Waterhole #3 (1967)
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Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)
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[ Janet Leigh ]
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Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
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[ Gloria Grahame ]
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Big Daddy (1965)
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[ Tisha Sterling ] [ Joey Lauren Adams ] [ Kristy Swanson ]
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Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle, The (1965)
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Cincinnati Kid, The (1965)
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[ Tuesday Weld ]
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Advance to the Rear (1964)
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[ Stella Stevens ]
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Angel Baby (1961)
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[ Adriana Xenides ]
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
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[ Barbara Eden ] [ Jayne Mansfield ]
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Desk Set (1957)
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This Could Be the Night (1957)
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[ Jean Simmons ]
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Lizzie (1957)
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Opposite Sex, The (1956)
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[ Joan Collins ]
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Blue Veil, The (1951)
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[ Natalie Wood ]
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For Heaven's Sake (1950)
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Corpse Came C.O.D., The (1947)
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Christmas Eve (1947)
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Nightmare Alley (1947)
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Adventure (1945)
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Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945)
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Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
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Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
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Topper Returns (1941)
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Model Wife (1941)
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[ Zara Whites ]
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Three Girls About Town (1941)
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Lady for a Night (1941)
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Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
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I Want a Divorce (1940)
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East Side of Heaven (1939)
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Kid From Kokomo, The (1939)
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Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
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Amazing Mr. Williams, The (1939)
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Off the Record (1939)
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There's Always a Woman (1938)
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[ Rita Hayworth ]
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Back in Circulation (1937)
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Talent Scout (1937)
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[ Anita Rinaldi ]
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Perfect Specimen, The (1937)
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Stand-In (1937)
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King and the Chorus Girl, The (1937)
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Bullets or Ballots (1936)
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Stage Struck (1936)
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[ Susan Strasberg ]
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Three Men on a Horse (1936)
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Colleen (1936)
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Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
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Sons o' Guns (1936)
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Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
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Traveling Saleslady (1935)
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We're in the Money (1935)
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Broadway Gondolier (1935)
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Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
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Dames (1934)
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Smarty (1934)
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He Was Her Man (1934)
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Hollywood Newsreel (1934)
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I've Got Your Number (1934)
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Kansas City Princess (1934)
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Convention City (1933)
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Lawyer Man (1933)
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Broadway Bad (1933)
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Havana Widows (1933)
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Goodbye Again (1933)
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[ Ingrid Bergman ]
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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
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Footlight Parade (1933)
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[ Dorothy Lamour ]
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Blondie Johnson (1933)
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Greeks Had a Word for Them, The (1932)
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[ Betty Grable ]
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Miss Pinkerton (1932)
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Union Depot (1932)
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Famous Ferguson Case, The (1932)
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Central Park (1932)
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Big City Blues (1932)
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[ Georgina Cates ]
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Make Me a Star (1932)
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[ Claudette Colbert ]
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Three on a Match (1932)
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Crowd Roars, The (1932)
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[ Maureen O'Sullivan ]
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Other Men's Women (1931)
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Night Nurse (1931)
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[ Barbara Stanwyck ]
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My Past (1931)
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Millie (1931)
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Big Business Girl (1931)
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[ Loretta Young ]
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Blonde Crazy (1931)
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Illicit (1931)
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[ Barbara Stanwyck ]
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God's Gift to Women (1931)
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[ Louise Brooks ]
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Reckless Hour, The (1931)
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Public Enemy, The (1931)
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[ Jean Harlow ]
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Devil's Parade, The (1930)
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Office Wife, The (1930)
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Broadway's Like That (1930)
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Heart Breaker, The (1930)
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Sinner's Holiday (1930)
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