1978Nominee
Best Performance
Grease
Joan Blondell
Actor
New York City, New York, USA
August 30, 1906
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1979Nominee
Best Performance
The Champ
1965Nominee
Best Performance
The Cincinnati Kid
Career Highlights
1947Highlight
Best Performance
Nightmare Alley
2009Highlight
Best Performance
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
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Grease
The Champ
The Cincinnati Kid