Joan Blondell Net Worth

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Joan Blondell Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

With blonde hair, big blue eyes and a big smile, Joan was usually cast as the wisecracking working girl who was the lead's best friend. Born into vaudeville to a comic named Eddie, Joan 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...

Full NameJoan Blondell
Date Of BirthAugust 30, 1906, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
DiedDecember 25, 1979, Santa Monica, California, United States
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Height5' 2" (1.57 m)
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
EducationUniversity of North Texas
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMike Todd (m. 1947–1950), Dick Powell (m. 1936–1944), George Barnes (m. 1933–1936)
ChildrenEllen Powell, Norman Powell
ParentsEddie Joan Blondell, Jr., Kathryn Cain
SiblingsGloria Blondell, Eddie Joan Blondell III
NominationsAcademy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
MoviesGrease, Blonde Crazy, Gold Diggers of 1933, The Public Enemy, Footlight Parade, Three on a Match, Dames, Night Nurse, The Cincinnati Kid, Nightmare Alley, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Desk Set, The Blue Veil, The Crowd Roars, Topper Returns, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Other Men's Women, Blondie J...
TV ShowsBanyon, Here Come the Brides, Twenty Questions
Star SignVirgo
TitleSalary
Sinners' Holiday (1930)$250 /week (three-week shoot)
#Quote
1[on her husbands] [George] Barnes provided my first real home, [Dick] Powell was my security man, and [Michael] Todd was my passion. But I loved them all.
2[on Bette Davis] When Bette's good, she's real good. When she's bad, she's awful. But at least, she's not afraid to bat an eyelash.
3[on Clark Gable] It was the joy of your life to know Clark Gable. He was everything good you could think of. He had delicious humor, he had great compassion, he was always a fine old teddy bear. In no way was he conscious of his good looks, as were most other men in pictures at that time. Clark was very unactorly.
4[on director Edmund Goulding] He did something that drove actors crazy. He'd get out there and act out everybody's role for them -- even the women! And we were supposed to imitate him. We wanted to give our own interpretations.
5[on Jean Harlow] You know, she never wore underclothes and she was walking past the guys on The Public Enemy (1931) one day and James Cagney said, "How do you hold those things up?" and she said, "I ice them." And she was very serious.
6[on Leslie Howard] Leslie Howard was a darling flirt. He'd be caressing your eyes and have his hand on someone else's leg at the same time. He was adorable. He was a little devil and just wanted his hands on every woman around. He just loved ladies.
7[on Al Jolson] The screen didn't give him enough space to project in. I remember as a kid seeing him on stage and I think to this day there have been two great performers in the world: one is Jolson and the other is Judy Garland. They had some kind of magic in front of people that no one could surpass -- they were sheer, magnificent talent beyond belief.
8In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the '30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that. Jimmy Cagney and Eddie Robinson had voices that were as important as the characters they played. You knew what you were getting even before you paid for the ticket.
9There's a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a dead pan are getting away wit it. I'd hate to see them on stage with a dog act.
#Fact
1Became pregnant by 1st husband George Barnes out of wedlock in the summer of 1932 and then again in the summer of 1933. On both occasions she had abortions.
2Aunt of makeup artist Kathryn Blondell.
3Felt that her best performance was as Aunt Sissy in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945).
4Like her second husband Dick Powell and acquaintance June Allyson, she was a lifelong staunch supporter of the Republican party.
5Her son Norman Scott was born in the breech position, with the cord wrapped around his neck. Her labor was complicated, because of a fractured coccyx, and lasted twenty hours.
6Her son Norman Scott was named after Claudette Colbert's first husband, actor-director Norman Foster.
7In 1927, while closing the library she worked at, she was raped by a police officer. He told her he would kill her if she told anyone. She kept her silence for decades, until finally telling her grown daughter. She went public with this in her memoirs.
8Her granddaughter Stephanie Powell is married to Sean Murphy, owner of a surf travel company.
9Her grandson Scott Powell has a stepson, David, and two grandchildren, Zander and Dakota.
10Had three grandchildren: Joan Ellen Powell, Scott Powell and Stephanie Powell.
11Her daughter Ellen Powell had a long battle with cocaine that she overcame in 1984.
12Following her death, she was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
13She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6311 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
14Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" by Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).
15June Allyson was the stepmother of her daughter Ellen Powell after Allyson married Blondell's ex-husband Dick Powell.
16She playfully called her friend Bette Davis's four ex-husbands "The Four Skins" since they were all gentiles.
17Her marriage to theatrical impresario Michael Todd was an emotional and financial disaster. Todd was a heavy spender who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling (high-stakes bridge was one of his weaknesses) and went through a controversial bankruptcy during their marriage. While continuing to live the high-life on a huge estate in New York's Westchester County, the irresponsible Todd ran through Blondell's savings.
18On the British sitcom Dad's Army (1968), Private Pike has a crush on her and has dozens of pictures of her on his bedroom walls.
19Attended the Professional Children's School in New York City.
20According to the July 24, 1944, issue of Time magazine, Blondell divorced Dick Powell on the grounds of cruelty alleging that "when she objected to the incessant coming and going of guests, Powell crooned: 'If you don't like it, you can get the hell out.'".
21Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as best supporting or featured actress (dramatic) for "The Rope Dancers".
22Made six movies with James Cagney at Warner Brothers - more than any other individual actress. Cagney said that the only woman he loved other than his wife was Blondell.
23Mother of Norman S. Powell from her marriage to George Barnes. He was adopted by Dick Powell in February 1938. Mother of Ellen Powell from her marriage to Dick Powell.
24Older sister of actress Gloria Blondell.
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Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Woman Inside1981Aunt Coll
The Glove1979Mrs. Fitzgerald
The Rebels1979TV MovieMrs. Brumple
Fantasy Island1979TV SeriesNaomi Gittings
The Champ1979Dolly Kenyon
$weepstake$1979TV SeriesMme. Grimaldi
The Love Boat1978TV SeriesRamona Bevans
Battered1978TV MovieEdna Thompson
Grease1978Vi
Opening Night1977Sarah Goode
The Baron1977
Starsky and Hutch1976TV SeriesMrs. Pruitt
Death at Love House1976TV MovieMarcella Geffenhart
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood1976Landlady
Switch1976TV SeriesMrs. Lear
Police Story1975TV SeriesDoreen
Winner Take All1975TV MovieBeverly Craig
The Dead Don't Die1975TV MovieLevenia
Bobby Parker and Company1974TV MovieHis Mother
The Snoop Sisters1974TV SeriesMadame Mimi
The New Dick Van Dyke Show1973TV SeriesAunt Louise
Medical Center1973TV SeriesDoris
The Rookies1973TV SeriesMrs. Darrin
Love, American Style1971-1973TV Series segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon" / segment "Love and the Lovesick Sailor"
- Love and the Footlight Fiancee/Love and the Plane Fantasy/Love and the Swinging Surgeon/Love and the Teller's Tale 1973 ... segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon"
Banyon1972TV SeriesPeggy Revere
McCloud1971TV SeriesErnestine White
Support Your Local Gunfighter1971Jenny
The Name of the Game1970TV SeriesMiss Wall
The Phynx1970Ruby
Here Come the Brides1968-1970TV SeriesLottie Hatfield
Big Daddy1969
The Outsider1968TV SeriesSadie Burch
Kona Coast1968Kittibelle Lightfoot
That Girl1968TV SeriesMarjorie Hobart
Stay Away, Joe1968Glenda Callahan
Petticoat Junction1968TV SeriesFlorabelle Campbell
Mrs. Thursday1967TV Movie
The Guns of Will Sonnett1967TV SeriesMiss Lottie
Family Affair1967TV SeriesLaura London
Waterhole #31967Lavinia
Winchester 731967TV MovieLarouge
The Spy in the Green Hat1967Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1967TV SeriesMadame
Ace of the Mounties1966TV MovieHis girlfriend
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1966TV SeriesMrs. Fingers Stilletto
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1966TV SeriesMrs. Melvin Freebie
And Baby Makes Three1966TV MovieJoan Terry
Ride Beyond Vengeance1966Mrs. Lavender
Slattery's People1965TV SeriesMrs. Lewis
My Three Sons1965TV SeriesHarriet Blanchard
The Lucy Show1965TV SeriesJoan Brenner
The Cincinnati Kid1965Lady Fingers
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1965TV SeriesRose Kelsey
Vacation Playhouse1964TV SeriesMiss Zilke
Advance to the Rear1964Easy Jenny
Dr. Kildare1964TV SeriesDolly Marlowe
Bonanza1964TV SeriesLillian Manfred
Burke's Law1963-1964TV SeriesCandy Sturdevant / Ethel Kronkeit
The Greatest Show on Earth1964TV SeriesT.T. Hill
The Twilight Zone1964TV SeriesPhyllis Britt
Wagon Train1963TV SeriesMa Bleecker
The Virginian1963TV SeriesRosanna Dobie
The Real McCoys1963TV SeriesAunt Win
Death Valley Days1963TV SeriesLucy Tutaine
The Dick Powell Theatre1962TV SeriesEmily Komack
Angel Baby1961Mollie Hays
The Barbara Stanwyck Show1961TV SeriesHelene Terry
The Untouchables1961TV SeriesHannah 'Lucy' Wagnall
The Witness1961TV SeriesMa Barker
Adventures in Paradise1960TV SeriesMillicent Brass
Lux Playhouse1959TV Series
Playhouse 901957-1959TV SeriesMrs. Patrick / Helen Green
Studio One in Hollywood1958TV SeriesRuth Breen
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?1957Violet
Desk Set1957Peg Costello
This Could Be the Night1957Crystal St. Clair
Lizzie1957Aunt Morgan James
The Opposite Sex1956Edith Potter
The United States Steel Hour1955TV SeriesEllen
Playwrights '561955TV SeriesMother
General Electric Theater1955TV SeriesJoan Preston
Shower of Stars1955TV Series
Fireside Theatre1955TV Series
Lux Video Theatre1953TV SeriesMay
Suspense1953TV SeriesClara
Schlitz Playhouse1952TV SeriesCalamity Jane
The Blue Veil1951Annie Rawlins
Nash Airflyte Theatre1951TV Series
For Heaven's Sake1950Daphne Peters
Christmas Eve1947Ann Nelson
Nightmare Alley1947Zeena Krumbein
The Corpse Came C.O.D.1947Rosemary Durant
Adventure1945Helen Melohn
Don Juan Quilligan1945Marjorie Mossrock
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn1945Aunt Sissy
Cry 'Havoc'1943Grace
Lady for a Night1942Jenny Blake
Three Girls About Town1941Hope Banner
Model Wife1941Joan Keating Chambers
Topper Returns1941Gail Richards
I Want a Divorce1940Geraldine 'Jerry' Brokaw
Two Girls on Broadway1940Molly Mahoney
The Amazing Mr. Williams1939Maxine Carroll
Good Girls Go to Paris1939Jenny Swanson
The Kid from Kokomo1939Doris Harvey
East Side of Heaven1939Mary Wilson
Off the Record1939Jane Morgan
There's Always a Woman1938Sally Reardon
Stand-In1937Lester Plum
The Perfect Specimen1937Mona Carter
Back in Circulation1937'Timmy' Blake
The King and the Chorus Girl1937Miss Dorothy Ellis
Gold Diggers of 19371936Norma Perry
Three Men on a Horse1936Mabel
Stage Struck1936Peggy Revere
Bullets or Ballots1936Lee Morgan
Sons o' Guns1936Yvonne
Colleen1936Minnie Hawkins
Miss Pacific Fleet1935Gloria Fay
We're in the Money1935Ginger Stewart
Broadway Gondolier1935Alice Hughes
Traveling Saleslady1935Angela Twitchell
Kansas City Princess1934Rosie Sturges
Dames1934Mabel
Smarty1934Vicki
He Was Her Man1934Rose Lawrence
I've Got Your Number1934Marie Lawson
Convention City1933Nancy Lorraine
Havana Widows1933Mae Knight
Footlight Parade1933Nan Prescott
Goodbye Again1933Anne Rogers
Gold Diggers of 19331933Carol King
Blondie Johnson1933Blondie Johnson
Broadway Bad1933Tony Landers
Just Around the Corner1933ShortMrs. Graham
Lawyer Man1932Olga Michaels
Central Park1932Dot
Three on a Match1932Mary Keaton
Big City Blues1932Vida Fleet
Miss Pinkerton1932Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton
Make Me a Star1932'Flips' Montague
The Famous Ferguson Case1932Maizie Dickson
The Crowd Roars1932Anne Scott
The Greeks Had a Word for Them1932Schatzi Sutro
Union Depot1932Ruth Collins
Blonde Crazy1931Anne Roberts
The Reckless Hour1931Myrtle Nichols
Night Nurse1931Maloney
Big Business Girl1931Pearl
My Past1931Marion Moore
The Public Enemy1931Mamie
God's Gift to Women1931Fifi
Illicit1931Helen 'Duckie' Childers
Millie1931Angie Wickerstaff
Other Men's Women1931Marie
Sinners' Holiday1930Myrtle
The Office Wife1930Katherine Murdock
The Heart Breaker1930Short
The Devil's Parade1930Short
Broadway's Like That1930ShortRuth's Pal

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Feud2017TV Series 1 episode
Brother Can You Spare a Dime1975Documentary performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man" 1933
Petticoat Junction1968TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Blue Veil1951performer: "Daddy"
Cry 'Havoc'1943performer: "Where Do We Go From Here?" 1917 - uncredited
Lady for a Night1942performer: "Up in a Balloon" - uncredited
Two Girls on Broadway1940performer: "Broadway's Still Broadway' 1940
East Side of Heaven1939"Here Comes the Bride" a.k.a. "The Bridal Chorus", uncredited
Stand-In1937performer: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" 1934 - uncredited
Gold Diggers of 19371936performer: "Speaking of the Weather" 1936, "All's Fair in Love and War" 1936
Sons o' Guns1936performer: "For a Buck and a Quarter a Day" 1936 - uncredited
Colleen1936lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited / performer: "Boulevardier from the Bronx" 1936, "You Gotta Know How to Dance" 1936 - uncredited
We're in the Money1935performer: "The Gold Diggers' Song We're in the Money" 1933 - uncredited
Broadway Gondolier1935"Flagenheim's Odorless Cheese" 1935, "The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and Cat" 1935, uncredited / performer: "The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and Cat" 1935 - uncredited
Dames1934"Try to See It My Way" 1934, uncredited / performer: "The Girl at the Ironing Board" 1934 - uncredited
Gold Diggers of 19331933performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man" 1933 - uncredited
Illicit1931"Yankee Doodle", uncredited

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacrespecial thanks filming

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to James Cagney1974TV Special documentaryHerself (table bow) (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show1972TV SeriesHerself - Actress
Tribute to Bogart1972TV Movie documentaryHerself - Interviewee
The David Frost Show1971TV SeriesHerself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1971TV SeriesHerself
The Movie Crazy Years1971TV Movie documentaryHerself
The 43rd Annual Academy Awards1971TV SpecialHerself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score & Best Song Score
The Joey Bishop Show1968TV SeriesHerself
Bogart1967TV Movie documentaryHerself
The 39th Annual Academy Awards1967TV SpecialHerself - Audience Member
The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle1965Short documentaryHerself
About Faces1960TV SeriesHerself
Person to Person1959TV Series documentaryHerself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1958TV SeriesHerself
Texaco Star Theatre1953-1955TV SeriesHerself - Actress
All Star Revue1951-1953TV SeriesHerself - Guest Actress / Comedic Dancer
The Frank Sinatra Show1951TV SeriesHerself - Sketch Actor
TV Club1951TV Series documentaryHerself
The Arthur Murray Party1950TV SeriesHerself - Actress
Penthouse Party1950TV SeriesHerself
20 Questions1950TV SeriesHerself
College of Musical Knowledge1950TV SeriesHerself
The Faye Emerson Show1950TV SeriesHerself
What's My Line?1950TV SeriesHerself - Mystery Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950TV SeriesHerself - Comic Actress
Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet1950TV SeriesHerself
Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars1941Documentary shortHerself
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 81935Documentary shortHerself
Things You Never See on the Screen1935ShortHerself
Hollywood Newsreel1934ShortHerself (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-131933ShortHerself
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'1931ShortHerself - Gallery Member (uncredited)
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee1930ShortHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression2009Video documentaryHerself
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film2008TV Movie documentary
American Masters2008TV Series documentaryDot
Complicated Women2003TV Movie documentaryHerself (uncredited)
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory1998TV Movie documentary uncredited
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies1995TV Movie documentaryCarol, 'Golddiggers of 1933' (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984Documentary
James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy1981TV Movie documentaryHerself (uncredited)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime1975Documentary
Hollywood and the Stars1964TV SeriesHerself
When the Talkies Were Young1955ShortMyrtle (uncredited)
Talent Scout1937Benefit Show Guest (uncredited)
And She Learned About Dames1934ShortHerself (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1966NBR AwardNational Board of Review, USABest Supporting ActressThe Cincinnati Kid (1965)
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 6311 Hollywood Blvd.

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1978Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion PictureOpening Night (1977)
1970Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesHere Come the Brides (1968)
1969Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic SeriesHere Come the Brides (1968)
1966Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Supporting ActressThe Cincinnati Kid (1965)
1952OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Actress in a Supporting RoleThe Blue Veil (1951)

Known for movies

Vi

Grease (1978)
as Vi

Mamie

The Public Enemy (1931)
as Mamie

Aunt Sissy

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
as Aunt Sissy

Gail Richards

Topper Returns (1941)
as Gail Richards

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IMDB Wikipedia

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