Dee ihe ọzọ na paragraf a - Blondell laghachiri Hollywood na 1950. Egwuregwu ya na ihe nkiri ọzọ ya, "The Blue Veil" (1951), mere ka o nweta ihe nrite Academy Award
nhọpụta maka Best Actress na-akwado ọrụ. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ nkwado na "The Opposite Sex" (1956), "Desk Set" (1957), na "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1957). Ọ natara otuto dị ukwuu maka arụmọrụ ya dị ka Lady Fingers na Norman Jewison's "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), na-enweta nhọpụta Golden Globe na National Board of Review meriri maka Best Supporting Actress. John Cassavetes nyere ya ọrụ ka ọ bụrụ onye na-eme ihe ọchị, onye na-eme ihe nkiri na-eme agadi na fim ya "Opening Night" (1977). A hụrụ Blondell n'ọtụtụ ihe nkiri abụọ ewepụtara obere oge tupu ọnwụ ya <unk> "Grease" (1978), na imezigharị nke "The Champ" (1979) ya na Jon Voight na Rick Schroder. Ọ pụtakwara na ihe nkiri abụọ e wepụtara mgbe ọ nwụsịrị <unk> "The Glove" (1979), na "The Woman Inside" (1981).