What is Joan Blondell?
[[File:Joan Blondell - 1936.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Publicity photo of Joan Blondell]] '''Joan Rosebud Blondell''' (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actress]]. She performed in [[movie]]s and [[television]] for nearly fifty years.<ref>Matthew Kennedy, ''Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes'' (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), p. 3</ref> She played Rosie Sturges in ''Kansas City Princess''. She also played Gloria Fay in the movie ''Miss Pacific Fleet''.<ref>Matthew Kennedy, ''Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes'' (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007), p. 250</ref> Blondell was born in [[New York City]] on August 30, 1906.<ref>Ray Hagen; Laura Wagner, ''Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames'' (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004), p. 33</ref> Her sister [[Gloria Blondell]] was also an actress. She died on December 25, 1979 in [[Santa Monica, California]] from [[leukemia]].<ref>Paul Donnelley, ''Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries'' (London: Omnibus, 2003), p. 102</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blondell, Joan}} [[Category:Actors from New York City]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:1906 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] {{us-actor-stub}}