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 preCode 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 costarred with Glenda Farrell in nine films in which the duo portrayed golddiggers 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Blondell licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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