AKA Rose Joan Blondell

Born: 30-Aug-1906
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 25-Dec-1979
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Father: Eddie Blondell
Sister: Gloria Blondell (actress, b. 16-Aug-1915, d. 25-Mar-1986)
Husband: George Barnes (cinematographer, m. 1932, div. 1936)
Husband: Dick Powell (actor, m. 19-Sep-1936, div. 14-Jul-1944, one son, one daughter)
Son: Norman S. Powell
Daughter: Pamela Ellen Powell
Husband: Michael Todd (film producer, m. 1947, div. 1950)

    Endorsement of American Tobacco Company Lucky Strike cigarettes
    Appendectomy
    Risk Factors: Smoking

    TELEVISION
    The Real McCoys Winifred Jordan (1963)
    Here Come the Brides Lottie Hatfield (1968-70)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Glove (Dec-1979)
    The Rebels (14-May-1979)
    The Champ (4-Apr-1979) · Dolly Kenyon
    Grease (7-Jul-1978) · Vi
    Opening Night (22-Dec-1977) · Sarah Goode
    Death at Love House (3-Sep-1976)
    Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (26-May-1976)
    The Dead Don't Die (14-Jan-1975)
    Support Your Local Gunfighter (26-May-1971) · Jenny
    The Phynx (6-May-1970)
    Kona Coast (May-1968)
    Stay Away, Joe (8-Mar-1968) · Glenda Callahan
    Waterhole #3 (10-Oct-1967)
    Winchester '73 (14-Mar-1967)
    Ride Beyond Vengeance (Jan-1966) · Mrs. Lavender
    The Cincinnati Kid (15-Oct-1965) · Lady Fingers
    Advance to the Rear (15-Apr-1964)
    Angel Baby (14-May-1961) · Mollie Hays
    Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (29-Jul-1957) · Violet
    This Could Be the Night (14-May-1957)
    Desk Set (1-May-1957)
    Lizzie (4-Apr-1957) · Aunt Morgan
    The Opposite Sex (26-Oct-1956) · Edith
    The Blue Veil (26-Oct-1951)
    For Heaven's Sake (15-Dec-1950) · Daphne
    Christmas Eve (31-Oct-1947)
    Nightmare Alley (9-Oct-1947) · Zeena Krumbein
    The Corpse Came C.O.D. (2-Jun-1947) · Rosemary Durant
    Adventure (28-Dec-1945) · Helen Melohn
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (28-Feb-1945) · Aunt Sissy
    Cry Havoc (9-Nov-1943)
    Lady for a Night (5-Jan-1942)
    Three Girls About Town (23-Oct-1941)
    Model Wife (18-Apr-1941)
    Topper Returns (21-Mar-1941) · Gail Richards
    I Want a Divorce (20-Sep-1940)
    Two Girls on Broadway (19-Apr-1940) · Molly Mahoney
    The Amazing Mr. Williams (22-Nov-1939)
    Good Girls Go to Paris (20-Jun-1939)
    The Kid from Kokomo (19-May-1939) · Doris Harvey
    East Side of Heaven (7-Apr-1939)
    Off the Record (21-Jan-1939)
    There's Always a Woman (20-Apr-1938) · Sally Reardon
    Stand-In (29-Oct-1937) · Lester Plum
    The Perfect Specimen (23-Oct-1937) · Mona Carter
    Back in Circulation (25-Sep-1937)
    The King and the Chorus Girl (27-Mar-1937) · Miss Dorothy Ellis
    Gold Diggers of 1937 (26-Dec-1936)
    Three Men on a Horse (21-Nov-1936)
    Stage Struck (12-Sep-1936) · Peggy Revere
    Bullets or Ballots (6-Jun-1936) · Lee Morgan
    Sons o' Guns (13-May-1936)
    Colleen (21-Mar-1936) · Minnie Hawkins
    We're in the Money (17-Aug-1935) · Ginger Stewart
    Broadway Gondolier (27-Jul-1935)
    Kansas City Princess (13-Oct-1934)
    Dames (16-Aug-1934) · Mabel
    Smarty (19-May-1934) · Vicki
    He Was Her Man (18-May-1934)
    I've Got Your Number (3-Feb-1934)
    Havana Widows (18-Nov-1933) · Mae Knight
    Footlight Parade (30-Sep-1933) · Nan
    Goodbye Again (2-Sep-1933)
    Gold Diggers of 1933 (27-May-1933) · Carol
    Blondie Johnson (25-Feb-1933)
    Lawyer Man (24-Dec-1932) · Olga
    Central Park (10-Dec-1932)
    Three on a Match (28-Oct-1932) · Mary Keaton
    Big City Blues (10-Sep-1932) · Vida Fleet
    Miss Pinkerton (30-Jul-1932) · Nurse Adams
    Make Me a Star (30-Jun-1932)
    The Famous Ferguson Case (14-May-1932) · Maizie Dickson
    The Crowd Roars (16-Apr-1932) · Anne Scott
    The Greeks Had a Word for Them (3-Feb-1932)
    Union Depot (14-Jan-1932) · Ruth Collins
    Blonde Crazy (14-Nov-1931) · Anne Roberts
    The Reckless Hour (15-Aug-1931)
    Night Nurse (16-Jul-1931) · Maloney
    Big Business Girl (12-Jun-1931) · Pearl
    The Public Enemy (23-Apr-1931) · Mamie
    God's Gift to Women (13-Apr-1931) · Fifi
    Illicit (14-Feb-1931) · Helen Childers
    Millie (6-Feb-1931)
    Other Men's Women (17-Jan-1931)
    Sinners' Holiday (11-Oct-1930)
    The Office Wife (23-Aug-1930) · Katherine

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