ACTOR

Joan Blondell

1906 - 1979

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Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in film and television for 50 years. Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on a film career, establishing herself as a Pre-Code staple of Warner Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Blondell has received more than 3,749,230 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Joan Blondell is the 3,255th most popular actor (up from 3,375th in 2019), the 4,901st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,234th in 2019) and the 1,461st most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.7M

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  • 50.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Blondell ranks 3,255 out of 13,578. Before her are Scilla Gabel, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Hayley Mills, Butterfly McQueen, Uhm Jung-hwa, and Goran Višnjić. After her are John Terry, Jacques Dufilho, Albert Bassermann, Thandie Newton, Louis Wolheim, and Gwendoline Christie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Joan Blondell ranks 210. Before her are Roman Karmen, Axel Cadier, František Svoboda, Alberto Lleras Camargo, Juan Modesto, and Renato Cesarini. After her are Fernando Giudicelli, Boris Kaufman, Matvei Bronstein, Francisco Cepeda, Laurens van der Post, and Josef Čtyřoký. Among people deceased in 1979, Joan Blondell ranks 153. Before her are George Seaton, Tapio Rautavaara, Bruno Apitz, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Barbara Hutton, and Vilho Niittymaa. After her are Jack Haley, Lothar Wolleh, Antonina Makarova, Alfred Deller, Mahmoud Taleghani, and Rebecca Clarke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Blondell ranks 4,901 out of 20,380. Before her are Bill Richardson (1947), Eric Heiden (1958), Joseph Brant (1742), Barbara Hutton (1912), Ron Woodroof (1950), and Butterfly McQueen (1911). After her are John Terry (1950), Michael Giacchino (1967), Albert Tyler (1872), Louis Wolheim (1880), Hunter Schafer (1998), and Giovanni Ribisi (1974).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joan Blondell ranks 1,461. Before her are Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Richard Kiley (1922), Jonah Hill (1983), Michelle Williams (1980), Carole Landis (1919), and Butterfly McQueen (1911). After her are John Terry (1950), Louis Wolheim (1880), Giovanni Ribisi (1974), Gregory Hines (1946), Doug Jones (1960), and Ryan Phillippe (1974).

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Television and Movie Roles

Grease
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Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Jul 7o 19787.392 / 10
The Public Enemy
Mamie
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
Apr 23o 19317.2 / 10
Gold Diggers of 1933
Carol King
During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.
May 27o 19337.2 / 10