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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Mini Biography:
With blonde hair, big blue eyes and a big smile, Joan was usually cast... more
Trivia:
She has a grandson Scott from son Norman. Scott has a step-son, David... more
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
2 wins
&
4 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Toxic Birthday Suits
(From FilmExperience. 2 December 2009, 7:00 AM, PST)
Obit: Veteran Hollywood Publicist Frank Liberman dies at 92
(From The Wrap. 24 September 2009, 5:04 PM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 2 December 2009, 7:00 AM, PST)
Obit: Veteran Hollywood Publicist Frank Liberman dies at 92
(From The Wrap. 24 September 2009, 5:04 PM, PDT)
Filmography
Actress:
- The Woman Inside (1981) .... Aunt Coll
- The Glove (1979) .... Mrs. Fitzgerald
... aka Blood Mad
... aka The Glove: Lethal Terminator - The Rebels (1979) (TV) .... Mrs. Brumple
- "Fantasy Island" .... Naomi Gittings (1 episode, 1979)
- Bowling/Command Performances (1979) TV episode .... Naomi Gittings - The Champ (1979) .... Dolly Kenyon
- "The Love Boat" .... Ramona Bevans (1 episode, 1978)
- Ship of Ghouls (1978) TV episode .... Ramona Bevans - Battered (1978) (TV) .... Edna Thompson
- Grease (1978) .... Vi
- Opening Night (1977) .... Sarah Goode
- The Baron (1977)
... aka Baron Wolfgang von Tripps
... aka Black Cue - "Starsky and Hutch" .... Mrs. Pruitt (1 episode, 1976)
- The Las Vegas Strangler (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Pruitt - Death at Love House (1976) (TV) .... Marcella Geffenhart
... aka The Shrine of Lorna Love (USA) - Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) .... Landlady
... aka Won Ton Ton (USA: poster title) - "Switch" .... Mrs. Lear (1 episode, 1976)
- One of Our Zeppelins Is Missing (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Lear - "Police Story" .... Doreen (1 episode, 1975)
- Little Boy Lost (1975) TV episode .... Doreen - Winner Take All (1975) (TV) .... Beverly Craig
... aka Time Lock - The Dead Don't Die (1975) (TV) .... Levenia
- Bobby Parker and Company (1974) (TV) .... His Mother
- "The Snoop Sisters" .... Madame Mimi (1 episode, 1974)
- The Devil Made Me Do It (1974) TV episode .... Madame Mimi - "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" .... Aunt Louise (1 episode, 1973)
- Exit Laughing (1973) TV episode .... Aunt Louise - "Medical Center" .... Doris (1 episode, 1973)
- Stranger in Two Worlds (1973) TV episode .... Doris - "The Rookies" .... Mrs. Darrin (1 episode, 1973)
- Cry Wolf (1973) TV episode .... Mrs. Darrin - "Love, American Style" .... (segment "Love and the Lovesick Sailor") / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
- Love and the Footlight Fiancee/Love and the Plane Fantasy/Love and the Swinging Surgeon/Love and the Teller's Tale (1973) TV episode .... (segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon")
- Love and the Lovesick Sailor/Love and the Mistress/Love and the Reincarnation/Love and the Sex Survey (1971) TV episode .... (segment "Love and the Lovesick Sailor") - "Banyon" .... Peggy Revere (7 episodes, 1972-1973)
- The Murder Game (1972) TV episode .... Peggy Revere
- The Clay Clarinet (1972) TV episode .... Peggy Revere
- Meal Ticket (1972) TV episode .... Peggy Revere
- Completely Out of Print (1972) TV episode .... Peggy Revere
- The Graveyard Vote (1972) TV episode .... Peggy Revere
(2 more) - "McCloud" .... Ma (1 episode, 1971)
- Top of the World, Ma! (1971) TV episode .... Ma - Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) .... Jenny
- "The Name of the Game" .... Miss Wall (1 episode, 1970)
- Battle at Gannon's Bridge (1970) TV episode .... Miss Wall - The Phynx (1970) .... Ruby
- "Here Come the Brides" .... Lottie Hatfield (29 episodes, 1968-1969)
- The Fetching of Jenny (1969) TV episode .... Lottie Hatfield
- A Wild Colonial Boy (1969) TV episode .... Lottie Hatfield
- Far Cry from Yesterday (1969) TV episode .... Lottie Hatfield
- The Deadly Trade (1969) TV episode .... Lottie Hatfield
- Marriage, Chinese Style (1969) TV episode .... Lottie Hatfield
(24 more) - Big Daddy (1969)
... aka Paradise Road - "The Outsider" .... Sadie Burch (1 episode, 1968)
- There Was a Little Girl (1968) TV episode .... Sadie Burch - Kona Coast (1968) .... Kittibelle Lightfoot
- Stay Away, Joe (1968) .... Glenda Callahan
- "Petticoat Junction" .... Florabelle Campbell (1 episode, 1968)
- Girl of Our Dreams (1968) TV episode .... Florabelle Campbell - "The Guns of Will Sonnett" .... Miss Lottie (1 episode, 1967)
- Sunday in Paradise (1967) TV episode .... Miss Lottie - "Family Affair" .... Laura London (1 episode, 1967)
- Somebody Upstairs (1967) TV episode .... Laura London - Waterhole #3 (1967) .... Lavinia
... aka Waterhole No. 3
... aka Waterhole Three (UK) - Winchester 73 (1967) (TV) .... Larouge
- "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." .... Madam (1 episode, 1967)
- The U.F.O. Affair (1967) TV episode .... Madam - "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." .... Mrs. Fingers Stilletto (1 episode, 1966)
- The Concrete Overcoat Affair: Part I (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Fingers Stilletto - "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" .... Mrs. Melvin Freebie (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Chrysler Theater
... aka Theatre of Stars (UK)
... aka Universal Star Time (syndication title)
- The Blue-Eyed Horse (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Melvin Freebie - Baby Makes Three (1966) (TV) .... Joan Terry
- Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) .... Mrs. Lavender
... aka Night of the Tiger - "Slattery's People" .... Mrs. Lewis (1 episode, 1965)
- The Last Commuter (1965) TV episode .... Mrs. Lewis - "My Three Sons" .... Harriet Blanchard (1 episode, 1965)
- Office Mother (1965) TV episode .... Harriet Blanchard - "The Lucy Show" .... Joan (2 episodes, 1965)
... aka The Lucille Ball Show (USA: alternative title)
- Lucy the Stunt Man (1965) TV episode .... Joan
- Lucy and Joan (1965) TV episode .... Joan - The Cincinnati Kid (1965) .... Lady Fingers
- "Disneyland" .... Rose Kelsey (1 episode, 1965)
... aka Disney's Wonderful World (USA: new title)
... aka The Disney Sunday Movie (USA: new title)
... aka The Magical World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka The Wonderful World of Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney Presents (USA: new title)
... aka Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (USA: new title)
- Kilroy: Part 4 (1965) TV episode .... Rose Kelsey - "Vacation Playhouse" .... Miss Zilke (1 episode, 1964)
- Hooray for Hollywood (1964) TV episode .... Miss Zilke - Advance to the Rear (1964) .... Easy Jenny
... aka Company of Cowards? (UK) - "Dr. Kildare" .... Dolly Marlowe (1 episode, 1964)
- Dolly's Dilemma (1964) TV episode .... Dolly Marlowe - "Bonanza" .... Lillian 'Aunt Lil' Manfred (1 episode, 1964)
... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
- The Pressure Game (1964) TV episode .... Lillian 'Aunt Lil' Manfred - "Burke's Law" .... Candy Sturdevant / ... (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
... aka Amos Burke, Secret Agent (USA: new title)
- Who Killed 1/2 of Glory Lee? (1964) TV episode .... Candy Sturdevant
- Who Killed Harris Crown? (1963) TV episode .... Ethel Kronkeit - "The Greatest Show on Earth" .... T.T. Hill (1 episode, 1964)
- You're All Right, Ivy (1964) TV episode .... T.T. Hill - "The Twilight Zone" .... Phyllis Britt (1 episode, 1964)
... aka The Twilight Zone: The Original Series (Australia)
... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)
- What's in the Box (1964) TV episode .... Phyllis Britt - "Wagon Train" .... Ma Bleeker (1 episode, 1963)
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Bleeker Story (1963) TV episode .... Ma Bleeker - "The Virginian" .... Rosanna Dobie (1 episode, 1963)
... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
- To Make This Place Remember (1963) TV episode .... Rosanna Dobie - "Death Valley Days" .... Lucy Tutaine (1 episode, 1963)
... aka Call of the West (USA: syndication title)
... aka The Pioneers (USA: syndication title)
... aka Trails West (USA: syndication title)
... aka Western Star Theater (USA: syndication title)
- The Train and Lucy Tutaine (1963) TV episode .... Lucy Tutaine - "The Dick Powell Show" .... Emily Komack (1 episode, 1962)
... aka The Dick Powell Theatre (USA: new title)
- The Big Day (1962) TV episode .... Emily Komack - Angel Baby (1961) .... Mollie Hays
- "The Barbara Stanwyck Show" .... Helene Terry (1 episode, 1961)
- Sign of the Zodiac (1961) TV episode .... Helene Terry - "The Untouchables" .... Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall (1 episode, 1961)
- The Underground Court (1961) TV episode .... Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall - "The Witness" .... Ma Barker (1 episode, 1961)
- Ma Barker (1961) TV episode .... Ma Barker - "Adventures in Paradise" .... Millicent Brass (1 episode, 1960)
- The Forbidden Sea (1960) TV episode .... Millicent Brass - "Playhouse 90" .... Helen Green / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1959)
- A Marriage of Strangers (1959) TV episode .... Mrs. Patrick
- Child of Trouble (1957) TV episode .... Helen Green - "Studio One" .... Ruth Breen (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Studio One Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
... aka Studio One in Hollywood (USA: new title)
... aka Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
... aka Westinghouse Studio One (USA: alternative title)
... aka Westinghouse Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
- A Funny-Looking Kid (1958) TV episode .... Ruth Breen - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) .... Violet
... aka Oh! For a Man! (UK) - This Could Be the Night (1957) .... Crystal St. Clair
- Desk Set (1957) .... Peg Costello
... aka His Other Woman (UK) - Lizzie (1957) .... Aunt Morgan
- The Opposite Sex (1956) .... Edith Potter
- "The United States Steel Hour" .... Ellen (1 episode, 1955)
... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- White Gloves (1955) TV episode .... Ellen - "Playwrights '56" .... Mother (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Pontiac Playwrights '56 (USA: alternative title)
... aka The Playwright Hour
- Snow Job (1955) TV episode .... Mother - "General Electric Theater" .... Joan Preston (1 episode, 1955)
... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
- Star in the House (1955) TV episode .... Joan Preston - "Shower of Stars" (1 episode, 1955)
... aka Chrysler Shower of Stars
- Burlesque (1955) TV episode - "Fireside Theatre" (1 episode, 1955)
- Sergeant Sullivan Speaking (1955) TV episode - "Lux Video Theatre" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- Tango (1953) TV episode - "Suspense" .... Clara (1 episode, 1953)
- Vacancy for Death (1953) TV episode .... Clara - "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" .... Calamity Jane (1 episode, 1952)
... aka Herald Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
... aka Schlitz Playhouse (USA: new title)
... aka The Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
- The Pussyfootin' Rocks (1952) TV episode .... Calamity Jane - The Blue Veil (1951) .... Annie Rawlins
- "Nash Airflyte Theatre" (1 episode, 1951)
... aka Airflyte Theatre
- Pot o' Gold (1951) TV episode - For Heaven's Sake (1950) .... Daphne Peters
- Christmas Eve (1947) .... Ann Nelson
... aka Sinner's Holiday (USA: reissue title) - Nightmare Alley (1947) .... Zeena Krumbein
- The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947) .... Rosemary Durant
- Adventure (1945) .... Helen Melohn
- Don Juan Quilligan (1945) .... Marjorie Mossrock
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) .... Sissy Edwards
- Cry 'Havoc' (1943) .... Grace Lambert
- Lady for a Night (1942) .... Jenny 'Jen' Blake Alderson
- Three Girls About Town (1941) .... Hope Banner
- Model Wife (1941) .... Joan Keating Chambers
- Topper Returns (1941) .... Gail Richards
- I Want a Divorce (1940) .... Geraldine 'Jerry' Brokaw
... aka The Tragedy of Divorce (UK: new title) - Two Girls on Broadway (1940) .... Molly Mahoney
... aka Choose Your Partner (UK) - The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939) .... Maxine Carroll
- Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) .... Jenny Swanson
- The Kid from Kokomo (1939) .... Doris Harvey
... aka Orphan of the Ring (UK) - East Side of Heaven (1939) .... Mary Wilson
- Off the Record (1939) .... Jane Morgan
... aka Unfit to Print (UK) - There's Always a Woman (1938) .... Sally Reardon
- Stand-In (1937) .... Lester Plum
- The Perfect Specimen (1937) .... Mona Carter
- Back in Circulation (1937) .... Timothea 'Timmy' Blake
- The King and the Chorus Girl (1937) .... Miss Dorothy Ellis
... aka Romance Is Sacred (UK) - Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) .... Norma Perry
- Three Men on a Horse (1936) .... Mabel
- Stage Struck (1936) .... Peggy Revere
- Bullets or Ballots (1936) .... Lee Morgan
- Sons o' Guns (1936) .... Yvonne
- Colleen (1936) .... Minnie Hawkins
- Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) .... Gloria Fay
- We're in the Money (1935) .... Ginger Stewart
- Broadway Gondolier (1935) .... Alice Hughes
- Traveling Saleslady (1935) .... Angela Twitchell
- Kansas City Princess (1934) .... Rosie Sturges
... aka The Kansas Princess (UK) - Dames (1934) .... Mabel Anderson
- Smarty (1934) .... Vicki Wallace Thorpe
... aka Hit Me Again (UK) - He Was Her Man (1934) .... Rose Lawrence
- I've Got Your Number (1934) .... Marie Lawson
- Convention City (1933) .... Nancy Lorraine
- Havana Widows (1933) .... Mae Knight
- Footlight Parade (1933) .... Nan Prescott
- Goodbye Again (1933) .... Anne Rogers, Bixby's Secretary
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) .... Carol King
- Blondie Johnson (1933) .... Blondie Johnson
- Broadway Bad (1933) .... Tony Landers
... aka Her Reputation (UK) - Just Around the Corner (1933) .... Mrs. Graham
- Lawyer Man (1932) .... Olga Michaels
- Central Park (1932) .... Dot
- Three on a Match (1932) .... Mary Keaton, aka Mary Bernard
- Big City Blues (1932) .... Vida Fleet
- Miss Pinkerton (1932) .... Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton
- Make Me a Star (1932) .... 'Flips' Montague
- The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) .... Maizie Dickson
- The Crowd Roars (1932) .... Anne Scott
- The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) .... Schatzi
... aka Three Broadway Girls (USA: reissue title) - Union Depot (1932) .... Ruth Collins
... aka Gentleman for a Day (UK) - Blonde Crazy (1931) .... Anne Roberts
... aka Larceny Lane (UK) - The Reckless Hour (1931) .... Myrtle Nichols
- Night Nurse (1931) .... B. Maloney
- Big Business Girl (1931) .... Pearl
- My Past (1931) .... Marion Moore
... aka Ex-Mistress - The Public Enemy (1931) .... Mamie
... aka Enemies of the Public (UK) - God's Gift to Women (1931) .... Fifi
... aka Too Many Women (UK) - Illicit (1931) .... Helen 'Duckie' Childers
- Millie (1931) .... Angie Wickerstaff
- Other Men's Women (1931) .... Marie
... aka The Steel Highway - How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' (1931) (uncredited) .... Gallery Member
... aka Trouble Shots (USA: short title) - Sinners' Holiday (1930) .... Myrtle
... aka Women in Love - The Office Wife (1930) .... Katherine Murdock
- The Devil's Parade (1930)
- Broadway's Like That (1930) .... Ruth's Pal
... aka Ruth Etting in Broadway's Like That (USA: copyright title) - The Heart Breaker (1930)
Soundtrack:
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) (performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man")
- The Blue Veil (1951) (performer: "Daddy")
- Cry 'Havoc' (1943) ("Where Do We Go From Here?" (1917) (uncredited))
- Lady for a Night (1942) (performer: "Up in a Balloon")
- Two Girls on Broadway (1940) ("Broadway's Still Broadway' (uncredited))
... aka Choose Your Partner (UK) - Stand-In (1937) (performer: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" (uncredited))
- Colleen (1936) (lyrics: "You Gotta Know How to Dance" (1936)) (performer: "Boulevardier from the Bronx" (1936))
- Sons o' Guns (1936) (performer: "For a Buck and a Quarter a Day" (1936) (uncredited))
- Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) (performer: "Speaking of the Weather", "All's Fair in Love and War")
- Broadway Gondolier (1935) (performer: "The Pig And The Cow (And The Dog And Cat)" (1935)) ("Flagenheim's Odorless Cheese" (1935), "The Pig And The Cow (And The Dog And Cat)" (1935))
- We're in the Money (1935) ("The Gold Diggers Song (We're in the Money)" (1933) (uncredited))
- Dames (1934) (performer: "The Girl at the Ironing Board") ("Try to See It My Way")
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) (performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man") ("Remember My Forgotten Man")
- Illicit (1931) ("Yankee Doodle")
Self:
- The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney (1974) (TV) .... Herself (table bow)
- Tribute to Bogart (1972) (TV) .... Interviewee
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 12 August 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Herself - The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Score & Best Song Score
- The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle (1965) .... Herself
- "About Faces" .... Herself (1 episode, 1960)
- Episode dated 17 February 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Herself - "Person to Person" .... Herself (1 episode, 1959)
- Episode #6.32 (1959) TV episode .... Herself - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1950)
- Episode dated 29 October 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Herself - Actress (1 episode, 1950)
... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #1.4 (1950) TV episode .... Herself - Actress - "Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet" .... Herself (1 episode, 1950)
- Episode #1.13 (1950) TV episode .... Herself - Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941) .... Herself
... aka Wampas Baby Stars (USA: short title) - Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 (1935) .... Herself
- Hollywood Newsreel (1934) (uncredited) .... Herself
- An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930) .... Herself
... aka Warner Bros. Jubilee Dinner (USA: short title)
Archive Footage:
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008) (TV)
- Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005) (TV)
- Complicated Women (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998) (TV) (uncredited)
- James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
- The Spy in the Green Hat (1966) .... Mrs. 'Fingers' Stilletto
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"Hollywood and the Stars"
- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) TV episode .... Herself - When the Talkies Were Young (1955) (uncredited) .... Myrtle
- Talent Scout (1937) (uncredited) .... Benefit Show Guest
- And She Learned About Dames (1934) (uncredited) .... Herself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Blondell, Joan. _Center Door Fancy_ (roman à clef). New York: Delacorte Press, 1972.
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