Joan Blondell
add a quote
edit
There`s a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a dead pan are getting away wit it. I`d hate to see them on stage with a dog act.
Short facts
Birthdate :August 30, 1906
Location :New York City , New York
Country : United States of America
Sign :
Eyes color :
Hair color :
Etnhnicity:
Job :artists
Joan Blondell contributors (1)
Joan Blondell fans (0)
There are no fans yet.
add timeline
Joan Blondell Timeline
1927
In 1927, while closing the library she worked at, she was raped by a police officer. He told her he would kill her if she told anyone. She kept her silence for decades, until finally telling her grown daughter. She went public with this in her memoirs.1934
Her son, Norman Scott, was born on November 2, 1934. He was born in the breach position, with the cord wrapped around his neck. Her labor was complicated, due to a fractured coccyx, and lasted twenty hours.1938
Mother of Norman S. Powell from her marriage to George Barnes. He was adopted by Dick Powell in February, 1938. Mother of Ellen Powell from her marriage to Dick Powell.1938
Her daughter Ellen was born in 1938.1944
According to the July 24, 1944, issue of Time Magazine, Blondell divorced Dick Powell on the grounds of cruelty alleging that "when she objected to the incessant coming and going of guests, Powell crooned: 'If you don't like it, you can get the hell out.'".1958
Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as best supporting or featured actress (dramatic) for The Rope Dancers.1961
She has a granddaughter, Joanie (born circa 1961) from daughter Ellen.1968
In the UK sitcom "Dad's Army" (1968), Private Pike has a crush on her and has dozens of pictures of her on his bedroom walls.1984
Her daughter Ellen had a long battle with cocaine that she overcame in 1984.2004
Profiled in "Killer Tomatoes: Fifteen Tough Film Dames" by Ray Hagen and Laura Wagner (McFarland, 2004).
