." (September 19, 1936 - July 14, 1944) (divorced, 1 child), (January 4, 1933 - September 4, 1936) (divorced, 1 child), View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Kay travels to Reno to divorce from Steve who then marries Crystal, but when Kay learns that Crystal is not faithful to Steve, she starts fighting to win her ex-husband back. She started her profession in vaudeville. File:Joan-Blondell-Children-1944.jpg - Wikimedia Commons Cry Havoc. I started screaming in terror. ("Somebody Else Is Taking My Place", uncredited), performer: "Remember My Forgotten Man" (1933), performer: "Has Anybody Seen My Gal? Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale Occupation Actress Years active 1927-1979 Spouses George Barnes (m. 1933; div. The photoplay presents most of the familiar faces in the Warner repertory group. She was the envy of us all.. Ellen Powell - IMDb Actress Joan Blondell was married to the film's cinematographer George Barnes at the time of filming. . The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Musical or Comedy Picture in 1957. His world is a small one bound on the north by his own Polaris, on the south by his own twinkling toes., Of Alec Guinness, her costar in 1959s The Scapegoat, she wrote: This is an actor who plays by himself, unto himself. Joan Blondell was an American pageant queen, model, actress, and sex symbol. Initially a contract player with Warner Brothers, she was quickly stereotyped as a gun moll in such classic gangster films as Blonde Crazy and The Public, Enemy. In 1933 the studio, perhaps in appreciation, even allowed the actress to head her own ring of felons in Blondie Johnson. But then came musicals such. Joan Blondell questions - Information, Please! - TCM Message Boards Joan's first credit screen appearance was in 1929 aged over twenty. in 1936. 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. The marriage lasted eight years and ended like the first in divorce. She was born before the invention of airplanes and her featured image in this post is in black-and-white, now you get the picture.