Filmography
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Known For
Grease Vi (1978) -
Desk Set Peg Costello (1957) -
Opening Night Sarah Goode (1977) -
Known For
Big City Blues Vida Fleet (1932) -
Actress
The Woman Inside Aunt Coll (1981) -
The Glove Mrs. Fitzgerald (1979) -
The Rebels Mrs. Brumple (1979) -
Fantasy Island Naomi Gittings (1979) -
The Champ Dolly Kenyon (1979) -
Sweepstakes Mme. Grimaldi (1979) -
The Love Boat Ramona Bevans (1978) -
Battered Edna Thompson (1978) -
Grease Vi (1978)
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The Baron Mama Lou (1977) -
![Opening Night]( "Opening Night")
Opening Night Sarah Goode (1977) -
![Starsky and Hutch]( "Starsky and Hutch")
Starsky and Hutch Mrs. Pruitt (1976) -
![Death at Love House]( "Death at Love House")
Death at Love House Marcella Geffenhart (1976) -
![Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood]( "Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood")
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Landlady (1976) -
![Switch]( "Switch")
Switch Mrs. Lear (1976) -
![Police Story]( "Police Story")
Police Story Doreen (1975) -
![Winner Take All]( "Winner Take All")
Winner Take All Beverly Craig (1975) -
![The Dead Don't Die]( "The Dead Don't Die")
The Dead Don't Die Levenia (1975) -
Bobby Parker and Company His Mother (1974)
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![The Snoop Sisters]( "The Snoop Sisters")
The Snoop Sisters Madame Mimi (1974) -
![The New Dick Van Dyke Show]( "The New Dick Van Dyke Show")
The New Dick Van Dyke Show Aunt Louise (1973) -
![Medical Center]( "Medical Center")
Medical Center Doris (1973) -
![The Rookies]( "The Rookies")
The Rookies Mrs. Darrin (1973) -
![Love, American Style]( "Love, American Style")
Love, American Style (segment "Love and the Swinging Surgeon") (1971-1973) -
![Banyon]( "Banyon")
Banyon Peggy Revere (1972) -
![McCloud]( "McCloud")
McCloud Ernestine White (1971) -
![Support Your Local Gunfighter]( "Support Your Local Gunfighter")
Support Your Local Gunfighter Jenny (1971) -
![The Name of the Game]( "The Name of the Game")
The Name of the Game Miss Wall (1970) -
![The Phynx]( "The Phynx")
The Phynx Ruby (1970) -
![Here Come the Brides]( "Here Come the Brides")
Here Come the Brides Lottie Hatfield (1968-1970) -
![Big Daddy]( "Big Daddy")
Big Daddy (1969) -
![The Outsider]( "The Outsider")
The Outsider Sadie Burch (1968) -
![Kona Coast]( "Kona Coast")
Kona Coast Kittibelle Lightfoot (1968) -
![That Girl]( "That Girl")
That Girl Marjorie Hobart (1968) -
![Stay Away, Joe]( "Stay Away, Joe")
Stay Away, Joe Glenda Callahan (1968) -
![Petticoat Junction]( "Petticoat Junction")
Petticoat Junction Florabelle Campbell (1968) -
Mrs. Thursday (1967)
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![The Guns of Will Sonnett]( "The Guns of Will Sonnett")
The Guns of Will Sonnett Miss Lottie (1967) -
![Family Affair]( "Family Affair")
Family Affair Laura London (1967) -
![Waterhole #3]( "Waterhole #3")
Waterhole #3 Lavinia (1967) -
![Winchester 73]( "Winchester 73")
Winchester 73 Larouge (1967) -
![The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.]( "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.")
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Madame (1967) -
Ace of the Mounties His girlfriend (1966)
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![The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]( "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.")
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Mrs. Fingers Stilletto (1966) -
![Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]( "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre")
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Mrs. Melvin Freebie (1966) -
And Baby Makes Three Joan Terry (1966)
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![Ride Beyond Vengeance]( "Ride Beyond Vengeance")
Ride Beyond Vengeance Mrs. Lavender (1966) -
![Slattery's People]( "Slattery's People")
Slattery's People Mrs. Lewis (1965) -
![My Three Sons]( "My Three Sons")
My Three Sons Harriet Blanchard (1965) -
![The Lucy Show]( "The Lucy Show")
The Lucy Show Joan Brenner (1965) -
![The Cincinnati Kid]( "The Cincinnati Kid")
The Cincinnati Kid Lady Fingers (1965) -
![The Magical World of Disney]( "The Magical World of Disney")
The Magical World of Disney Rose Kelsey (1965) -
![Vacation Playhouse]( "Vacation Playhouse")
Vacation Playhouse Miss Zilke (1964) -
![Dr. Kildare]( "Dr. Kildare")
Dr. Kildare Dolly Marlowe (1964) -
![Bonanza]( "Bonanza")
Bonanza Lillian Manfred (1964) -
![Burke's Law]( "Burke's Law")
Burke's Law Candy Sturdevant (1963-1964) -
![The Greatest Show on Earth]( "The Greatest Show on Earth")
The Greatest Show on Earth T.T. Hill (1964) -
![Advance to the Rear]( "Advance to the Rear")
Advance to the Rear Easy Jenny (1964) -
![The Twilight Zone]( "The Twilight Zone")
The Twilight Zone Phyllis Britt (1964) -
![Wagon Train]( "Wagon Train")
Wagon Train Ma Bleecker (1963) -
![The Virginian]( "The Virginian")
The Virginian Rosanna Dobie (1963) -
![The Real McCoys]( "The Real McCoys")
The Real McCoys Aunt Win (1963) -
![Death Valley Days]( "Death Valley Days")
Death Valley Days Lucy Tutaine (1963) -
![The Dick Powell Theatre]( "The Dick Powell Theatre")
The Dick Powell Theatre Emily Komack (1962) -
![Angel Baby]( "Angel Baby")
Angel Baby Mollie Hays (1961) -
![The Barbara Stanwyck Show]( "The Barbara Stanwyck Show")
The Barbara Stanwyck Show Helene Terry (1961) -
![The Untouchables]( "The Untouchables")
The Untouchables Hannah 'Lucy' Wagnall (1961) -
The Witness Ma Barker (1961)
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![Adventures in Paradise]( "Adventures in Paradise")
Adventures in Paradise Millicent Brass (1960) -
![Lux Playhouse]( "Lux Playhouse")
Lux Playhouse (1959) -
![Playhouse 90]( "Playhouse 90")
Playhouse 90 Mrs. Patrick (1957-1959) -
![Studio One]( "Studio One")
Studio One Ruth Breen (1958) -
![Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?]( "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?")
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Violet (1957) -
![Desk Set]( "Desk Set")
Desk Set Peg Costello (1957) -
![This Could Be the Night]( "This Could Be the Night")
This Could Be the Night Crystal St. Clair (1957) -
![Lizzie]( "Lizzie")
Lizzie Aunt Morgan James (1957) -
![The Opposite Sex]( "The Opposite Sex")
The Opposite Sex Edith Potter (1956) -
![The United States Steel Hour]( "The United States Steel Hour")
The United States Steel Hour Ellen (1955) -
![Playwrights '56]( "Playwrights '56")
Playwrights '56 Mother (1955) -
![The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater]( "The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater")
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater Dolores (1955) -
![General Electric Theater]( "General Electric Theater")
General Electric Theater Joan Preston (1955) -
![Shower of Stars]( "Shower of Stars")
Shower of Stars Bonny (1955) -
![Fireside Theatre]( "Fireside Theatre")
Fireside Theatre (1955) -
![The Colgate Comedy Hour]( "The Colgate Comedy Hour")
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954) -
![Lux Video Theatre]( "Lux Video Theatre")
Lux Video Theatre May (1953) -
![Suspense]( "Suspense")
Suspense Clara (1953) -
![Schlitz Playhouse]( "Schlitz Playhouse")
Schlitz Playhouse Calamity Jane (1952) -
![The Blue Veil]( "The Blue Veil")
The Blue Veil Annie Rawlins (1951) -
Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951)
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![For Heaven's Sake]( "For Heaven's Sake")
For Heaven's Sake Daphne Peters (1950) -
![Christmas Eve]( "Christmas Eve")
Christmas Eve Ann Nelson (1947) -
![Nightmare Alley]( "Nightmare Alley")
Nightmare Alley Zeena Krumbein (1947) -
![The Corpse Came C.O.D.]( "The Corpse Came C.O.D.")
The Corpse Came C.O.D. Rosemary Durant (1947) -
![Adventure]( "Adventure")
Adventure Helen Melohn (1945) -
![Don Juan Quilligan]( "Don Juan Quilligan")
Don Juan Quilligan Marjorie Mossrock (1945) -
![A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]( "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn")
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Aunt Sissy (1945) -
![Cry 'Havoc']( "Cry 'Havoc'")
Cry 'Havoc' Grace Lambert (1943) -
![Lady for a Night]( "Lady for a Night")
Lady for a Night Jenny Blake (1942) -
![Three Girls About Town]( "Three Girls About Town")
Three Girls About Town Hope Banner (1941) -
![Model Wife]( "Model Wife")
Model Wife Joan Keating Chambers (1941) -
![Topper Returns]( "Topper Returns")
Topper Returns Gail Richards (1941) -
![I Want a Divorce]( "I Want a Divorce")
I Want a Divorce Geraldine 'Jerry' Brokaw (1940) -
![Two Girls on Broadway]( "Two Girls on Broadway")
Two Girls on Broadway Molly Mahoney (1940) -
![Breakdowns of 1939]( "Breakdowns of 1939")
Breakdowns of 1939 (1940) -
![The Amazing Mr. Williams]( "The Amazing Mr. Williams")
The Amazing Mr. Williams Maxine Carroll (1939) -
![Good Girls Go to Paris]( "Good Girls Go to Paris")
Good Girls Go to Paris Jenny Swanson (1939) -
![The Kid from Kokomo]( "The Kid from Kokomo")
The Kid from Kokomo Doris Harvey (1939) -
![East Side of Heaven]( "East Side of Heaven")
East Side of Heaven Mary Wilson (1939) -
![Off the Record]( "Off the Record")
Off the Record Jane Morgan (1939) -
![There's Always a Woman]( "There's Always a Woman")
There's Always a Woman Sally Reardon (1938) -
![Stand-In]( "Stand-In")
Stand-In Lester Plum (1937) -
![The Perfect Specimen]( "The Perfect Specimen")
The Perfect Specimen Mona Carter (1937) -
![Back in Circulation]( "Back in Circulation")
Back in Circulation 'Timmy' Blake (1937) -
![The King and the Chorus Girl]( "The King and the Chorus Girl")
The King and the Chorus Girl Miss Dorothy Ellis (1937) -
![Gold Diggers of 1937]( "Gold Diggers of 1937")
Gold Diggers of 1937 Norma Perry (1936) -
![Three Men on a Horse]( "Three Men on a Horse")
Three Men on a Horse Mabel (1936) -
![Stage Struck]( "Stage Struck")
Stage Struck Peggy Revere (1936) -
![Bullets or Ballots]( "Bullets or Ballots")
Bullets or Ballots Lee Morgan (1936) -
![Sons o' Guns]( "Sons o' Guns")
Sons o' Guns Yvonne (1936) -
![Colleen]( "Colleen")
Colleen Minnie Hawkins (1936) -
![Miss Pacific Fleet]( "Miss Pacific Fleet")
Miss Pacific Fleet Gloria Fay (1935) -
![We're in the Money]( "We're in the Money")
We're in the Money Ginger Stewart (1935) -
![Broadway Gondolier]( "Broadway Gondolier")
Broadway Gondolier Alice Hughes (1935) -
![Traveling Saleslady]( "Traveling Saleslady")
Traveling Saleslady Angela Twitchell (1935) -
![Kansas City Princess]( "Kansas City Princess")
Kansas City Princess Rosie Sturgess (1934) -
![Dames]( "Dames")
Dames Mabel Anderson (1934) -
![Smarty]( "Smarty")
Smarty Vicki Wallace / Thorpe (1934) -
![He Was Her Man]( "He Was Her Man")
He Was Her Man Rose Lawrence (1934) -
![I've Got Your Number]( "I've Got Your Number")
I've Got Your Number Marie Lawson (1934) -
![Just Around the Corner]( "Just Around the Corner")
Just Around the Corner Mrs. Graham (1933) -
![Convention City]( "Convention City")
Convention City Nancy Lorraine (1933) -
![Havana Widows]( "Havana Widows")
Havana Widows Mae Knight (1933) -
![Footlight Parade]( "Footlight Parade")
Footlight Parade Nan Prescott (1933) -
![Goodbye Again]( "Goodbye Again")
Goodbye Again Anne Rogers (1933) -
![Gold Diggers of 1933]( "Gold Diggers of 1933")
Gold Diggers of 1933 Carol King (1933) -
![Blondie Johnson]( "Blondie Johnson")
Blondie Johnson Blondie Johnson (1933) -
![Broadway Bad]( "Broadway Bad")
Broadway Bad Tony Landers (1933) -
![Lawyer Man]( "Lawyer Man")
Lawyer Man Olga Michaels (1932) -
![Central Park]( "Central Park")
Central Park Dot (1932) -
![Three on a Match]( "Three on a Match")
Three on a Match Mary Keaton (1932) -
![Big City Blues]( "Big City Blues")
Big City Blues Vida Fleet (1932) -
![Make Me a Star]( "Make Me a Star")
Make Me a Star 'Flips' Montague (1932) -
![Miss Pinkerton]( "Miss Pinkerton")
Miss Pinkerton Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton (1932) -
![The Famous Ferguson Case]( "The Famous Ferguson Case")
The Famous Ferguson Case Maizie Dickson (1932) -
![The Crowd Roars]( "The Crowd Roars")
The Crowd Roars Anne Scott (1932) -
![The Greeks Had a Word for Them]( "The Greeks Had a Word for Them")
The Greeks Had a Word for Them Schatzi Sutro (1932) -
![Union Depot]( "Union Depot")
Union Depot Ruth Collins (1932) -
![Blonde Crazy]( "Blonde Crazy")
Blonde Crazy Anne Roberts (1931) -
![The Reckless Hour]( "The Reckless Hour")
The Reckless Hour Myrtle Nichols (1931) -
![Night Nurse]( "Night Nurse")
Night Nurse Maloney (1931) -
![Big Business Girl]( "Big Business Girl")
Big Business Girl Pearl (1931) -
![My Past]( "My Past")
My Past Marion Moore (1931) -
![The Public Enemy]( "The Public Enemy")
The Public Enemy Mamie (1931) -
![God's Gift to Women]( "God's Gift to Women")
God's Gift to Women Fifi (1931) -
![Illicit]( "Illicit")
Illicit Helen 'Duckie' Childers (1931) -
![Millie]( "Millie")
Millie Angie Wickerstaff (1931) -
![Other Men's Women]( "Other Men's Women")
Other Men's Women Marie (1931) -
![Sinners' Holiday]( "Sinners' Holiday")
Sinners' Holiday Myrtle (1930) -
![The Office Wife]( "The Office Wife")
The Office Wife Katherine Murdock (1930) -
The Heart Breaker Drug store clerk (1930)
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The Devil's Parade (1930)
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Actress
![Broadway's Like That]( "Broadway's Like That")
Broadway's Like That Ruth's Pal (1930) -
Soundtrack
![Feud: Bette and Joan]( "Feud: Bette and Joan")
Feud: Bette and Joan (2017) -
![Brother Can You Spare a Dime]( "Brother Can You Spare a Dime")
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) -
![Petticoat Junction]( "Petticoat Junction")
Petticoat Junction (1968) -
![The Blue Veil]( "The Blue Veil")
The Blue Veil (1951) -
![Cry 'Havoc']( "Cry 'Havoc'")
Cry 'Havoc' (1943) -
![Lady for a Night]( "Lady for a Night")
Lady for a Night (1942) -
![Two Girls on Broadway]( "Two Girls on Broadway")
Two Girls on Broadway (1940) -
![East Side of Heaven]( "East Side of Heaven")
East Side of Heaven (1939) -
![Stand-In]( "Stand-In")
Stand-In (1937) -
![Gold Diggers of 1937]( "Gold Diggers of 1937")
Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936) -
![Sons o' Guns]( "Sons o' Guns")
Sons o' Guns (1936) -
![Colleen]( "Colleen")
Colleen (1936) -
![We're in the Money]( "We're in the Money")
We're in the Money (1935) -
![Broadway Gondolier]( "Broadway Gondolier")
Broadway Gondolier (1935) -
![Dames]( "Dames")
Dames (1934) -
![Gold Diggers of 1933]( "Gold Diggers of 1933")
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) -
Soundtrack
![Illicit]( "Illicit")
Illicit (1931) -
Archive footage
![The Movies]( "The Movies")
The Movies (2019) -
![Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression]( "Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression")
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![Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film]( "Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film")
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![Complicated Women]( "Complicated Women")
Complicated Women (2003) -
![Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory]( "Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory")
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![Century of Cinema]( "Century of Cinema")
Century of Cinema (1995) -
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![Classic Movie Bloopers]( "Classic Movie Bloopers")
Classic Movie Bloopers (1990) -
![Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge]( "Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge")
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![Movie Bloopers]( "Movie Bloopers")
Movie Bloopers (1988) -
![Going Hollywood: The '30s]( "Going Hollywood: The '30s")
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984) -
![James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy]( "James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy")
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![Brother Can You Spare a Dime]( "Brother Can You Spare a Dime")
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) -
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![The Spy in the Green Hat]( "The Spy in the Green Hat")
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967) -
![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1963-1964) -
![When the Talkies Were Young]( "When the Talkies Were Young")
When the Talkies Were Young (1955) -
Archive footage
![Talent Scout]( "Talent Scout")
Talent Scout (1937) -
![And She Learned About Dames]( "And She Learned About Dames")
And She Learned About Dames (1934)
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Did You Know
Trivia
She wrote a novel, "Center Door Fancy", which was a very thinly disguised autobiography in which she portrayed her ex-husbands. Dick Powell was represented as being very stingy.
Quotes
In the '20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the '30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that. Jimmy Cagney and Eddie Robinson had voices that were as important as the characters they ...
Star Sign
Virgo
Personal Details
Born
Rose Joan Blondell
New York City, New York, USA
Died
(age 73)
Santa Monica, California, USA
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