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Joan Blondell
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Actor Born: August 30, 1906 in New York City, NY Death: December 25, 1979 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA Biography:A lovable star with a vivacious personality, mesmerizing smile, and big blue eyes, "Joan Blondell", the daughter of stage comic Eddie Blondell (one of the original Katzenjammer Kids), spent her childhood touring the world with her vaudevillian parents and appearing with them in shows. She joined a stock company at age 17, then came to New York after winning a Miss Dallas beauty contest. She then appeared in several Broadway productions and in the Ziegfield Follies before being paired with another unknown, actor "James Cagney", in the stage musical "Penny Arcade"; a year later this became the film "Sinners Holiday", propelling her to stardom. Blondell spent eight years under contract with Warner Bros., where she was cast as dizzy blondes and wisecracking gold-diggers. She generally appeared in comedies and musicals and was paired ten times on the screen with actor "Dick Powell", to whom she was... Full Biography
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