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Joan Blondell |
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Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Birthday:August 30, 1906
Height:5' 3"
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- Older sister of actress Gloria Blondell.
- Mother of Norman S. Powell, from her marriage to George Barnes. He was adopted by Dick Powell in February 1938.
- Made six movies with James Cagney (at Warner Brothers) - more than any other individual actress did together with Cagney!!
- Measurements: 37-21 1/2-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- James Cagney said that the only woman he loved other than his wife was Blondell.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The Rope Dancers."
- Mother of Pamela Powell, from her marriage to Dick Powell
- 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 & going of guests, Powell crooned: 'If you don't like it, you can get the hell out.'"
- Attended the Professional Children's School in New York City.
- 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.
- Her marriage to theatrical impresario Michael Todd was an emotional and financial disaster. Todd o was a heavy spender who lost hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling (high-stakes bridge was one of his weaknesses) and went through a controversial bankruptcy during their marriage. While continuing to live the high-life on a huge estate in New York's Westchester County, the irresponsible Todd ran through Blondell's savings, then eventually dumped her for the much younger Elizabeth Taylor.
- She playfully called her friend Bette Davis's four ex-husbands "The Four Skins" as they were all gentiles.
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