HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS GLORIA BLONDELL
BORN AUGUST 16,1910
Gloria Blondell (August 16, 1910 – March 25, 1986) was an actress and voice actress between 1938 and 1962, and was the younger sister of Joan Blondell.[1]
Family[edit]
Blondell came from a family of entertainers. She once said, "[S]ome member of my family has been in the theater ever since the time of Richard the Lionhearted."[2] Her father, Ed Blondell, was an actor for 80 years.[2]
Stage[edit]
Gloria Blondell said that she first went on stage when she was 9 months old, and she was described as "a trouper at three [years of age].
"[2] Her family comprised a vaudeville troupe, the "Bouncing Blondells", whose members were her parents, her sister and her brother.
[3] In 1935, she appeared in the Broadway production of Three Men on a Horse at the Playhouse in New York City.[citation needed]
Overview (2)
| Date of Birth | 16 August 1910, New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of Death | 25 March 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA |
Mini Bio (1)
The lesser-known sister of Joan Blondell, she performed in around two dozen Hollywood features. First appearing on Broadway in the 1935 "Three Men on a Horse", she made her silver screen debut with 1938's "Daredevil Drivers". Gloria co-starred with Ronald Reagan in "Accidents Will Happen" (1938), then saw most of her work in the 1940s as the voice of Disney's 'Daisy Duck'. With the coming of television, she was kept busy with "I Love Lucy", "Thriller", and other fare. During the mid-1950s she had the regular role of 'Honeybee Gillis' on "The Life of Riley". Following her turn as 'Gloria' in "Calvin and the Colonel" up to 1962, she retired in Los Angeles, where she died of cancer.
Spouse (2)
| Albert R. Broccoli | (1940 - 1945) (divorced) |
| ? Hunter | (? - ?) (his death) |
Trivia (5)
Younger sister of actress Joan Blondell.
Aunt of Ellen Powell and Norman S. Powell.
She was first choice for Dagwood Bumstead's wife when Chic Young's comic-strip couple moved to movies in Blondie (1938). The role eventually went to Penny Singleton(after a quick dye job) for 28 films in a dozen years.
Like her sister, she was a registered Republican.
Was the first actress to voice the role of Meta Bauer (Jan Carter) on "The Guiding Light".
Actress (33 credits)
1961-1962Calvin and the Colonel (TV Series)
Gloria / Myrtle / Gladys
Gloria / Myrtle / Gladys
- Sister Sue's Sweetheart (1962) ... Gloria (voice)
- Cloakroom (1962) ... Myrtle (voice, uncredited)
- The Colonel's Old Flame (1962) ... Gloria (voice)
- Wheeling and Dealing (1962) ... Gloria (voice)
- Sycamore Lodge (1961) ... Gloria (voice, uncredited)
1953-1958The Life of Riley (TV Series)
Honeybee / Honeybee Gillis / Honey Bee / ...
Honeybee / Honeybee Gillis / Honey Bee / ...
- Help for Honeybee (1958) ... Honeybee
- Dudley Comes to Town (1958) ... Honeybee Gillis
- Annie's Radio Romance (1958) ... Honeybee Gillis
- The Otis Yonder Story (1958) ... Honeybee
- The Letter (1958) ... Honeybee Gillis
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