Joan blondell biography book

Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes
University Press of Mississippi,

Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes is the first ever biography of the effervescent, scene stealing actress () who conquered motion pictures, vaudeville, Broadway, summer stock, television, radio, and publishing.

Born the child of itinerant vaudevillians, she was on stage by age 3. Blessed with a casual sex appeal, distinctive cello voice, megawatt smile, luminous saucer eyes, and flawless timing, she came into widespread fame in Warner Bros.

musicals and comedies of the s, including Blonde Crazy, Gold Diggers of , and Footlight Parade.

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Her gifts at drama were showcased in the family classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the film noir Nightmare Alley, and the tearjerker The Blue Veil, for which she was Oscar nominated. Later she became a staple of television through countless guest spots and her Emmy nominated role in the s series Here Come the Brides.

In testimony to her underappreciated versati