Gloria Blondell

Acting

Gloria Blondell

Born 1915-08-16 · New York City, New York, USA

Gloria Blondell (August 16, 1915 – March 25, 1986) was a stage, film, and television actress and the younger sister of actress Joan Blondell.

Acting credits

Don't Bother to Knock poster
6.6

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

Four's a Crowd poster
5.5

A public relations man falls for his most difficult client's granddaughter.

Four's a Crowd

1938

Model Wife poster
6.5

Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.

Model Wife

1941

The Twonky poster
4.3

A college professor, left alone by his wife for the weekend, discovers his new TV set is not only alive, but determined to take control of his entire life.

The Twonky

1953

Donald's Double Trouble poster
6.1

Daisy tells Donald he has to improve his English and manners before she'll see him again. Fortunately, an exact double with an English accent, clear speech, and impeccable manners happens by. Donald talks him into posing as Donald, but grows increasingly jealous as Daisy hugs and kisses the stranger.

Donald's Double Trouble

1946

Crazy Over Daisy poster
6.6

It's the 1890s, and Donald is riding his penny-farthing bicycle to see Daisy when Chip 'n Dale make fun of him. It quickly escalates into a full-fledged war between Donald and the chipmunks.

Crazy Over Daisy

1950

Three Sappy People poster
6.7

The stooges are phone repairmen who are mistaken for the psychiatrists in whose office they are working. A rich man hires them to treat his impetuous young wife who is always running of for submarine rides and the like. The boys ruin a dinner party at their clients mansion but their antics so amuse his wife the she is cured and the stooges are paid off handsomely.

Three Sappy People

1939

Home on the Rage poster
6.0

Andy mistakenly believes his wife and brother-in-law are conspiring to murder him for insurance.

Home on the Rage

1938

The Daredevil Drivers poster
6.0

To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.

The Daredevil Drivers

1938

The Lady Objects poster
5.7

A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.

The Lady Objects

1938

The Sap Takes a Wrap poster
8.0

Charley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when the ladies want their coat back, Charley goes to great lengths to recover it.

The Sap Takes a Wrap

1939

Sleepy Time Donald poster
6.3

Donald Duck would never believe it, but he suffers from sleepwalking. In this blessed innocent state he makes a nightly call at Daisy's, as if it were the time of their romantic appointment; knowing one should not wake or contradict a sleepwalker, she plays along, but finds it increasingly difficult to follow Donald and prevent him coming to harm when he ignorantly strolls the most dangerous places, such as the lion's cage in the zoo, including impossible ones, such as up a wall and even upside down. When she finally gets Donald safely in bed, he wakes up and thinks, seeing her sneak out, she's the sleepwalker.

Sleepy Time Donald

1947

White Lightning poster
7.5

The Red Devils, a professional ice hockey team, owned by Jack Monohan, is in the midst of a long losing streak, due to bribes being accepted from gamblers by the star player. When the team is joined by cocky Mike Connors, a boyhood friend of Jack's, they begin to regain their former winning ways.

White Lightning

1953

Juvenile Court poster
6.0

Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.

Juvenile Court

1938

The Story of Menstruation poster
5.7

A basic explanation of the purpose and process of menstruation, told largely with diagrams.

The Story of Menstruation

1946

Donald's Crime poster
6.8

On the night he promised to take Daisy out, Donald Duck discovers he's broke. Desperate for spending money, he gets it in the last place he knows: his three nephews' piggy bank. After their night out, Daisy thanks the 'rich' big spender, which only makes Donald remember how penniless and remorseful he is. What ensues is Donald's guilt (and imagination) taking him on a nerve-wracking ride in the role of a wanted man.

Donald's Crime

1945

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning" poster
NR

Silent home movies, in both black and white and color, featuring footage of Dick Powell and Joan Blondell in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs. Scenes include backyard shots by a swimming pool, dancing near the pool, dogs and puppies, Joan’s son Norman playing outside, Joan and Norman posing in a car, scenic shots from a roadtrip, a backyard party, and Joan and her sister Gloria dancing. From the collection of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

Dick Powell and Joan Blondell home movies: "No. 1, From beginning"

1936

Donald's Dilemma poster
6.4

Donald and Daisy are walking when he is hit by a flowerpot. He's convinced he's a famous singer, and he croons divinely, but does not recognize Daisy. He in fact does become famous. Daisy is devastated by her inability to get over him and sees a psychiatrist. He tells her she has to choose between the world having Donald, or her getting him back. She picks herself, and drops another flowerpot, which restores him.

Donald's Dilemma

1947

Accidents Will Happen poster
6.3

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.

Accidents Will Happen

1938

Cured Duck poster
6.5

Donald visits Daisy. When he can't open a window, he flies into a rage and practically destroys her house. She won't see him again until he takes care of that temper. He orders a mail-order insult machine, which promises that if Donald can endure 10 minutes of abuse without losing his temper, he'll be cured. It proceeds to deliver physical and verbal abuse, and Donald is cured. He goes back and Daisy tests him on the balky window.

Cured Duck

1945