Here is what really happened to Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and others ." The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy film The Women. Barbara Jo Allen had the distinction of being in both the 1939 and 1956 versionsin the first film, she had a small, uncredited part as a receptionist; in the second, she played gossip columnist Dolly DeHaven. The first is Miriam Hopkins and the second is Faye Dunaway, whose name is most appropriate. 3 (1967); Kona Coast (1968); Stay Away, Joe (1968); Big Daddy (1969); Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971); Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Opening Night (1978); Grease (1978); The Champ (1979); The Glove (1979); The Woman Inside (1981). She ruled alone. She was born in a family of comedians. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. At the end of her career, Blondell became discouraged by the quality of scripts that were sent her way, calling them "pointless, rotten and unnecessary." Powell was a friend of Hart to Hart actor Robert Wagner and producer Aaron Spelling. In 1927, while closing the library she worked at, she was raped by a police officer. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. But overall, Davis (who would only marry one actorGary Merrill, her costar in All About Eve and the fourth of her four husbands) had a rather dismal view of her vain male counterparts. getting away wit it. Near the end of her life, Blondell was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Opening Night (1977). . Anatomy of a Crime. The other films include: Havana Widows (1933), Kansas City Princess (1934), We're in the Money (1935) and Miss Pacific Fleet (1935). In the story line, Lucy sues a railroad company, against great odds, for causing the death of her cow. He then sold the rights to Warner Bros., with the proviso that Blondell and Cagney be cast in the film version, named Sinners' Holiday (1930). 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. Stormy Facts About June Allyson, Hollywood's Girl Next Door Joan was born Rose Blondell in Manhattan, New York, the daughter of Katie and Eddie Blondell, who were vaudeville performers. After dinner, Mother would pass some candy around, turn out our lights and pull up all our shades. Her family comprised a vaudeville troupe, the Bouncing Blondells.[11]. *Irish (mother). Although Warner Bros. brought them both to Hollywood, the pair was regarded as inexperienced and were cast in much smaller roles. Mike Todd went on to a notorious union with actress Elizabeth Taylor and was killed in a plane crash in 1958. University of North Texas! Late in life, Blondell had mellow recollections of the men in her life. Joan was on the stage when she was three years old. I rode into the field with sword gleaming and standard flying. In 1944, she and Mr. Powell, by whom she had a daughter, were divorced. American actress. He told her he would kill her if she told anyone. Blondell and Powell were divorced on July 14, 1944. Powell was born in Los Angeles by parents who make a living on-screen and adopted by a multi-faceted entertainer. [12] In the 1939 version of The Women, actress Lucile Watson was featured in the cast as Mrs. Morehead, the loving, wise, and supportive mother of Norma Shearer's character Mary Haines. Indeed she was a legend. Her mother was of Irish heritage. She was married for the first time in 1933 to George Barnes, a cinematographer. In 1930, she starred with James Cagney in Penny Arcade on Broadway. Singer, actress Her sister was actress Gloria Blondell.