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![]() Click for a larger photo of this vintage pinup girl Joan Blondell Joan Blondell 1940's vintage pinup girl introduction:"Joan Blondell was heading up a U.S.O. show at the Camp (Tent City, Fort Sill, Oklahoma) and was one of the honored guests. The very beautiful Joan Blondell was one of the top actresses of our day. She presented the General with an unusual request which was granted. Joan wanted to fire a live round from an M7. There was a brief Parade in Review when the weapon selection was made. The number one gun of Staff Sergeant Joseph Gaiteri was the choice. For lack of room in the box, the Sergeant ordered a crew of three for the Joan Blondell firing. "Craven, Kazolowski and Russo" were the names called out by Sergeant Gaiteri. Craven would be at the gun sight. Russo would load and unload the 105 Howitzer and instruct Joan Blondell. Kazolowski would take the elevation side at the machine gun turret side. Joan Blondell would be placed to the right of the Gun cradle and out of harms way." Read the rest of this funny Joan Blondell U.S. Army USO Camp Show Artillary celebraty calamaty story told by Peter N. Russo. Stage Name: Joan Blondell Birth Name: Rose Joan Blondell Occupation: Stage, Movie, TV Actress / Singer / Dancer / Beauty Queen / Pinup Model Years Active: 1927–1979 Notable Works: Joan Blondell was a prized 1930s 1940s pinup girl and cherished WWII USO Show celebrity entertainer; in 1950 she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in The Blue Veil; she gave a great performance as Lady Fingers in the film The Cincinnati Kid (1965), garnering a Golden Globe nomination and National Board of Review win for Best Supporting Actress. Date/Place Birth: August 30, 1906(1906-08-30); New York City, New York, U.S.A. Date/Death/Cause: She died of leukemia in Santa Monica, California at the age of 73 with her children and her sister at her bedside. She is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California; Plot: Garden of Honor, Columbarium of the Evening Star. Spouse(s) & Children: George Barnes (1933–1936 divorced) 1 child; Dick Powell (1936–1944 divorced) 1 child; Mike Todd (1947–1950 divorced) Short Biography: Joan Blondell was born into the entertainment business (vaudeville) and as a teen she was a young beauty queen (Rosebud Blondell); when World War Two broke out she was already a well established and accomplished professional Broadway Stage and Hollywood Movie celebrity actress so of course during WII she was a prized pinup girl. She mainly played character roles, such as Aunt Cissy in the 1945 production of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn with director Elia Kazan. Over her lifetime she worked on scores (80+) of feature films and short film subjects; she appeared in three television series in the 1960s and 1970s resulting in 2 Emmy Nominations: The Real McCoys, Here Comes the Bride, and Banyon. In 1972 she wrote the novel Center Door Fancy, a work of thinly disguised fiction based on her own career;was married 3 times and raised 2 children. |
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