Gloria Blondell [SEP] sister
Gloria Blondell
Gloria Blondell (August 16, 1915 – March 25, 1986) was an actress, known for her film work between 1938 and 1962, and was the younger sister of Joan Blondell.
Family.
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." Her father, Ed Blondell, was an actor for 80 years."
Stage.
Gloria Blondell said that she
stage version of "The Katzenjammer Kids". Blondell's mother was Kathryn ("Katie") Cain, born April 13, 1884, in Brooklyn, of Irish American parents. Her younger sister, Gloria Blondell, also an actress, was briefly married to film producer Albert R. Broccoli. Blondell also had a brother, Ed Blondell, Jr.
Her cradle was a property trunk as her parents moved from place to place and she made her first appearance on stage at the age of four months when she was carried on