Trivia

She was first choice for Dagwood Bumstead's wife when Chic Young's comic-strip couple moved to movies in Blondie (1938). The role eventually went to Penny Singleton (after a quick dye job) for 28 films in a dozen years.

She married film producer Albert Broccoli on July 26, 1940; they divorced August 7, 1945. On September 14, 1946, she married Victor Hunter in Monterey, California. They remained married until his death in 1980, just weeks after her sister's death. Gloria and Victor had one premature daughter, who died at birth. Gloria also nearly died from blood loss, and her life was only saved by an emergency hysterectomy.

She was a popular featured actress during the Golden Age of Radio. Blondell had the role of secretary Jerry Booker on I Love a Mystery. Her appearances on radio include Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Lux Radio Theatre, Arch Oboler's Plays, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Screen Directors Playhouse, The Great Gildersleeve, among many others.

Was the first actress to voice the role of Meta Bauer (Jan Carter) on "The Guiding Light".

Like her sister, she was a registered Republican.

She once said that she first went on stage when she was 9 months old, and she was described as "a trouper at three (years of age)". Her family comprised a vaudeville troupe, the "Bouncing Blondells", whose members were her parents, her sister and her brother. In 1935, she appeared in the Broadway production of "Three Men on a Horse" at the Playhouse in New York City.

She may be best remembered for her role as Honeybee Gillis in the 1950s sitcom starring William Bendix, "The Life of Riley".