The Resume

(September 15, 1908-November 12, 2003)
Birth name was Mariana Dorothy Agnes Letitia McNulty
Best known as Blondie Bumstead in the long running 'Blondie' movie series
Provides voice of Jane Jetson on 'The Jetsons'

Why she might be annoying:

She married Dr. Lawrence Singleton, a dentist, for only two years (1937-39).
The 'Penny' came from her collection of pennies.
She didn't think she'd get the 'Blondie' role because she was a natural brunette.
Right before the series began she starred opposite Humphrey Bogart in 'Swing Your Lady (1938),' a movie Bogart considered the worst movie he'd ever made.
Once she landed the 'Blondie' role she bleached her hair blond for the REST OF HER LIFE.
Between 1938-50 she did 28 'Blondie' movies, then had just one movie role afterwards, 'The Best Man (1964),' and her scenes were deleted.
She portrayed the role on radio between 1939-50. (typecast)
Of playing creator Chic Young's 'Blondie' cartoon role in the movies she stated, 'God Bless Chic Young!' (brown noser).
She organized the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes' 27-day strike for improved working conditions (1966).

Why she might not be annoying:

At eighteen she was in a vaudeville act with Jack Benny.
She was an outspoken, independent woman who involved herself in union affairs, serving two terms as President of AGVA (the American Guild of Variety Artists).
She was the first woman to become president of an AFL-CIO union.
At a time when New York City unions were controlled by the Mafia, she put herself at great risk. She stood firm and ultimately triumphing over organized crime.
In the 80's at the height of the new wave Blondie popularity, a meeting was arranged between her and lead singer Deborah Harry, who wanted to meet her. The two hit it off and became friends.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
She said of her career, 'I loved everything I did, big or small, it didn't matter as long as it was fun and pleasing to people.'
She died of a stroke but lived to be 95 (2003).
She wasn't included in the 2004 Academy Awards 'Dearly Departed' video tribute sequence.

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I am from Philadelphia
• I Am Vaudeville [M-Z]
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 95)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[R-T]
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Murder She Wrote Guest Stars
• My Name is U.S. Currency
• Next Stop: The Twilight Zone
• Platinum Blondes
• Profiles 13751-14000 (Ranked: 13865)
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 01]
• The Thin Man [Film Series]
• Voices of Hanna-Barbera
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20031112)
• Weights and Measure Names

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 10.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 35.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 53 Votes: 64.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 29.41% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 302 Votes: 67.22% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 93 Votes: 37.63% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 36.59% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 205 Votes: 44.88% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 141 Votes: 45.39% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 807 Votes: 44.11% Annoying