Joan Davis
Acting1907Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Biography
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Joan Davis (June 29, 1907 – May 22, 1961) was an American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio and television. Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy, I Married Joan, Davis had a successful earlier career as a B-movie actress and a leading star of 1940s radio comedy.
Born as Madonna Josephine Davis in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Davis was a performer since childhood. She appeared with her husband Si Wills in vaudeville.
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Known For
Acting History
1963
The Sound of Laughter
as Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)
1958
The Steve Allen Show
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self• 2 eps
1952
Harem Girl
as Susie Perkins
I Married Joan
TVas Joan Stevens
1951
The Groom Wore Spurs
as Alice Dean
1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Mabel King
Love That Brute
as Mamie Sage
Let's Join Joanie
as Joanie Davis
The Traveling Saleswoman
Producer
1949
Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
1948
If You Knew Susie
as Susie Parker
1946
She Wrote the Book
as Jane Featherstone
1945
George White's Scandals
as Joan Mason
She Gets Her Man
as Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
1944
1943
1942
Yokel Boy
as Molly Malone
1941
Sun Valley Serenade
as Miss Carstairs
For Beauty's Sake
as Dottie Nickerson
Hold That Ghost
as Camille Brewster
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Joan Daley
1940
1939
Too Busy to Work
as Lolly
Tail Spin
as Babe Dugan
Day-time Wife
as Miss Applegate
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1938
Just Around the Corner
as Kitty
My Lucky Star
as Mary Dwight
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene Keene
Hold That Co-ed
as Lizzie Olsen
Josette
as May Morris
1937
Thin Ice
as Orchestra Leader
Angel's Holiday
as Strivers
On the Avenue
as Miss Katz
Wake Up and Live
as Comic Spanish Dancer
Life Begins in College
as Inez
You Can't Have Everything
as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
Love and Hisses
as Joan Dolan
The Great Hospital Mystery
as Flossie Duff
Time Out for Romance
as Midge Dooley
Sing and Be Happy
as Myrtle
The Holy Terror
as Lili
1936
Bunker Bean
as Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)
1935
Way Up Thar
as Jennie Kurtz
Millions in the Air
as Singer