Joan Shawlee
Acting1926Forest Hills, New York, USA
Biography
Reliable character actress who is perhaps known for her performance as Sweet Sue in Billy Wilder's comedy classic, "Some Like It Hot" (1959).
Known For
Acting History
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Crazy like a Fox
TVas Manager
1982
Kiss My Grits
as Wanda
1981
Child Bride of Short Creek
as Isaac's Mother
Buddy Buddy
as Receptionist
1979
The Last Resort
TVas Agnes
Hart to Hart
TVas Mrs. Goodrich / Marie
1977
Never Con a Killer
as Margo
The Feather And Father Gang
TVas Margo
1975
Farewell, My Lovely
as Woman in Ballroom
Flash and the Firecat
as Rose
Matt Helm
as Saleslady
Starsky & Hutch
TVas Mrs. Krupp
1973
The Magician
TVas Trudy Kroll
1972
Emergency!
TVas Wife / Heather
1971
Willard
as Alice Rickles
One More Train to Rob
as Big Nellie
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Polly Grant
Columbo
TVas Mitilda
1969
Love, American Style
TVas Bernice Franks
1968
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Robbie's Mother
Something for a Lonely Man
as Hooker
Adam-12
TVas Mrs. Lorena Getz
1967
The Reluctant Astronaut
as Blonde in Bar
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Tony Rome
as Fat Candy
Mannix
TVas (Annie) Duchess
1966
The Wild Angels
as Momma Monahan
1964
Guerillas in Pink Lace
as Miss Gloria Maxine
1963
Irma la Douce
as Amazon Annie
Critic's Choice
as Marge Orr
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TVas Pickles Sorrell
1960
The Apartment
as Sylvia
1959
Some Like It Hot
as Sweet Sue
1958
1955
Bowery to Bagdad
as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"
Conquest of Space
as Rosie McCann
1954
Francis Joins the WACS
as Sergeant Kipp
A Star Is Born
as Joan (uncredited)
Pride of the Blue Grass
as Mrs. Casey
1953
All Ashore
as Hedy
From Here to Eternity
as Sandra (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
TVas Angie McGonigle
1952
Because of You
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
The Abbott and Costello Show
TVas Miss Brown / Receptionist / Marriage License Bureau Clerk / Cash Register Lady / Eyewitness in Courtroom / Telephone Operator / Girl in Doctor's Office / Opera-Loving Lady in Park
1950
1947
I'll Be Yours
as Blonde
Buck Privates Come Home
as Sylvia Hunter
Michigan Kid
as Soubrette
Song of Scheherazade
as French Girl
The Vigilantes Return
as Ben's Girl
1946
The Runaround
as Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)
Lover Come Back
as Janie
Inside Job
as Ruth (as Joan Fulton)
Cuban Pete
as Ann
Tangier
as Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)
House of Horrors
as Stella McNally
White Tie and Tails
as Virgie
Idea Girl
as Mabel