Joan Davis
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (47)
The Sound of Laughter
as Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)
1963
Harem Girl
as Susie Perkins
1952
The Groom Wore Spurs
as Alice Dean
1951
Let's Join Joanie
as Joanie Davis
1950
Love That Brute
as Mamie Sage
1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
as Mabel King
1950
Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
1949
If You Knew Susie
as Susie Parker
1948
She Wrote the Book
as Jane Featherstone
1946
George White's Scandals
as Joan Mason
1945
She Gets Her Man
as Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
1945
Kansas City Kitty
as Polly Jasper
1944
Show Business
as Joan Mason
1944
Beautiful But Broke
as Dottie Duncan
1944
Around the World
as Joan Davis
1943
Two Señoritas from Chicago
as Daisy Baker
1943
He's My Guy
as Madge Donovan
1943
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Yokel Boy
as Molly Malone
1942
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Joan Daley
1941
Sun Valley Serenade
as Miss Carstairs
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
1941
Hold That Ghost
as Camille Brewster
1941
For Beauty's Sake
as Dottie Nickerson
1941
Manhattan Heartbeat
as Edna Higgins
1940
Sailor's Lady
as Myrtle
1940
Free, Blonde and 21
as Nellie
1940
Day-time Wife
as Miss Applegate
1939
Too Busy to Work
as Lolly
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
Tail Spin
as Babe Dugan
1939
Just Around the Corner
as Kitty
1938
Hold That Co-ed
as Lizzie Olsen
1938
My Lucky Star
as Mary Dwight
1938
Josette
as May Morris
1938
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene Keene
1938
Love and Hisses
as Joan Dolan
1937
Life Begins in College
as Inez
1937
Thin Ice
as Orchestra Leader
1937
Wake Up and Live
as Comic Spanish Dancer
1937
You Can't Have Everything
as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
1937
Sing and Be Happy
as Myrtle
1937
Angel's Holiday
as Strivers
1937
The Great Hospital Mystery
as Flossie Duff
1937
On the Avenue
as Miss Katz
1937
Time Out for Romance
as Midge Dooley
1937
The Holy Terror
as Lili
1937
