Joan Davis

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-06-29 (54 years old)

Deathday

1961-05-22

Place of Birth

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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.

Acting

1963

The Sound of Laughter

as Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)

1941

Hold That Ghost

as Camille Brewster

1943

Around the World

as Joan Davis

1941

Sun Valley Serenade

as Miss Carstairs

1937

Thin Ice

as Orchestra Leader

1939

Tail Spin

as Babe Dugan

1939

Day-time Wife

as Miss Applegate

1937

Angel's Holiday

as Strivers

1951

1944

Beautiful But Broke

as Dottie Duncan

1937

On the Avenue

as Miss Katz

1950

Love That Brute

as Mamie Sage

1948

If You Knew Susie

as Susie Parker

1935

Way Up Thar

as Jennie Kurtz

1944

Show Business

as Joan Mason

1952

Harem Girl

as Susie Perkins

1945

1945

She Gets Her Man

as Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington

1937

Wake Up and Live

as Comic Spanish Dancer

1938

Hold That Co-ed

as Lizzie Olsen

1950

Let's Join Joanie

as Joanie Davis

1939

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

1938

Sally, Irene and Mary

as Irene Keene

1938

My Lucky Star

as Mary Dwight

1937

You Can't Have Everything

as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)

1938

Josette

as May Morris

1939

1937

Love and Hisses

as Joan Dolan

1937

1940

Sailor's Lady

as Myrtle

1944

Kansas City Kitty

as Polly Jasper

1950

1942

Yokel Boy

as Molly Malone

1937

Time Out for Romance

as Midge Dooley

1940

1937

1943

He's My Guy

as Madge Donovan

1940

Manhattan Heartbeat

as Edna Higgins

1949

Make Mine Laughs

as (archive footage)

1943

1946

She Wrote the Book

as Jane Featherstone

1941

1936

Bunker Bean

as Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)

1941

For Beauty's Sake

as Dottie Nickerson

1937

1935

Production

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