Joan Shawlee

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-03-05 (61 years old)

Deathday

1987-03-22

Place of Birth

Forest Hills, New York, USA

Joan Shawlee

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).

Acting

1959

Some Like It Hot

as Sweet Sue

1960

The Apartment

as Sylvia

1963

Irma la Douce

as Amazon Annie

1963

Critic's Choice

as Marge Orr

1950

1954

1967

Tony Rome

as Fat Candy

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Sylvia Hunter

1950

1955

Bowery to Bagdad

as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"

1975

Matt Helm

as Saleslady

1947

I'll Be Yours

as Blonde

1946

The Runaround

as Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)

1971

1946

Tangier

as Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)

1946

1946

1953

From Here to Eternity

as Sandra (uncredited)

1975

Farewell, My Lovely

as Woman in Ballroom

1977

1954

A Star Is Born

as Joan (uncredited)

1967

The Reluctant Astronaut

as Blonde in Bar

1946

Idea Girl

as Mabel

1955

Conquest of Space

as Rosie McCann

1946

Inside Job

as Ruth (as Joan Fulton)

1954

Francis Joins the WACS

as Sergeant Kipp

1946

House of Horrors

as Stella McNally

1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)

1971

Willard

as Alice Rickles

1982

1953

All Ashore

as Hedy

1947

1968

1966

The Wild Angels

as Momma Monahan

1971

1981

Buddy Buddy

as Receptionist

1964

Guerillas in Pink Lace

as Miss Gloria Maxine

1946

1947

Michigan Kid

as Soubrette

1981

1947

Song of Scheherazade

as French Girl

1952

Because of You

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

1994

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