Joan Davis
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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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Acted in
The Sound of Laughter
1963
as Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
I Married Joan
1952
as Joan Stevens
Harem Girl
1952
as Susie Perkins
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
as Alice Dean
Let's Join Joanie
1950
as Joanie Davis
Love That Brute
1950
as Mamie Sage
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
as Mabel King
Make Mine Laughs
1949
as (archive footage)
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Susie Parker
She Wrote the Book
1946
as Jane Featherstone
George White's Scandals
1945
as Joan Mason
She Gets Her Man
1945
as Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
Kansas City Kitty
1944
as Polly Jasper
Show Business
1944
as Joan Mason
Beautiful But Broke
1944
as Dottie Duncan
Around the World
1943
as Joan Davis
Two Señoritas from Chicago
1943
as Daisy Baker
He's My Guy
1943
as Madge Donovan
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Yokel Boy
1942
as Molly Malone
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
as Joan Daley
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
as Miss Carstairs
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Camille Brewster
For Beauty's Sake
1941
as Dottie Nickerson
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
as Edna Higgins
Sailor's Lady
1940
as Myrtle
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
as Nellie
Day-time Wife
1939
as Miss Applegate
Too Busy to Work
1939
as Lolly
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
Tail Spin
1939
as Babe Dugan
Just Around the Corner
1938
as Kitty
Hold That Co-ed
1938
as Lizzie Olsen
My Lucky Star
1938
as Mary Dwight
Josette
1938
as May Morris
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
as Irene Keene
Love and Hisses
1937
as Joan Dolan
Life Begins in College
1937
as Inez
Thin Ice
1937
as Orchestra Leader
Wake Up and Live
1937
as Comic Spanish Dancer
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
Sing and Be Happy
1937
as Myrtle
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Strivers
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
as Flossie Duff
On the Avenue
1937
as Miss Katz
Time Out for Romance
1937
as Midge Dooley
The Holy Terror
1937
as Lili
Bunker Bean
1936
as Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)
Millions in the Air
1935
as Singer
Way Up Thar
1935
as Jennie Kurtz