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Joan Davis

Joan Davis

Born: 1907-06-29 • Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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