About
Joan Davis
Overview
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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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Known for
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| 1963 | The Sound of Laughter | Actor | Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer) | 59 Average |
| 1952 | I Married Joan | Actor | Joan Stevens | 69 Fair |
| 1952 | Harem Girl | Actor | Susie Perkins | 59 Average |
| 1951 | The Groom Wore Spurs | Actor | Alice Dean | 58 Average |
| 1950 | Let's Join Joanie | Actor | Joanie Davis | N/A N/A |
| 1950 | Love That Brute | Actor | Mamie Sage | 59 Average |
| 1950 | The Traveling Saleswoman | Actor | Mabel King | 58 Average |
| 1949 | Make Mine Laughs | Actor | (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Actor | Susie Parker | 59 Average |
| 1946 | She Wrote the Book | Actor | Jane Featherstone | 59 Average |
| 1945 | George White's Scandals | Actor | Joan Mason | 59 Average |
| 1945 | She Gets Her Man | Actor | Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Kansas City Kitty | Actor | Polly Jasper | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Show Business | Actor | Joan Mason | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Beautiful But Broke | Actor | Dottie Duncan | N/A N/A |
| 1943 | Around the World | Actor | Joan Davis | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Two Señoritas from Chicago | Actor | Daisy Baker | 59 Average |
| 1943 | He's My Guy | Actor | Madge Donovan | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1942 | Yokel Boy | Actor | Molly Malone | 58 Average |
| 1941 | Two Latins from Manhattan | Actor | Joan Daley | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Sun Valley Serenade | Actor | Miss Carstairs | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Actor | Camille Brewster | 59 Average |
| 1941 | For Beauty's Sake | Actor | Dottie Nickerson | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Manhattan Heartbeat | Actor | Edna Higgins | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Actor | Myrtle | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Free, Blonde and 21 | Actor | Nellie | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Day-time Wife | Actor | Miss Applegate | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Too Busy to Work | Actor | Lolly | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Actor | Babe Dugan | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Just Around the Corner | Actor | Kitty | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Hold That Co-ed | Actor | Lizzie Olsen | 59 Average |
| 1938 | My Lucky Star | Actor | Mary Dwight | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Josette | Actor | May Morris | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Actor | Irene Keene | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Love and Hisses | Actor | Joan Dolan | N/A N/A |
| 1937 | Life Begins in College | Actor | Inez | N/A N/A |
| 1937 | Thin Ice | Actor | Orchestra Leader | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Wake Up and Live | Actor | Comic Spanish Dancer | 58 Average |
| 1937 | You Can't Have Everything | Actor | Girl in YWCA (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Sing and Be Happy | Actor | Myrtle | N/A N/A |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Actor | Strivers | 59 Average |
| 1937 | The Great Hospital Mystery | Actor | Flossie Duff | 58 Average |
| 1937 | On the Avenue | Actor | Miss Katz | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Time Out for Romance | Actor | Midge Dooley | 58 Average |
| 1937 | The Holy Terror | Actor | Lili | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean | Actor | Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Millions in the Air | Actor | Singer | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | Way Up Thar | Actor | Jennie Kurtz | N/A N/A |
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| 1950 | The Traveling Saleswoman | Production | Producer | 58 Average |