Joan Davis
Born
June 29, 1907
Died
May 22, 1961 (53 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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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Known For
The Sound of Laughter
Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)
1963
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1956
I Married Joan
Joan Stevens · (98 episodes)
1952
Harem Girl
Susie Perkins
1952
The Groom Wore Spurs
Alice Dean
1951
Let's Join Joanie
Joanie Davis
1950
Love That Brute
Mamie Sage
1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
Mabel King
1950
Make Mine Laughs
(archive footage)
1949
If You Knew Susie
Susie Parker
1948
She Wrote the Book
Jane Featherstone
1946
George White's Scandals
Joan Mason
1945
She Gets Her Man
Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
1945
Kansas City Kitty
Polly Jasper
1944
Show Business
Joan Mason
1944
Beautiful But Broke
Dottie Duncan
1944
Around the World
Joan Davis
1943
Two Señoritas from Chicago
Daisy Baker
1943
He's My Guy
Madge Donovan
1943
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Yokel Boy
Molly Malone
1942
Two Latins from Manhattan
Joan Daley
1941
Sun Valley Serenade
Miss Carstairs
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
1941
Hold That Ghost
Camille Brewster
1941
For Beauty's Sake
Dottie Nickerson
1941
Manhattan Heartbeat
Edna Higgins
1940
Sailor's Lady
Myrtle
1940
Free, Blonde and 21
Nellie
1940
Day-time Wife
Miss Applegate
1939
Too Busy to Work
Lolly
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939
Tail Spin
Babe Dugan
1939
Just Around the Corner
Kitty
1938
Hold That Co-ed
Lizzie Olsen
1938
My Lucky Star
Mary Dwight
1938
Josette
May Morris
1938
Sally, Irene and Mary
Irene Keene
1938
Love and Hisses
Joan Dolan
1937
Life Begins in College
Inez
1937
Thin Ice
Orchestra Leader
1937
Wake Up and Live
Comic Spanish Dancer
1937
You Can't Have Everything
Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
1937
Sing and Be Happy
Myrtle
1937
Angel's Holiday
Strivers
1937
The Great Hospital Mystery
Flossie Duff
1937
On the Avenue
Miss Katz
1937
Time Out for Romance
Midge Dooley
1937
The Holy Terror
Lili
1937
Bunker Bean
Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Millions in the Air
Singer
1935
Way Up Thar
Jennie Kurtz
1935