Joan Davis

Personal Info

Birthday

June 29, 1907

Day of Death

1961-05-22

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As

Josephine "Joan" Davis

Josephine Davis

Joan Davis

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

I Married Joan

The Traveling Saleswoman

Around the World

Sun Valley Serenade

Just Around the Corner

Hold That Ghost

Josette

On the Avenue

Filmography

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