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