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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
Full Filmography
Acting
Way Up Thar
(1935)
Jennie Kurtz
Bunker Bean
(1936)
Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)
Thin Ice
(1937)
Orchestra Leader
Angel's Holiday
(1937)
Strivers
On the Avenue
(1937)
Miss Katz
Wake Up and Live
(1937)
Comic Spanish Dancer
Life Begins in College
(1937)
Inez
You Can't Have Everything
(1937)
Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
Love and Hisses
(1937)
Joan Dolan
The Great Hospital Mystery
(1937)
Flossie Duff
Time Out for Romance
(1937)
Midge Dooley
Sing and Be Happy
(1937)
Myrtle
The Holy Terror
(1937)
Lili
Just Around the Corner
(1938)
Kitty
Hold That Co-ed
(1938)
Lizzie Olsen
Sally, Irene and Mary
(1938)
Irene Keene
My Lucky Star
(1938)
Mary Dwight
Josette
(1938)
May Morris
Tail Spin
(1939)
Babe Dugan
Day-time Wife
(1939)
Miss Applegate
Hollywood Hobbies
(1939)
Herself (uncredited)
Too Busy to Work
(1939)
Lolly
Sailor's Lady
(1940)
Myrtle
Free, Blonde and 21
(1940)
Nellie
Manhattan Heartbeat
(1940)
Edna Higgins
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
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
(1941)
Self
Yokel Boy
(1942)
Molly Malone
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
(1942)
Around the World
(1943)
Joan Davis
He's My Guy
(1943)
Madge Donovan
Two Señoritas from Chicago
(1943)
Daisy Baker
Kansas City Kitty
(1944)
Polly Jasper
Beautiful But Broke
(1944)
Dottie Duncan
Show Business
(1944)
Joan Mason
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)
Love That Brute
(1950)
Mamie Sage
The Traveling Saleswoman
(1950)
Mabel King
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