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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 Madonna Josephine Davis in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Davis had been a performer since childhood. She appeared with her husband Si Wills in vaudeville.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Movies
Hold That Ghost, Sun Valley Serenade, The Groom Wore Spurs, Show Business, Thin Ice, If You Knew Susie, Just Around the Corner, George White's Scandals, Tail Spin, On the Avenue, My Lucky Star, Beautiful But Broke, The Great Hospital Mystery, She Wrote the Book, Sally, Irene and Mary, Love That Brut...
TV Shows
I Married Joan
Star Sign
Cancer
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Quote
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I don't get it. Unless my mirror lies to me, I'm not bad looking. But let me get one look at that face on the screen and I'm sick for a week.
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Fact
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Founded Joan Davis Productions, to produce films.
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Founded Joan Davis Enterprises, to produce television shows.
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Met Si Wills in 1931 and joined his vaudeville act, billed as 'Wills and Davis'.
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Daughter of a train dispatcher.
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Signed a radio contract for $1,000,000 per year for four years with the United Drug Co in 1941. This enabled her to set up her own production company in the 1950's.
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Her career was highlighted in "The Slapstick Queens" by James Robert Parish, published by A. S. Barnes in 1973.
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Profiled in book "Funny Ladies" by Stephen Silverman. [1999]
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Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 132-133. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
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Her mother, daughter Beverly Wills and two grandsons died in a fire in October of 1963.
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Film, radio and television actress.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tail Spin
1939
Babe Dugan
Just Around the Corner
1938
Kitty
Hold That Co-ed
1938
Lizzie Olsen
My Lucky Star
1938
Mary Dwight
Keep Smiling
1938/II
Joan (uncredited)
Josette
1938
May Morris
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
Irene Keene
Love and Hisses
1937
Joan Dolan
Life Begins at College
1937
Inez
Wake Up and Live
1937
Spanish Dancer
You Can't Have Everything
1937
Girl in Y.W.C.A. (uncredited)
Sing and Be Happy
1937
Myrtle
Angel's Holiday
1937
Strivers
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
Flossie Duff
Thin Ice
1937
Orchestra Leader
Time Out for Romance
1937
Midge Dooley
On the Avenue
1937
Miss Katz
The Holy Terror
1937
Lili
Bunker Bean
1936
Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)
Millions in the Air
1935
Singer
Way Up Thar
1935
Short
Jennie Kurtz
I Married Joan
1952-1955
TV Series
Joan Stevens
Harem Girl
1952
Susie Perkins
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
Alice Dean
Love That Brute
1950
Mamie Sage
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
Mabel King
Let's Join Joanie
1950
TV Movie
Joanie Davis
If You Knew Susie
1948
Susie Parker
She Wrote the Book
1946
Jane Featherstone
George White's Scandals
1945
Joan Mason
She Gets Her Man
1945
Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
Kansas City Kitty
1944
Polly Jasper
Show Business
1944
Joan Mason
Beautiful But Broke
1944
Dottie Duncan
Around the World
1943
Joan Davis
Two Señoritas from Chicago
1943
Daisy Baker
He's My Guy
1943
Madge Donovan
Sweetheart of the Fleet
1942
Phoebe Weyms
Yokel Boy
1942
Molly Malone
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
Joan Daley
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
Miss Carstairs
Hold That Ghost
1941
Camille Brewster
For Beauty's Sake
1941
Dottie Nickerson
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
Edna Higgins
Sailor's Lady
1940
Myrtle
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
Nellie
Day-Time Wife
1939
Miss Applegate
Too Busy to Work
1939
Lolly
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Married Joan
TV Series executive producer - 38 episodes, 1952 - 1955 producer - 2 episodes, 1954
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
producer
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950
performer: "He Died With His Boots On"
If You Knew Susie
1948
"What Do I Want with Money" 1948 / performer: "My, How the Time Goes By" 1948, "Sextette" 1835 uncredited
George White's Scandals
1945
performer: "I Wake Up in the Morning", "Who Killed Vaudeville?", "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited
Show Business
1944
performer: "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad" 1911, "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain", "Sextette" 1935, "Alabamy Bound" 1924, "Dinah" 1925 - uncredited
He's My Guy
1943
performer: "He's My Guy"
Hold That Ghost
1941
performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz" 1867 - uncredited
Just Around the Corner
1938
performer: "This Is a Happy Little Ditty" 1938 - uncredited
Hold That Co-ed
1938
performer: "Limpy Dimp" 1938 - uncredited
My Lucky Star
1938
performer: "Could You Pass in Love?", "This May Be the Night", "I've Got a Date with a Dream"
Thin Ice
1937
performer: "I'm Olga From the Volga", "My Swiss Hilly Billy"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Garry Moore Show
1959
TV Series
Herself
The Milton Berle Show
1959
TV Series
Herself
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
1958
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1957-1958
TV Series
Herself
The George Gobel Show
1958
TV Series
Herself
The Bob Hope Show
1956
TV Series
Herself
Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc.
1949
Short
Herself
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6
1942
Documentary short
Herself
Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 1
1941
Short
Herself
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
Short
Herself (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Biography
1996
TV Series documentary
Camille Brewster
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
TV Movie
Tribute Montage
The Sound of Laughter
1963
Documentary
Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)
Hollywood Without Make-Up
1963
Documentary
Herself
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
$7 Million
