Joan Davis
Birthday
1907/06/29
Day of death
1961/05/22 (53 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
Josephine "Joan" Davis, Josephine 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. Descri...Read more
Acting
(1963) The Sound of Laughter
as Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)
(1941) Hold That Ghost
as Camille Brewster
(1938) Just Around the Corner
as Kitty
(1943) Around the World
as Joan Davis
(1941) Sun Valley Serenade
as Miss Carstairs
(1937) Thin Ice
as Orchestra Leader
(1939) Tail Spin
as Babe Dugan
(1939) Day-time Wife
as Miss Applegate
(1937) Angel's Holiday
as Strivers
(1951) The Groom Wore Spurs
as Alice Dean
(1944) Beautiful But Broke
as Dottie Duncan
(1937) On the Avenue
as Miss Katz
(1950) Love That Brute
as Mamie Sage
(1948) If You Knew Susie
as Susie Parker
(1941) Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
(1935) Way Up Thar
as Jennie Kurtz
(1944) Show Business
as Joan Mason
(1952) Harem Girl
as Susie Perkins
(1945) George White's Scandals
as Joan Mason
(1945) She Gets Her Man
as Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
(1937) Wake Up and Live
as Comic Spanish Dancer
(1937) Life Begins in College
as Inez
(1938) Hold That Co-ed
as Lizzie Olsen
(1950) Let's Join Joanie
as Joanie Davis
(1939) Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
(1938) Sally, Irene and Mary
as Irene Keene
(1938) My Lucky Star
as Mary Dwight
(1937) You Can't Have Everything
as Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
(1938) Josette
as May Morris
(1939) Too Busy to Work
as Lolly
(1937) Love and Hisses
as Joan Dolan
(1937) The Great Hospital Mystery
as Flossie Duff
(1940) Sailor's Lady
as Myrtle
(1944) Kansas City Kitty
as Polly Jasper
(1950) The Traveling Saleswoman
as Mabel King
(1942) Yokel Boy
as Molly Malone
(1937) Time Out for Romance
as Midge Dooley
(1940) Free, Blonde and 21
as Nellie
(1937) Sing and Be Happy
as Myrtle
(1943) He's My Guy
as Madge Donovan
(1940) Manhattan Heartbeat
as Edna Higgins
(1949) Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
(1943) Two Señoritas from Chicago
as Daisy Baker
(1946) She Wrote the Book
as Jane Featherstone
(1941) Two Latins from Manhattan
as Joan Daley
(1942) Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as ---
(1936) Bunker Bean
as Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)
(1941) For Beauty's Sake
as Dottie Nickerson
(1937) The Holy Terror
as Lili
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1952) I Married Joan
as Joan Stevens
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest