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