Joan Davis(1912-1961)

Actress
Producer
Soundtrack

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The Lady and the Prizefighter (1955)

Widely popular comedienne appeared in some movies and on radio in the 40s and on early television. She starred in the popular television series, I Married Joan (1952), with Jim Backus as her husband and her real-life daughter, Beverly Wills as her sister.

Joan died of a sudden heart attack in 1961. Two years later, a fire tragically claimed the lives of her mother, daughter and two grandsons.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

George White's Scandals

5.6

Joan Mason

1945

Bud Abbott, Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, Evelyn Ankers, Mischa Auer, Richard Carlson, Lou Costello, Joan Davis, Ted Lewis, and The Andrews Sisters in Hold That Ghost (1941)

Hold That Ghost

7.2

Camille Brewster

1941

Beautiful But Broke

6.2

Dottie Duncan

1944

Bob Crosby, Joan Davis, Jane Frazee, Erik Rolf, Andy Williams, The Williams Brothers, Dick Williams, Bob Williams, and Don Williams in Kansas City Kitty (1944)

Kansas City Kitty

6.6

Polly Jasper

1944

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Actress

Joan of Arkansas
TV Movie
- Joan of Arkansas
- 1958
I Married Joan
7.7
TV Series
- Joan Stevens
- 1952–1955
Harem Girl
6.1
- Susie Perkins
- 1952
The Groom Wore Spurs
5.3
- Alice Dean
- 1951
Let's Join Joanie
5.4
TV Movie
- Joanie Davis
- 1950
Love That Brute
6.3
- Mamie Sage
- 1950
The Traveling Saleswoman
5.9
- Mabel King
- 1950
If You Knew Susie
5.9
- Susie Parker
- 1948
She Wrote the Book
6.4
- Jane Featherstone
- 1946
George White's Scandals
5.6
- Joan Mason
- 1945
She Gets Her Man
6.1
- Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
- 1945
Kansas City Kitty
6.6
- Polly Jasper
- 1944
Show Business
6.4
- Joan Mason
- 1944
Beautiful But Broke
6.2
- Dottie Duncan
- 1944
Around the World
5.6
- Joan Davis
- 1943

Producer

Soundtrack

The Traveling Saleswoman
5.9
- performer: "He Died With His Boots On" (uncredited)
- 1950
If You Knew Susie
5.9
- performer: "My, How the Time Goes By" (1948), "Sextette" (1835) (uncredited) ("What Do I Want with Money" (1948))
- 1948
George White's Scandals
5.6
- performer: "I Wake Up in the Morning", "Who Killed Vaudeville?", "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes" (uncredited)
- 1945
Show Business
6.4
- 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)
- 1944
He's My Guy
6.2
- performer: "He's My Guy"
- 1943
Hold That Ghost
7.2
- performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz" (1867) (uncredited)
- 1941
Just Around the Corner
6.4
- performer: "This Is a Happy Little Ditty" (1938) (uncredited)
- 1938
Hold That Co-ed
6.1
- performer: "Limpy Dimp" (1938) (uncredited)
- 1938
My Lucky Star
6.0
- performer: "Could You Pass in Love?", "This May Be the Night", "I've Got a Date with a Dream" (uncredited)
- 1938
Thin Ice
6.3
- performer: "I'm Olga From the Volga", "My Swiss Hilly Billy"
- 1937