Joan Davis - IMDb

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins. See more awards »

Known For

Hold That Ghost Camille Brewster

(1941)

The Traveling Saleswoman Mabel King

(1950)

Sally, Irene and Mary Irene Keene

(1938)

Kansas City Kitty Polly Jasper

(1944)

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Filmography

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Actress (47 credits)

1952-1955 I Married Joan (TV Series)
Joan Stevens

- The Jail Bird (1955) ... Joan Stevens

- The Cowboy (1955) ... Joan Stevens

- How to Win Friends (1955) ... Joan Stevens

- The Lady and the Prizefighter (1955) ... Joan Stevens

- Ladies Prison (1955) ... Joan Stevens

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1952 Harem Girl
Susie Perkins

1951 The Groom Wore Spurs
Alice Dean

1950 Let's Join Joanie (TV Movie)
Joanie Davis

1950 Love That Brute
Mamie Sage

1950 The Traveling Saleswoman
Mabel King

1948 If You Knew Susie
Susie Parker

1946 She Wrote the Book
Jane Featherstone

1945 George White's Scandals
Joan Mason

1945 She Gets Her Man
Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington

1944 Kansas City Kitty
Polly Jasper

1944 Show Business
Joan Mason

1944 Beautiful But Broke
Dottie Duncan

1943 Around the World
Joan Davis

1943 Two Señoritas from Chicago
Daisy Baker

1943 He's My Guy
Madge Donovan

1942 Sweetheart of the Fleet
Phoebe Weyms

1942 Yokel Boy
Molly Malone

1941 Two Latins from Manhattan
Joan Daley

1941 Sun Valley Serenade
Miss Carstairs

1941 Hold That Ghost
Camille Brewster

1941 For Beauty's Sake
Dottie Nickerson

1940 Manhattan Heartbeat
Edna Higgins

1940 Sailor's Lady
Myrtle

1940 Free, Blonde and 21
Nellie

1939 Day-Time Wife
Miss Applegate

1939 Too Busy to Work
Lolly

1939 Tail Spin
Babe Dugan

1938 Just Around the Corner
Kitty

1938 Hold That Co-ed
Lizzie Olsen

1938 My Lucky Star
Mary Dwight

1938/II Keep Smiling
Joan (uncredited)

1938 Josette
May Morris

1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
Irene Keene

1937 Love and Hisses
Joan Dolan

1937 Life Begins in College
Inez

1937 Wake Up and Live
Spanish Dancer

1937 Sing and Be Happy
Myrtle

1937 Angel's Holiday
Stivers

1937 The Great Hospital Mystery
Flossie Duff

1937 Thin Ice
Orchestra Leader

1937 Time Out for Romance
Midge Dooley

1937 On the Avenue
Miss Katz

1937 The Holy Terror
Lili

1936 Bunker Bean
Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)

1935 Millions in the Air
Singer

1935 Way Up Thar (Short)
Jennie Kurtz

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Producer (1 credit)

I Married Joan (TV Series) (executive producer - 38 episodes, 1952 - 1955) (producer - 2 episodes, 1954)

- The Jail Bird (1955) ... (executive producer)

- The Allergy (1955) ... (executive producer - uncredited)

- Eye Glasses (1955) ... (executive producer)

- The Maid (1955) ... (executive producer)

- The Wedding (1955) ... (executive producer)

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Soundtrack (10 credits)

1950 The Traveling Saleswoman (performer: "He Died With His Boots On" - uncredited)

1948 If You Knew Susie ("What Do I Want with Money" (1948)) / (performer: "My, How the Time Goes By" (1948), "Sextette" (1835) (uncredited))

1945 George White's Scandals (performer: "I Wake Up in the Morning", "Who Killed Vaudeville?", "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited)

1944 Show Business (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)

1943 He's My Guy (performer: "He's My Guy")

1941 Hold That Ghost (performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz" (1867) - uncredited)

1938 Just Around the Corner (performer: "This Is a Happy Little Ditty" (1938) - uncredited)

1938 Hold That Co-ed (performer: "Limpy Dimp" (1938) - uncredited)

1938 My Lucky Star (performer: "Could You Pass in Love?", "This May Be the Night", "I've Got a Date with a Dream" - uncredited)

1937 Thin Ice (performer: "I'm Olga From the Volga", "My Swiss Hilly Billy")

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Self (10 credits)

1959 The Garry Moore Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Joan Davis, Janis Paige, Tommy Leonetti, The Original Washboard Band (1959) ... Herself

1959 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Joan Davis, Bob Crosby (1959) ... Herself

1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)
Herself - Guest

- Episode #4.13 (1958) ... Herself - Guest

- Episode #4.4 (1958) ... Herself - Guest

1957-1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #3.4 (1958) ... Herself

- guest host Tony Martin: guest stars Nat 'King' Cole, George Gobel, Maria Tallchief, The Wiere Brothers (1957) ... Herself

1958 The George Gobel Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #4.13 (1958) ... Herself

1956 The Bob Hope Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Perry Como, Julie London, Joan Davis, John Cameron Swayze (1956) ... Herself

1949 Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc. (Short)
Herself

1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (Documentary short)
Herself

1941 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 1 (Short)
Herself

1939 Hollywood Hobbies (Short)
Herself (uncredited)

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Archive footage (6 credits)

1996 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Camille Brewster

- Bud Abbott & Lou Costello: Abbott & Costello Meet Biography (1996) ... Camille Brewster

1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy (TV Special)
Tribute Montage

1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (Documentary)
Herself

1963 The Sound of Laughter (Documentary)
Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)

1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (Documentary short)
Herself

1949 Make Mine Laughs

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Unsold pilot: Starred in a pilot for NBC called "The Joan Davis Show" about a woman who runs an answering service and manages to get enmeshed in the problems of her clients. See more »