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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 as Madonna Josephine Davis in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Davis was a performer since childhood. She appeared with her husband Si Wills in vaudeville.
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Birth Name
Madonna Josephine Davis
Born
Saturday, 29 June 1912
Died
Monday, 22 May 1961
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Biography | Camille Brewster | 1987 |
| Terror in the Aisles | Camille Brewster | 1984 |
| The Sound of Laughter | Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer) | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Herself | 1963 |
| The Garry Moore Show | Self | 1958 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| The George Gobel Show | Herself | 1954 |
| I Married Joan | Joan Stevens | 1952 |
| Harem Girl | Susie Perkins | 1952 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Biography | Camille Brewster | 1987 |
| Terror in the Aisles | Camille Brewster | 1984 |
| The Sound of Laughter | Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer) | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Herself | 1963 |
| The Garry Moore Show | Self | 1958 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| The George Gobel Show | Herself | 1954 |
| I Married Joan | Joan Stevens | 1952 |
| Harem Girl | Susie Perkins | 1952 |
| The Groom Wore Spurs | Alice Dean | 1951 |
| Love That Brute | Mamie Sage | 1950 |
| The Traveling Saleswoman | Mabel King | 1950 |
| Make Mine Laughs | (archive footage) | 1949 |
| If You Knew Susie | Susie Parker | 1948 |
| She Wrote the Book | Jane Featherstone | 1946 |
| George White's Scandals | Joan Mason | 1945 |
| She Gets Her Man | Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington | 1945 |
| Kansas City Kitty | Polly Jasper | 1944 |
| Show Business | Joan Mason | 1944 |
| Beautiful But Broke | Dottie Duncan | 1944 |
| Around the World | Joan Davis | 1943 |
| Two Señoritas from Chicago | Daisy Baker | 1943 |
| He's My Guy | Madge Donovan | 1943 |
| Sweetheart of the Fleet | Phoebe Weyms | 1942 |
| Yokel Boy | Molly Malone | 1942 |
| 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 | 1941 |
| Manhattan Heartbeat | Edna Higgins | 1940 |
| Sailor's Lady | Myrtle | 1940 |
| Free, Blonde and 21 | Nellie | 1940 |
| Day-Time Wife | Miss Applegate | 1939 |
| Too Busy to Work | Lolly | 1939 |
| Hollywood Hobbies | Self | 1939 |
| Tail Spin | Babe Dugan | 1939 |
| Just Around the Corner | Kitty | 1938 |
| Hold That Co-ed | Lizzie Olsen | 1938 |
| My Lucky Star | Mary Dwight | 1938 |
| Josette | May Morris | 1938 |
| Sally, Irene and Mary | Irene Keene | 1938 |
| Love and Hisses | Joan Dolan | 1937 |
| Life Begins in College | Inez | 1937 |
| Wake Up and Live | Spanish Dancer / Comic Spanish Dancer | 1937 |
| Sing and Be Happy | Myrtle | 1937 |
| Angel's Holiday | Stivers / Strivers | 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 | 1937 |
| Bunker Bean | Mabel - Bunker's Secretary | 1936 |
| Millions in the Air | Singer | 1935 |
| Way Up Thar | Jennie Kurtz | 1935 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| I Married Joan | 1952 |
| The Traveling Saleswoman | 1950 |
