Joan davis actress biography
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Joan Davis
American actress and vaudevillian (1912–1961)
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Career
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filmography
FILM
Harem Girl (1952) with Peggie Castle, Arthur Blake,
The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) with Ginger Rogers and Jack Carson
The Traveling Saleswoman (1950) with Adele Jergens
Love That Brute (1950) with Jean Peters and Cesar Romero
Make Mine Laughs (1949) with Dennis Day
If You Knew Susie (1948) with Eddie Cantor
She Wrote the Book (1946) with Jack Oakie
George White's Scandals (1945) with Jack Haley and Phillip Terry
She Gets Her Man (1945) with Leon Errol
Show Business (1944) with Eddie Cantor and Nancy Kelly
Kansas City Kitty (1944) with Jane Frazee
Beautiful But Broke (1944) with Jane Frazee
Around the World (1943) with Mischa Auer and Kay Kyser
Two Senoritas From Chicago (1943) with Jinx Falkenburg and Ann Savage
He's My Guy (1943) with Dick Foran
Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942) with Jinx Falkenburg and Lloyd Bridges
Yokel Boy (1942) with Albert Dekker
Two Latins from Manhattan (1941) with Jinx Falkenburg and Lloyd Bridges
Sun Valley Serenade (1941) with John Payne, Sonja Henie, and Milton Berle
Hold That Ghost (1941) with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Evelyn Ankers, and Shemp Howard
For Beauty's Sake (1941) with Marjorie Weaver
Manhattan Heartbeat (1940) with
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Davis, Joan (1907–1961)
Popular American actress and comedian of the 1940s. Born Madonna Josephine Davis in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 29, 1907; died of a heart attack in Palm Springs, California, on May 22, 1961; only daughter of LeRoy (a train dispatcher) and Nina Davis; graduated from Mechanic Arts High School, St. Paul; married Serenus (Sy) Wills (a comedian), in 1931; children: one daughter, Beverly Wills (b. 1933, an actress).
Selected films:
Millions in the Air (1935); The Holy Terror (1937); On the Avenue (1937); Wake Up and Live (1937); Angel's Holiday (1937); Thin Ice (1937); Life Begins in College (1937); Love and Hisses (1937); Sally, Irene and Mary (1938); Josette (1938); My Lucky Star (1938); Hold That Co-Ed (1938); Just Around the Corner (1938); Tail Spin (1939); Daytime Wife (1939); Free Blonde and 21 (1940); Hold That Ghost (1941); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Two Latins from Manhattan (1941); Yokel Boy (1942); Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942); Two Senoritas from Chicago (1943); Around the World (1943); Beautiful but Broke (1944); Show Business (1944);Kansas City Kitty (1944); She Gets Her Man (1945); George White's Scandals (1945); She Wrote the Book (1946); If You Knew Susie (1948); Make Mine