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DAVIS, Joan
Amerikaans filmactrice (1907-1961)
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* als Madonna Josephine Davis * 29.6. 1907, St. Paul, Minnesota - † 22.5. 1961, Palm Springs, California, (heart attack)
The daughter of a train dispatcher, she began performing on the stage as a child, and after marrying comedian Sy Wills in 1931,waarvan zij een dochter had Beverly Wills. she teamed up with him in the vaudeville comedy act of Wills and Davis. Upon settling in Hollywood in 1934, she made her screen debut in comedy shorts and appeared in her first feature film the following year. A gangling, loose-jointed, raucous comedienne, who would punch herself in the jaw to produce laughs, she used her knockabout slapstick style in comedy leads and supporting roles in many films through the early 50s. During the 40s she was also highly popular as a radio star, and in 1950 she formed her own production company to produce her own successful TV comedy series, "I Married Joan." Her daughter, Beverly Wills (1934-63), also appeared in occasional films. Filmografie 1935 Way Up Thar .... Jennie Kirk 1935 Millions in the Air .... Singer 1936 Bunker Bean (uncredited) .... Mabel, Bunker's Secretary 1937 The Holy Terror .... Lili 1937 Life Begins in College .... Inez 1937 Love and Hisses .... Joan 1937 On the Avenue .... Miss Katz - Dibble's Secretary
1937 Thin Ice .... Orchestra Leader
1937 Wake Up and Live .... Spanish Dancer 1937 You Can't Have Everything (uncredited) 1938 Hold That Co-ed .... Lizzie Olsen 1938 Josette .... May Morris 1938 Just Around the Corner .... Kitty 1938 My Lucky Star .... Mary Dwight 1938 Sally, Irene and Mary .... Irene Keene 1939 Day-Time Wife .... Joyce Applegate 1939 Tail Spin .... Babe Dugan 1940 Free, Blonde and 21 .... Nellie 1940 Sailor's Lady .... Myrtle
1941 Hold That Ghost .... Camille Brewster
1941 Sun Valley Serenade .... Miss Carstairs 1941 Two Latins from Manhattan .... Joan Daley 1942 Sweetheart of the Fleet .... Phoebe Weyms 1942 Yokel Boy .... Molly Malone 1943 Around the World .... Joan Davis 1943 Two Señoritas from Chicago .... Daisy Baker 1944 Beautiful But Broke .... Dottie Duncan 1944 Kansas City Kitty .... Polly Jasper 1944 Show Business .... Joan Mason 1945 George White's Scandals .... Joan Mason 1945 She Gets Her Man .... Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington 1946 She Wrote the Book .... Jane Featherstone 1948 If You Knew Susie .... Susie Parker 1949 Make Mine Laughs .... Archive footage from George White's Scandals 1950 Love That Brute .... Mamie Sage 1950 The Traveling Saleswoman .... Mabel King 1951 The Groom Wore Spurs .... Alice Dean
1952 Harem Girl .... Susie Perkins
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