Joan Davis
Joan Davis is known for Hold That Ghost (1941), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), Day-time Wife (1939).
Biography
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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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Questions about Joan Davis
How many Joan Davis films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 40 films with Joan Davis, from 1935 to 1976.
What was the first Joan Davis film?
The first Joan Davis film in the catalogue is Hold That Ghost, from 1941.
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Known for
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5.6 Show Business
1944
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6.8 Hold That Ghost
1941
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
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6.3 Around the World
1943
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6.3 Tail Spin
1939
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7.1 Sun Valley Serenade
1941
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7.2 On the Avenue
1937
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5.3 Bunker Bean
1936
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5.8 Just Around the Corner
1938
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5.6 Hollywood Hobbies
1939
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10.0 Love and Hisses
1937
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8.0 Life Begins in College
1937
Trivia
- Also works as
- television producer · comedian
- Studied at
- Hollywood Professional School
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
51 films — 40 in the catalogue
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
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5.0 The Sound of Laughter
1963 · Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer)
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6.5 Harem Girl
1952 · Susie Perkins
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5.0 The Groom Wore Spurs
1951 · Alice Dean
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Let's Join Joanie
1950 · Joanie Davis
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6.8 Love That Brute
1950 · Mamie Sage
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5.2 The Traveling Saleswoman
1950 · Mabel King
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5.5 Make Mine Laughs
1949 · (archive footage)
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7.3 If You Knew Susie
1948 · Susie Parker
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6.5 She Wrote the Book
1946 · Jane Featherstone
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6.5 George White's Scandals
1945 · Joan Mason
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5.3 She Gets Her Man
1945 · Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
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6.3 Kansas City Kitty
1944 · Polly Jasper
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5.6
Show Business
1944 · Joan Mason
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6.0 Beautiful But Broke
1944 · Dottie Duncan
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6.3
Around the World
1943 · Joan Davis
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6.7 Two Señoritas from Chicago
1943 · Daisy Baker
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6.5 He's My Guy
1943 · Madge Donovan
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6.0 Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
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5.8 Yokel Boy
1942 · Molly Malone
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6.0 Two Latins from Manhattan
1941 · Joan Daley
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7.1
Sun Valley Serenade
1941 · Miss Carstairs
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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941 · Self
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6.8
Hold That Ghost
1941 · Camille Brewster
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10.0 For Beauty's Sake
1941 · Dottie Nickerson
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8.0 Manhattan Heartbeat
1940 · Edna Higgins
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6.5 Sailor's Lady
1940 · Myrtle
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7.3 Free, Blonde and 21
1940 · Nellie
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6.0 Day-time Wife
1939 · Miss Applegate
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10.0 Too Busy to Work
1939 · Lolly
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5.6
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Self (uncredited)
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6.3
Tail Spin
1939 · Babe Dugan
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5.8
Just Around the Corner
1938 · Kitty
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6.7 Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Lizzie Olsen
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5.9 My Lucky Star
1938 · Mary Dwight
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7.2 Josette
1938 · May Morris
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6.8 Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 · Irene Keene
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10.0
Love and Hisses
1937 · Joan Dolan
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8.0
Life Begins in College
1937 · Inez
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6.8 Thin Ice
1937 · Orchestra Leader
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6.2 Wake Up and Live
1937 · Comic Spanish Dancer
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6.5 You Can't Have Everything
1937 · Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
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10.0 Sing and Be Happy
1937 · Myrtle
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6.0 Angel's Holiday
1937 · Strivers
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5.5 The Great Hospital Mystery
1937 · Flossie Duff
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7.2
On the Avenue
1937 · Miss Katz
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6.0 Time Out for Romance
1937 · Midge Dooley
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5.0 The Holy Terror
1937 · Lili
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5.3
Bunker Bean
1936 · Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)
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10.0 Millions in the Air
1935 · Singer
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10.0 Way Up Thar
1935 · Jennie Kurtz
People data: TMDb.
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