Joan Davis

Joan Davis

American actress and vaudevillian (1907–1961)

Josephine Madonna Davis, known professionally as Joan Davis, 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 screen actress, and a leading star of 1940s radio comedy.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 23 films (1937–1972) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1937 LOVE AND HISSES. Fox Film Corp 2 reels B&W
1937 On the Avenue William A. Seiter, Roy Del Ruth 89 min B&W
1937 THE GREAT HOSPITAL MYSTERY. Fox Film Corp B&W
1937 Thin Ice unknown 78 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1937 TIME OUT FOR ROMANCE. Fox Film Corp 7 reels B&W
1937 WAKE UP AND LIVE. Fox Film Corp 10 reels B&W
1938 HOLD THAT CO-ED. Fox Film Corp B&W
1938 JOSETTE. Fox Film Corp 73 min B&W
1938 Just around the corner Lucerne Media 16mm B&W sound
1938 SALLY, IRENE AND MARY Fox Film Corp 6 reels 16mm B&W sound
1939 Day-Time Wife. Gregory Ratoff 6550 ft. B&W
1940 Free, Blonde, And 21. Ricardo Cortez 6 696 ft. Color
1941 Sun Valley serenade Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. 7 732 ft. 16mm B&W sound
1941 Two Latins From Manhattan. Charles Barton 7 reels B&W
1942 Yokel boy. Joseph Santley 7 reels 16mm Color sound
1943 Around The World. Allan Dwan 80 min.
1944 Show Business. Edwin L. Marin 92 min. B&W
1945 George White's Scandals. Felix E. Feist 95 min. B&W
1946 She Wrote The Book. Universal-International 74 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Make Mine Laughs. Richard Fleischer 64 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Love That Brute. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 85 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 The Traveling Saleswoman. Columbia Pictures Corp. 75 min. 35mm B&W sound
1972 The Kangaroo Joan Davis 3 min Color sound