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Joan Shawlee
Born: 5th Mar 1926 Forest Hills, New York, USA - Died 22nd Mar 1987
Dept: Acting
Reliable character actress who is perhaps known for her performance as Sweet Sue in Billy Wilder's comedy classic, "Some Like It Hot" (1959).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 71
Film: 45 (63%)
Television: 26 (37%)
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Filmography
1994
Jerry Seinfeld celebrates the lives and careers of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Featured are clips from their movies and TV shows, plus home movies, n ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage)
Dec 1984 (first aired)
Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986. ... view
Character:
Manager (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Character:
Wanda
1981
A dramatization of the true account of a fundamentalist sect in Arizona that practices polygamy, and a returning Korean War veteran's rebellion agains ... view
Character:
Isaac's Mother
1981
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neigh ... view
Character:
Receptionist
Dec 1979 (first aired)
Joe's World is an American sitcom television series that aired from December 28, 1979, until July 26, 1980. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Sep 1979 (first aired)
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Fa ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1979 (first aired)
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Goodrich (1 ep.)
Marie (1 ep.)
Sep 1979 (first aired)
The Last Resort is a 1979 American television sitcom, centered around a group of college students working in a hotel kitchen; the humor was in the sty ... view
Character:
Agnes (16 ep.)
Jan 1979 (first aired)
Delta House is an American sitcom that was adapted from the 1978 film National Lampoon's Animal House. The series aired from January to April 1979 on ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1977
Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyon ... view
Character:
Margo
Oct 1976 (first aired)
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1975 (first aired)
Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the street ... view
Character:
Mrs. Krupp (1 ep.)
1975
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a cl ... view
Character:
Woman in Ballroom
1975
Gang of robbers use dune buggies for their big heist. ... view
Character:
Rose
1975
In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involve ... view
Character:
Saleslady
Feb 1975 (first aired)
S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California c ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1973 (first aired)
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, ... view
Character:
Trudy Kroll (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1972 (first aired)
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their opera ... view
Character:
Heather (1 ep.)
Wife (1 ep.)
1971
A photographer is chased by professional killers who have mistaken him for the person they're really after. ... view
Character:
Polly Grant
Sep 1971 (first aired)
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing ap ... view
Character:
Mitilda (1 ep.)
1971
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friend ... view
Character:
Alice Rickles
1971
Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in money and jewelry from a California train in the g ... view
Character:
Big Nellie
Sep 1969 (first aired)
An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories o ... view
Character:
Bernice Franks (1 ep.)
1968
The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the tow ... view
Character:
Hooker
1968
Photographer Greg Nolan moonlights in two full-time jobs to pay the rent, but has trouble finding time to do them both without his bosses finding out. ... view
Character:
Robbie's Mother
Sep 1968 (first aired)
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patroll ... view
Character:
Mrs. Lorena Getz (1 ep.)
1967
Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has se ... view
Character:
Fat Candy
Sep 1967 (first aired)
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed b ... view
Character:
(Annie) Duchess (1 ep.)
1967
Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space prog ... view
Character:
Blonde in Bar
1967
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as ... view
Character:
Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1966
A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival gang; but, pursued by the police, one of its membe ... view
Character:
Momma Monahan
1964
An American gambler masquerades as a Catholic priest during the fall of Manila early in World War II in the Pacific to obtain clearance to fly out on ... view
Character:
Miss Gloria Maxine
1963
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewin ... view
Character:
Marge Orr
1963
When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order ... view
Character:
Amazon Annie
Oct 1961 (first aired)
The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at wo ... view
Character:
Pickles Sorrell (3 ep.)
1960
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apart ... view
Character:
Sylvia
1959
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but ... view
Character:
Sweet Sue
Sep 1958 (first aired)
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1957 (first aired)
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Mon ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Barmaid Clara (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than me ... view
Character:
Madame Pompey (1 ep.)
1955
A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way. ... view
Character:
Rosie McCann
1955
The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers. ... view
Character:
Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"
1954
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. ... view
Character:
Joan (uncredited)
1954
Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs! ... view
Character:
Sergeant Kipp
1954
A girl owns a horse, and hires a boy as a trainer. The horse enters a race and is injured. The boy takes job at another stable and is semi-seduced by ... view
Character:
Mrs. Casey
1953
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love. ... view
Character:
Sandra (uncredited)
1953
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls. ... view
Character:
Hedy
Feb 1953 (first aired)
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponso ... view
Character:
Angie McGonigle (1 ep.)
Dec 1952 (first aired)
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise lead ... view
Character:
Eyewitness in Courtroom (1 ep.)
Miss Brown (1 ep.)
Telephone Operator (1 ep.)
Opera-Loving Lady in Park (1 ep.)
Marriage License Bureau Clerk (1 ep.)
Cash Register Lady (1 ep.)
Receptionist (1 ep.)
Girl in Doctor's Office (1 ep.)
1952
A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past. ... view
Character:
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1950
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to ... view
Character:
Blonde
1950
Tigri and her stone age friends, all of which are women, hate all men. However, she and her Amazon tribe see men as a "necessary evil" and capture the ... view
Character:
Lotee
Apr 1950 (first aired)
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night bl ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1947
A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang. ... view
Character:
Soubrette
1947
Marshal Johnnie Taggart, posing as an outlaw named "Ace" Braddock, comes to Bannack, Montana to restore law and order. But he is recognized by Kitty, ... view
Character:
Ben's Girl
1947
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up runnin ... view
Character:
Sylvia Hunter
1947
In 1865, the cadets of a Russian Naval Academy ship have shore leave in Morocco; among them is (fictionalized) future composer 'Nicky' Rimsky-Korsakov ... view
Character:
French Girl
1947
A small-town girl tells a small fib to a wealthy businessman; complications ensue. ... view
Character:
Blonde
1946
When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involved with an heiress. ... view
Character:
Virgie
1946
Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to Cuba to lure a Cuban band, led by Desi Arnaz, on to ... view
Character:
Ann
1946
A wife decides to take revenge when she learns her husband has been unfaithful. ... view
Character:
Janie
1946
A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it unles ... view
Character:
Ruth (as Joan Fulton)
1946
In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local entrepreneur Pepe join forces to battle a Nazi diamond smugg ... view
Character:
Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)
1946
Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York. ... view
Character:
Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)
1946
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his ... view
Character:
Stella McNally
1946
Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to find that his partner, J.C. Crow has hired Pat O'Rou ... view
Character:
Mabel