Joan Shawlee

Acting • Born 1926-03-05 – Died 1987-03-22

Acting1Forest Hills, New York, USA

Biography

Reliable character actress who is perhaps known for her performance as Sweet Sue in Billy Wilder's comedy classic, "Some Like It Hot" (1959).

Filmography

81 credits

Some Like It Hot

Movie • 1959

Sweet Sue

The Apartment

Movie • 1960

Sylvia

Irma la Douce

Movie • 1963

Amazon Annie

Critic's Choice

Movie • 1963

Marge Orr

Prehistoric Women

Movie • 1950

Lotee

Pride of the Blue Grass

Movie • 1954

Mrs. Casey

Tony Rome

Movie • 1967

Fat Candy

Buck Privates Come Home

Movie • 1947

Sylvia Hunter

Woman on the Run

Movie • 1950

Blonde

Bowery to Bagdad

Movie • 1955

Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"

Matt Helm

Movie • 1975

Saleslady

I'll Be Yours

Movie • 1947

Blonde

The Runaround

Movie • 1946

Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)

One More Train to Rob

Movie • 1971

Big Nellie

Tangier

Movie • 1946

Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)

Lover Come Back

Movie • 1946

Janie

Cuban Pete

Movie • 1946

Ann

From Here to Eternity

Movie • 1953

Sandra (uncredited)

Farewell, My Lovely

Movie • 1975

Woman in Ballroom

Never Con a Killer

Movie • 1977

Margo

Something for a Lonely Man

Movie • 1968

Hooker

A Star Is Born

Movie • 1954

Joan (uncredited)

The Reluctant Astronaut

Movie • 1967

Blonde in Bar

Idea Girl

Movie • 1946

Mabel

Conquest of Space

Movie • 1955

Rosie McCann

Inside Job

Movie • 1946

Ruth (as Joan Fulton)

Francis Joins the WACS

Movie • 1954

Sergeant Kipp

Flash and the Firecat

Movie • 1975

Rose

House of Horrors

Movie • 1946

Stella McNally

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Movie • 1967

Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Willard

Movie • 1971

Alice Rickles

Kiss My Grits

Movie • 1982

Wanda

All Ashore

Movie • 1953

Hedy

The Vigilantes Return

Movie • 1947

Ben's Girl

Live a Little, Love a Little

Movie • 1968

Robbie's Mother

The Wild Angels

Movie • 1966

Momma Monahan

Dead Men Tell No Tales

Movie • 1971

Polly Grant

Buddy Buddy

Movie • 1981

Receptionist

Guerillas in Pink Lace

Movie • 1964

Miss Gloria Maxine

White Tie and Tails

Movie • 1946

Virgie

Michigan Kid

Movie • 1947

Soubrette

Child Bride of Short Creek

Movie • 1981

Isaac's Mother

Song of Scheherazade

Movie • 1947

French Girl

Because of You

Movie • 1952

Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Movie • 1994

Self (archive footage)

The Rookies

TV • 1972

The Dick Van Dyke Show

TV • 1961

Pickles Sorrell

Quincy, M.E.

TV • 1976

Highway to Heaven

TV • 1984

Archie Bunker's Place

TV • 1979

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Angie McGonigle

Emergency!

TV • 1972

Heather

Adam-12

TV • 1968

Mrs. Lorena Getz

Zorro

TV • 1957

Delta House

TV • 1979

S.W.A.T.

TV • 1975

The Rifleman

TV • 1958

The Tony Randall Show

TV • 1976

The Feather And Father Gang

TV • 1977

Margo

Joe's World

TV • 1979

Emergency!

TV • 1972

Wife

The Magician

TV • 1973

Trudy Kroll

Maverick

TV • 1957

Madame Pompey

Love, American Style

TV • 1969

Bernice Franks

The Last Resort

TV • 1979

Agnes

The Bob Hope Show

TV • 1950

Self

Columbo

TV • 1971

Mitilda

Crazy like a Fox

TV • 1984

Manager

The Abbott and Costello Show

TV • 1952

Eyewitness in Courtroom

Hart to Hart

TV • 1979

TV • 1979

Marie

Mannix

TV • 1967

(Annie) Duchess