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Joan Shawlee

Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 03/05/1926 († 61, 03/22/1987) | Forest Hills (United States of America (USA))
Joan Shawlee (March 5, 1926 – March 22, 1987), nee Joan Fulton (and also credited sometimes under that name, such as in the film noir Woman on the Run (1950)), was an American film and television actress. She is known for her recurring role as "Pickles" in The Dick Van Dyke Show, a career-defining turn in Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959) playing Sweet Sue, the abrasive martinet in charge of Marilyn Monroe's all-girl jazz band, and as the flamboyant Madame Pompey in the 1957 Maverick episode "Stampede" with James Garner. ()
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Reliable character actress who is perhaps known for her performance as Sweet Sue in Billy Wilder's comedy classic, "Some Like It Hot" (1959).

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

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 apartment to the executives as a place to take their mi ...

The Apartment

NR

1960 | 4.1/5 | 2h 5min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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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 escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, El ...

Woman on the Run

Certification unknown

1950 | 3.5/5 | 1h 17min
Crime, Drama
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Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make t ...

Some Like It Hot

NR

1959 | 4.1/5 | 2h 2min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love, Crime
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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 client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe bec ...

Farewell, My Lovely

Certification unknown

1975 | 3.3/5 | 1h 35min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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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 Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of ...

Zorro

TV-G

1957 | 3.8/5 | 24min per episode
Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
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Movies with Joan Shawlee as Actress(40)

as Wanda1982 Kiss My Grits
as Isaac's Mother1981 Child Bride of Short Creek
as Receptionist1981 Buddy Buddy
as Margo1977 Never Con a Killer
as Rose1976 Flash and the Firecat
as Saleslady1975 Matt Helm
as Woman in Ballroom1975 Farewell, My Lovely
as Polly Grant1971 Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Big Nellie1971 One More Train to Rob
as Alice Rickles1971 Willard
as Hooker1968 Something for a Lonely Man
as Robbie's Mother1968 Live a Little, Love a Little
as Blonde in Bar1967 The Reluctant Astronaut
as Fat Candy1967 Tony Rome
as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Momma Monahan1966 The Wild Angels
as Miss Gloria Maxine1964 Guerillas in Pink Lace
as Amazon Annie1963 Irma la Douce
as Marge Orr1963 Critic's Choice
as Sylvia1960 The Apartment
as Sweet Sue1959 Some Like It Hot
as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"1955 Bowery to Bagdad
as Rosie McCann1955 Conquest of Space
as Joan (uncredited)1954 A Star Is Born
as Sergeant Kipp1954 Francis Joins the WACS
as Mrs. Casey1954 Pride of the Blue Grass
as Hedy1953 All Ashore
as Lotee1950 Prehistoric Women
as Blonde1950 Woman on the Run
as Ben's Girl (as Joan Fulton)1947 The Vigilantes Return
as Blonde1947 I'll Be Yours
as Sylvia Hunter1947 Buck Privates Come Home
as Soubrette1947 Michigan Kid
as Janie1946 Lover Come Back
as Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)1946 Tangier
as Stella McNally1946 House of Horrors
as Virgie1946 White Tie and Tails
as Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)1946 The Runaround
as Ann (as Joan Fulton)1946 Cuban Pete
as Ruth (as Joan Fulton)1946 Inside Job

TV Shows/Series with Joan Shawlee as Actress(22)

as Manager1984 Crazy like a Fox
1984 Highway to Heaven
1979 Joe's World
1979 Archie Bunker's Place
1979 Delta House
as Agnes1979 The Last Resort
1979 Hart to Hart
1976 The Tony Randall Show
1976 Quincy, M.E.
1975 Starsky & Hutch
1975 S.W.A.T.
1972 The Rookies
as Heather1972 Emergency!
as Wife1972 Emergency!
as Mitilda1971 Columbo
1968 Adam-12
1967 Mannix
1961 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1958 The Rifleman
1957 Zorro
1957 Maverick
as Angie McGonigle1953 GE Theater

Full Name: Joan Shawlee
Born: Friday, 03/05 1926 (March) in Forest Hills (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 03/22 1987 (March) in Hollywood (aged: 61)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Joan Shawlee (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Joan Fulton"
Joan Shawlee frequently works together with these people:
Harry Harvey (15x, Actor)
Virginia Gregg (12x, Actress)
Billy Wilder (11x, Crew)
Whit Bissell (11x, Actor)
Edgar Buchanan (10x, Actor)
Don Barry (10x, Actor)
Vito Scotti (9x, Actor)
Rhys Williams (9x, Actor)
Michael Landon (9x, Actor)
Herb Vigran (9x, Actor)
Paul Carr (9x, Actor)
William Boyett (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:311116, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024