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Joan Shawlee

Acting

Born March 5, 1926 · Forest Hills, New York, USA

Died March 22, 1987

Also known as Joan Fulton · Joyce Ring

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).

Filmography36 titles

The Apartment

1960as Sylvia

Columbo

1971as Mitilda

Some Like It Hot

1959as Sweet Sue

Emergency!

1972as Wife

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Pickles Sorrell

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Zorro

1957

Highway to Heaven

1984

Irma la Douce

1963as Amazon Annie

Starsky & Hutch

1975as Mrs. Krupp

From Here to Eternity

1953as Sandra (uncredited)

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952as Receptionist

S.W.A.T.

1975

Adam-12

1968as Mrs. Lorena Getz

The Rifleman

1958

A Star Is Born

1954as Joan (uncredited)

Hart to Hart

1979as Marie

The Rookies

1972

Maverick

1957as Madame Pompey

Mannix

1967as (Annie) Duchess

Woman on the Run

1950as Blonde

Farewell, My Lovely

1975as Woman in Ballroom

Archie Bunker's Place

Bowery to Bagdad

1955as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"

Buck Privates Come Home

1947as Sylvia Hunter

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Tony Rome

1967as Fat Candy

Guerillas in Pink Lace

1964as Miss Gloria Maxine

Willard

1971as Alice Rickles

The Reluctant Astronaut

1967as Blonde in Bar

Critic's Choice

1963as Marge Orr

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968as Robbie's Mother

Conquest of Space

1955as Rosie McCann

The Wild Angels

1966as Momma Monahan

One More Train to Rob

1971as Big Nellie

Prehistoric Women

1950as Lotee