Joan Shawlee

1926-03-05 - 1987-03-22 Forest 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).

Movies

Some Like It Hot

1959 8.1

as Sweet Sue

The Apartment

1960 8.2

as Sylvia

Irma la Douce

1963 7.4

as Amazon Annie

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967 6.3

as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Buck Privates Come Home

1947 6.3

as Sylvia Hunter

Woman on the Run

1950 6.8

as Blonde

Willard

1971 6.1

as Alice Rickles

From Here to Eternity

1953 7.3

as Sandra (uncredited)

The Reluctant Astronaut

1967 5.9

as Blonde in Bar

Conquest of Space

1955 5.5

as Rosie McCann

One More Train to Rob

1971 5.4

as Big Nellie

A Star Is Born

1954 7.1

as Joan (uncredited)

Tony Rome

1967 6.4

as Fat Candy

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968 5.5

as Robbie's Mother

The Wild Angels

1966 5.5

as Momma Monahan

Because of You

1952 5.7

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Buddy Buddy

1981 6.2

as Receptionist

Farewell, My Lovely

1975 6.6

as Woman in Ballroom

Lover Come Back

1946 6.2

as Janie

The Vigilantes Return

1947 2.2

as Ben's Girl

Child Bride of Short Creek

1981 7.0

as Isaac's Mother

Bowery to Bagdad

1955 6.1

as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"

Tangier

1946 6.2

as Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)

Song of Scheherazade

1947 5.8

as French Girl

White Tie and Tails

1946 7.0

as Virgie

I'll Be Yours

1947 6.0

as Blonde

House of Horrors

1946 6.2

as Stella McNally

Critic's Choice

1963 5.5

as Marge Orr

Kiss My Grits

1982 4.7

as Wanda

Francis Joins the WACS

1954 5.8

as Sergeant Kipp

Never Con a Killer

1977 0.0

as Margo

Something for a Lonely Man

1968 7.4

as Hooker

Michigan Kid

1947 6.0

as Soubrette

Matt Helm

1975 0.0

as Saleslady

The Runaround

1946 0.0

as Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)

Prehistoric Women

1950 2.8

as Lotee

Pride of the Blue Grass

1954 0.0

as Mrs. Casey

All Ashore

1953 6.0

as Hedy

Dead Men Tell No Tales

1971 3.8

as Polly Grant

Flash and the Firecat

1975 7.0

as Rose

Cuban Pete

1946 5.0

as Ann

Inside Job

1946 5.6

as Ruth (as Joan Fulton)

Guerillas in Pink Lace

1964 5.5

as Miss Gloria Maxine

TV Shows

Love, American Style

1969 6.0

as Bernice Franks

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961 7.4

as Pickles Sorrell

Columbo

1971 8.1

as Mitilda

Adam-12

1968 7.0

as Mrs. Lorena Getz

Starsky & Hutch

1975 7.2

as Mrs. Krupp

Hart to Hart

1979 6.8

as Mrs. Goodrich

Emergency!

1972 7.8

as Heather

Emergency!

1972 7.8

as Wife

Maverick

1957 6.8

as Madame Pompey

Zorro

1957 7.5

as Barmaid Clara

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 7.1

as Eyewitness in Courtroom

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 7.1

as Miss Brown

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 7.1

as Telephone Operator

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 7.1

as Opera-Loving Lady in Park

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 7.1

as Marriage License Bureau Clerk

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 7.1

as Cash Register Lady

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 7.1

as Receptionist

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 7.1

as Girl in Doctor's Office

Crazy like a Fox

1984 7.1

as Manager

The Last Resort

1979 0.0

as Agnes

General Electric Theater

1953 6.0

as Angie McGonigle

The Magician

1973 6.7

as Trudy Kroll