Joan Shawlee

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Joan Shawlee (born March 5, 1926 in Forest Hills , New York , † March 22, 1987 in Hollywood , California ; born name Joan Fulton until 1950 ) was an American actress who played mostly quick-witted and self-confident women in supporting roles.

life and career

Joan Shawlee began her show career as a model and singer in nightclubs. Shawlee made her film debut in 1945, initially without being named in the credits. By the end of her film career, she had almost 100 film and television appearances. She was discovered by comedian Lou Costello from the comedian duo Abbott and Costello . This gave Shawlee the female lead in the Abbott and Costello film Two Cloudy Cups - Dismissed by the Army in 1947. In the following decades, the comedian played mostly self-confident and quick-witted women in supporting roles. She probably had her best-known appearances in the comedies of Billy Wilder : She cast her alongside Marilyn Monroe as the capricious band leader Sweet Sue in Some Like It Hot (1959), as a switchboard operator Sylvia in Das Appartement (1960), as a prostitute alongside Shirley MacLaine in Das Mädchen Irma la Douce (1963) and as a hotel receptionist in his last film Buddy Buddy (1981).

Shawlee has also appeared regularly on television, with frequent appearances on the Dick Van Dyke Show and the Abbott and Costello Show. Between 1956 and 1957 she also had her own television series The Adventures of Aggie , of which 16 episodes were produced. Joan Shawlee starred one last time in 1985 as a guest star in the US series An Angel on Earth . She died in 1987 at the age of only 61 years to cancer .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1945: The love of our lives (This Love of Ours)
  • 1945: The hostel to the red horse (Frontier Gal)
  • 1946: The Runaround
  • 1947: Song of the Orient (Song of Sheherazade)
  • 1947: Michigan Kid (The Michigan Kid)
  • 1947: Two cloudy cups - discharged from the military (Buck Private Come Home)
  • 1950: Amazons of the Primeval Forest (Prehistoric Woman)
  • 1950: One Knows Too Much (Woman on the Run)
  • 1952: happy ending ... and what comes next? (The marrying child)
  • 1952: Because Of You
  • 1953: A Bride in Every Harbor (All Ashore)
  • 1953: From Here to Eternity (From Here to Eternerity)
  • 1954: The Ladyboy of Venice (Casanovas Big Night)
  • 1954: A new star in the sky (A Star Is Born)
  • 1955: The Conquest of Space
  • 1955–1956: The Adventures of Aggie (TV series, 26 episodes)
  • 1957: In Another Land (A Farewell to Arms)
  • 1959: Some Like It Hot (Some Like It Hot)
  • 1960: The apartment (The Apartment)
  • 1963: Don't do that, Angelika (Critic's Choice)
  • 1963: The girl Irma la Douce (Irma LaDouce)
  • 1966: The Wild Angels
  • 1967: Chicago Massacre (The St. Valentine's Day Massacre)
  • 1968: Darling Let It Lie (Tony Rome)
  • 1971: Hot Gold from Calador (One More Train to Rob)
  • 1971: Willard (Willard)
  • 1975: Farewell, My Lovely (Farewell, My Lovrely)
  • 1976: The Buggy-Bumser (Flash and the Firecat)
  • 1981: Sharp shot (long hat)
  • 1981: Buddy Buddy (Buddy Buddy)
  • 1982: Escape on Hot Tires (Kiss My Grits)
  • 1984: City Heat - The Bull and the Snoop (City Heat)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joan Shawlee. ( January 1, 2015 memento on the Internet Archive ) NY Times biography

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personal data
SURNAME Shawlee, Joan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fulton, Joan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Forest Hills , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1987
Place of death Hollywood , California , United States