Acting

Joan Shawlee

Born 1926-03-05 · Forest Hills, New York, USA

Died 1987-03-22

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

Credits

Newest first

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Crazy like a Fox
as Manager
1984
City Heat
as Peggy Barker
1984
Highway to Heaven
1984
Kiss My Grits
as Wanda
1982
Child Bride of Short Creek
as Isaac's Mother
1981
Buddy Buddy
as Receptionist
1981
Joe's World
1979
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
Hart to Hart
as Mrs. Goodrich
1979
Hart to Hart
as Marie
1979
The Last Resort
as Agnes
1979
Delta House
1979
Never Con a Killer
as Margo
1977
The Feather And Father Gang
as Margo
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Tony Randall Show
1976
Starsky & Hutch
as Mrs. Krupp
1975
Farewell, My Lovely
as Woman in Ballroom
1975
Flash and the Firecat
as Rose
1975
Matt Helm
as Saleslady
1975
S.W.A.T.
1975
The Magician
as Trudy Kroll
1973
The Rookies
1972
Emergency!
as Heather
1972
Emergency!
as Wife
1972
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Polly Grant
1971
Columbo
as Mitilda
1971
Willard
as Alice Rickles
1971
One More Train to Rob
as Big Nellie
1971
Love, American Style
as Bernice Franks
1969
Something for a Lonely Man
as Hooker
1968
Live a Little, Love a Little
as Robbie's Mother
1968
Adam-12
as Mrs. Lorena Getz
1968
Tony Rome
as Fat Candy
1967
Mannix
as (Annie) Duchess
1967
The Reluctant Astronaut
as Blonde in Bar
1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1967
The Wild Angels
as Momma Monahan
1966
Guerillas in Pink Lace
as Miss Gloria Maxine
1964
Critic's Choice
as Marge Orr
1963
Irma la Douce
as Amazon Annie
1963
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Pickles Sorrell
1961
The Apartment
as Sylvia
1960
Some Like It Hot
as Sweet Sue
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Zorro
1957
Zorro
as Barmaid Clara
1957
Maverick
as Madame Pompey
1957
Conquest of Space
as Rosie McCann
1955
Bowery to Bagdad
as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"
1955
A Star Is Born
as Joan (uncredited)
1954
Francis Joins the WACS
as Sergeant Kipp
1954
Pride of the Blue Grass
as Mrs. Casey
1954
From Here to Eternity
as Sandra (uncredited)
1953
All Ashore
as Hedy
1953
General Electric Theater
as Angie McGonigle
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Eyewitness in Courtroom
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Miss Brown
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Telephone Operator
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Opera-Loving Lady in Park
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Marriage License Bureau Clerk
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Cash Register Lady
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Receptionist
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Girl in Doctor's Office
1952
Because of You
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1952
Woman on the Run
as Blonde
1950
Prehistoric Women
as Lotee
1950
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
Michigan Kid
as Soubrette
1947
The Vigilantes Return
as Ben's Girl
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Sylvia Hunter
1947
Song of Scheherazade
as French Girl
1947
I'll Be Yours
as Blonde
1947
White Tie and Tails
as Virgie
1946
Cuban Pete
as Ann
1946
Lover Come Back
as Janie
1946
Inside Job
as Ruth (as Joan Fulton)
1946
Tangier
as Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)
1946
The Runaround
as Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)
1946