Joan Shawlee
Acting
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).
Born: March 5, 1926
Place of Birth: Forest Hills, New York, USA
Known For
The Apartment
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 mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Some Like It Hot
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Emergency!
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
Emergency!
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
Quincy, M.E.
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.
Zorro
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 his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
Zorro
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 his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
Irma la Douce
When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Manager
as Wanda
as Isaac's Mother
as Receptionist
as Mrs. Goodrich
as Marie
as Agnes
as Margo
as Margo
as Mrs. Krupp
as Woman in Ballroom
as Rose
as Saleslady
as Trudy Kroll
as Heather
as Wife
as Polly Grant
as Mitilda
as Alice Rickles
as Big Nellie
as Bernice Franks
as Hooker
as Robbie's Mother
as Mrs. Lorena Getz
as Fat Candy
as (Annie) Duchess
as Blonde in Bar
as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)
as Momma Monahan
as Miss Gloria Maxine
as Amazon Annie
as Marge Orr
as Pickles Sorrell
as Sylvia
as Sweet Sue
as Barmaid Clara
as Madame Pompey
as Rosie McCann
as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"
as Joan (uncredited)
as Sergeant Kipp
as Mrs. Casey
as Sandra (uncredited)
as Hedy
as Angie McGonigle
as Eyewitness in Courtroom
as Miss Brown
as Telephone Operator
as Opera-Loving Lady in Park
as Marriage License Bureau Clerk
as Cash Register Lady
as Receptionist
as Girl in Doctor's Office
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
as Blonde
as Lotee
as Self
as Soubrette
as Ben's Girl
as Sylvia Hunter
as French Girl
as Blonde
as Virgie
as Ann
as Janie
as Ruth (as Joan Fulton)
as Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)
as Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)
as Stella McNally