Joan Shawlee

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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).

Known For

Some Like It Hot

Sweet Sue

The Apartment

Sylvia

Columbo

Mitilda

From Here to Eternity

Sandra (uncredited)

Irma la Douce

Amazon Annie

A Star Is Born

Joan (uncredited)

Highway to Heaven

Self

Starsky & Hutch

Mrs. Krupp

Full Filmography

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

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