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Joan Davis Net Worth

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Joan Davis Net Worth


Joan Davis net worth is
$3 Million

Joan Davis Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Joan Davis (June 29, 1907 – May 22, 1961) was an American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio and television. Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy I Married Joan, Davis had a successful earlier career as a B-movie actress and a leading star of 1940s radio comedy.Born Madonna Josephine Davis in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Davis had been a performer since childhood. She appeared with her husband Si Wills in vaudeville. 
Full NameJoan Davis
Net Worth$3 Million
Date Of BirthJune 29, 1912
DiedMay 22, 1961, Palm Springs, California, United States
Place Of BirthSt. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Height5' 5" (1.65 m)
OccupationActress, vaudevillian
ProfessionActor, Comedian, Film producer
NationalityAmerican
SpouseSi Wills
ChildrenBeverly Wills
ParentsNina Davis
NicknamesJoan Davis, Davis, Joan
IMDB
NominationsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
MoviesHold That Ghost, Sun Valley Serenade, The Groom Wore Spurs, Show Business, Thin Ice, If You Knew Susie, Just Around the Corner, George White's Scandals, Tail Spin, On the Avenue, My Lucky Star, Beautiful But Broke, The Great Hospital Mystery, She Wrote the Book, Sally, Irene and Mary, Love That Brut...
TV ShowsI Married Joan
Star SignCancer
#Quote
1I don't get it. Unless my mirror lies to me, I'm not bad looking. But let me get one look at that face on the screen and I'm sick for a week.
#Fact
1Founded Joan Davis Productions, to produce films.
2Founded Joan Davis Enterprises, to produce television shows.
3Met Si Wills in 1931 and joined his vaudeville act, billed as 'Wills and Davis'.
4Daughter of a train dispatcher.
5Signed a radio contract for $1,000,000 per year for four years with the United Drug Co in 1941. This enabled her to set up her own production company in the 1950's.
6Her career was highlighted in "The Slapstick Queens" by James Robert Parish, published by A. S. Barnes in 1973.
7Profiled in book "Funny Ladies" by Stephen Silverman. [1999]
8Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 132-133. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
9Her mother, daughter Beverly Wills and two grandsons died in a fire in October of 1963.
10Film, radio and television actress.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tail Spin1939Babe Dugan
Just Around the Corner1938Kitty
Hold That Co-ed1938Lizzie Olsen
My Lucky Star1938Mary Dwight
Keep Smiling1938/IIJoan (uncredited)
Josette1938May Morris
Sally, Irene and Mary1938Irene Keene
Love and Hisses1937Joan Dolan
Life Begins at College1937Inez
Wake Up and Live1937Spanish Dancer
You Can't Have Everything1937Girl in Y.W.C.A. (uncredited)
Sing and Be Happy1937Myrtle
Angel's Holiday1937Strivers
The Great Hospital Mystery1937Flossie Duff
Thin Ice1937Orchestra Leader
Time Out for Romance1937Midge Dooley
On the Avenue1937Miss Katz
The Holy Terror1937Lili
Bunker Bean1936Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited)
Millions in the Air1935Singer
Way Up Thar1935ShortJennie Kurtz
I Married Joan1952-1955TV SeriesJoan Stevens
Harem Girl1952Susie Perkins
The Groom Wore Spurs1951Alice Dean
Love That Brute1950Mamie Sage
The Traveling Saleswoman1950Mabel King
Let's Join Joanie1950TV MovieJoanie Davis
If You Knew Susie1948Susie Parker
She Wrote the Book1946Jane Featherstone
George White's Scandals1945Joan Mason
She Gets Her Man1945Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington
Kansas City Kitty1944Polly Jasper
Show Business1944Joan Mason
Beautiful But Broke1944Dottie Duncan
Around the World1943Joan Davis
Two Señoritas from Chicago1943Daisy Baker
He's My Guy1943Madge Donovan
Sweetheart of the Fleet1942Phoebe Weyms
Yokel Boy1942Molly Malone
Two Latins from Manhattan1941Joan Daley
Sun Valley Serenade1941Miss Carstairs
Hold That Ghost1941Camille Brewster
For Beauty's Sake1941Dottie Nickerson
Manhattan Heartbeat1940Edna Higgins
Sailor's Lady1940Myrtle
Free, Blonde and 211940Nellie
Day-Time Wife1939Miss Applegate
Too Busy to Work1939Lolly

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
I Married JoanTV Series executive producer - 38 episodes, 1952 - 1955 producer - 2 episodes, 1954
The Traveling Saleswoman1950producer

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Traveling Saleswoman1950performer: "He Died With His Boots On"
If You Knew Susie1948"What Do I Want with Money" 1948 / performer: "My, How the Time Goes By" 1948, "Sextette" 1835 uncredited
George White's Scandals1945performer: "I Wake Up in the Morning", "Who Killed Vaudeville?", "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited
Show Business1944performer: "I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad" 1911, "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain", "Sextette" 1935, "Alabamy Bound" 1924, "Dinah" 1925 - uncredited
He's My Guy1943performer: "He's My Guy"
Hold That Ghost1941performer: "The Blue Danube Waltz" 1867 - uncredited
Just Around the Corner1938performer: "This Is a Happy Little Ditty" 1938 - uncredited
Hold That Co-ed1938performer: "Limpy Dimp" 1938 - uncredited
My Lucky Star1938performer: "Could You Pass in Love?", "This May Be the Night", "I've Got a Date with a Dream"
Thin Ice1937performer: "I'm Olga From the Volga", "My Swiss Hilly Billy"

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Garry Moore Show1959TV SeriesHerself
The Milton Berle Show1959TV SeriesHerself
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show1958TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1957-1958TV SeriesHerself
The George Gobel Show1958TV SeriesHerself
The Bob Hope Show1956TV SeriesHerself
Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers, Inc.1949ShortHerself
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 61942Documentary shortHerself
Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 11941ShortHerself
Hollywood Hobbies1939ShortHerself (uncredited)

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 1521 Vine Street.
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameRadioAwarded February 8, 1960 at 1716 Vine Street

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1953Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Comedienne

Known for movies

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