Joan Shawlee

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

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Known For

Love, American Style

1969 • as Bernice Franks

Columbo

1971 • as Mitilda

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961 • as Pickles Sorrell

Quincy, M.E.

1976

The Bob Hope Show

1950 • as Self

Adam-12

1968 • as Mrs. Lorena Getz

Filmography

1984

Highway to Heaven

TV - Released: 9/19/1984

Crazy like a Fox

as Manager

TV - Released: 12/30/1984

1982

Kiss My Grits

as Wanda

Movie - Released: 6/18/1982

1981

Buddy Buddy

as Receptionist

Movie - Released: 4/2/1981

Child Bride of Short Creek

as Isaac's Mother

Movie - Released: 12/7/1981

1979

Hart to Hart

TV - Released: 9/22/1979

Archie Bunker's Place

TV - Released: 9/23/1979

Delta House

TV - Released: 1/16/1979

Joe's World

TV - Released: 12/28/1979

The Last Resort

as Agnes

TV - Released: 9/19/1979

Hart to Hart

as Mrs. Goodrich

TV - Released: 9/22/1979

1977

Never Con a Killer

as Margo

Movie - Released: 5/13/1977

The Feather And Father Gang

TV - Released: 3/7/1977

1976

Quincy, M.E.

TV - Released: 10/3/1976

The Tony Randall Show

TV - Released: 9/23/1976

1975

Matt Helm

as Saleslady

Movie - Released: 5/7/1975

Farewell, My Lovely

as Woman in Ballroom

Movie - Released: 8/8/1975

Flash and the Firecat

as Rose

Movie - Released: 5/31/1975

S.W.A.T.

TV - Released: 2/24/1975

Starsky & Hutch

as Mrs. Krupp

TV - Released: 9/10/1975

1973

The Magician

as Trudy Kroll

TV - Released: 10/2/1973

1972

The Rookies

TV - Released: 9/11/1972

Emergency!

as Heather

TV - Released: 1/22/1972

Emergency!

as Wife

TV - Released: 1/22/1972

1971

One More Train to Rob

as Big Nellie

Movie - Released: 2/19/1971

Willard

as Alice Rickles

Movie - Released: 7/30/1971

Dead Men Tell No Tales

as Polly Grant

Movie - Released: 12/17/1971

Columbo

as Mitilda

TV - Released: 9/15/1971

1969

Love, American Style

as Bernice Franks

TV - Released: 9/29/1969

1968

Something for a Lonely Man

as Hooker

Movie - Released: 11/26/1968

Live a Little, Love a Little

as Robbie's Mother

Movie - Released: 10/23/1968

Adam-12

as Mrs. Lorena Getz

TV - Released: 9/21/1968

1967

Tony Rome

as Fat Candy

Movie - Released: 11/10/1967

The Reluctant Astronaut

as Blonde in Bar

Movie - Released: 9/5/1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/30/1967

Mannix

TV - Released: 9/16/1967

1966

The Wild Angels

as Momma Monahan

Movie - Released: 7/20/1966

1964

Guerillas in Pink Lace

as Miss Gloria Maxine

Movie - Released: 1/1/1964

1963

Irma la Douce

as Amazon Annie

Movie - Released: 6/5/1963

Critic's Choice

as Marge Orr

Movie - Released: 2/24/1963

1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Pickles Sorrell

TV - Released: 10/3/1961

1960

The Apartment

as Sylvia

Movie - Released: 6/21/1960

1959

Some Like It Hot

as Sweet Sue

Movie - Released: 3/19/1959

1958

The Rifleman

TV - Released: 9/30/1958

1957

Zorro

TV - Released: 10/10/1957

Maverick

as Madame Pompey

TV - Released: 9/22/1957

Zorro

as Barmaid Clara

TV - Released: 10/10/1957

1955

Bowery to Bagdad

as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"

Movie - Released: 1/7/1955

Conquest of Space

as Rosie McCann

Movie - Released: 4/20/1955

1954

Pride of the Blue Grass

as Mrs. Casey

Movie - Released: 4/4/1954

A Star Is Born

as Joan (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/1/1954

Francis Joins the WACS

as Sergeant Kipp

Movie - Released: 7/30/1954

1953

From Here to Eternity

as Sandra (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 8/28/1953

All Ashore

as Hedy

Movie - Released: 3/3/1953

General Electric Theater

as Angie McGonigle

TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1952

Because of You

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/4/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Eyewitness in Courtroom

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Miss Brown

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Telephone Operator

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Opera-Loving Lady in Park

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Marriage License Bureau Clerk

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Cash Register Lady

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Receptionist

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Girl in Doctor's Office

TV - Released: 12/5/1952

1950

Prehistoric Women

as Lotee

Movie - Released: 11/1/1950

Woman on the Run

as Blonde

Movie - Released: 11/10/1950

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

TV - Released: 4/9/1950

1947

Buck Privates Come Home

as Sylvia Hunter

Movie - Released: 4/4/1947

I'll Be Yours

as Blonde

Movie - Released: 2/2/1947

The Vigilantes Return

as Ben's Girl

Movie - Released: 5/31/1947

Michigan Kid

as Soubrette

Movie - Released: 8/11/1947

Song of Scheherazade

as French Girl

Movie - Released: 2/26/1947

1946

The Runaround

as Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)

Movie - Released: 6/4/1946

Tangier

as Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)

Movie - Released: 6/6/1946

Lover Come Back

as Janie

Movie - Released: 6/21/1946

Cuban Pete

as Ann

Movie - Released: 6/26/1946

Movie

Idea Girl

as Mabel

Movie - Released: 2/8/1946

Inside Job

as Ruth (as Joan Fulton)

Movie - Released: 6/14/1946

House of Horrors

as Stella McNally

Movie - Released: 3/29/1946

White Tie and Tails

as Virgie

Movie - Released: 8/30/1946