Joan Davis: movies and TV shows
Joan Davis has 54 credits in the archive: 51 films and 3 TV series, from 1935 to 1963. Highest rated: The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (6.4/10).
Career timeline
1935 – 1963 · busiest year: 1937 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | The Sound of Laughter | Jennie Kurtz (Hillbilly Singer) | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1952 | I Married Joan | Joan Stevens | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1952 | Harem Girl | Susie Perkins | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1951 | The Groom Wore Spurs | Alice Dean | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1950 | Let's Join Joanie | Joanie Davis | Film | — | 43 |
| 1950 | Love That Brute | Mamie Sage | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1950 | The Traveling Saleswoman | Mabel King | Film | 5.2 | 43 |
| 1950 | The Traveling Saleswoman | Film | 5.2 | 43 | |
| 1949 | Make Mine Laughs | (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Susie Parker | Film | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1946 | She Wrote the Book | Jane Featherstone | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1945 | George White's Scandals | Joan Mason | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1945 | She Gets Her Man | Jane 'Pilky' Pilkington | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1944 | Show Business | Joan Mason | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1944 | Kansas City Kitty | Polly Jasper | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1944 | Beautiful But Broke | Dottie Duncan | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1943 | Around the World | Joan Davis | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1943 | He's My Guy | Madge Donovan | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1943 | Two Señoritas from Chicago | Daisy Baker | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1942 | Yokel Boy | Molly Malone | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Camille Brewster | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1941 | Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Self | Film | — | 34 |
| 1941 | Sun Valley Serenade | Miss Carstairs | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1941 | For Beauty's Sake | Dottie Nickerson | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Two Latins from Manhattan | Joan Daley | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1940 | Free, Blonde and 21 | Nellie | Film | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Myrtle | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1940 | Manhattan Heartbeat | Edna Higgins | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1939 | Too Busy to Work | Lolly | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Babe Dugan | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1939 | Day-time Wife | Miss Applegate | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1938 | Sally, Irene and Mary | Irene Keene | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1938 | Hold That Co-ed | Lizzie Olsen | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1938 | Just Around the Corner | Kitty | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1938 | Josette | May Morris | Film | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1938 | My Lucky Star | Mary Dwight | Film | 5.9 | 31 |
| 1937 | Wake Up and Live | Comic Spanish Dancer | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1937 | Time Out for Romance | Midge Dooley | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | You Can't Have Everything | Girl in YWCA (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1937 | Sing and Be Happy | Myrtle | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | The Great Hospital Mystery | Flossie Duff | Film | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1937 | Love and Hisses | Joan Dolan | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Life Begins in College | Inez | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | On the Avenue | Miss Katz | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1937 | Thin Ice | Orchestra Leader | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1937 | The Holy Terror | Lili | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Strivers | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean | Mabel - Bunker's Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1935 | Millions in the Air | Singer | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Way Up Thar | Jennie Kurtz | Film | 10.0 | 28 |