Joan Shawlee

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).

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

46

Birth Date

1926-03-05 00:00:00

Birth Place

Forest Hills, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Some Like It Hot
• 

  The Apartment
• 

  Guerillas in Pink Lace
• 

  Prehistoric Women
• 

  Buck Privates Come Home
• 

  Cuban Pete

Credits

• actors (46 credits)

  • Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • City Heat

    Peggy Barker

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Kiss My Grits

    Wanda

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Child Bride of Short Creek

    Isaac's Mother

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Buddy Buddy

    Receptionist

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Never Con a Killer

    Margo

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Farewell, My Lovely

    Woman in Ballroom

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Flash and the Firecat

    Rose

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Matt Helm

    Saleslady

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Dead Men Tell No Tales

    Polly Grant

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Willard

    Alice Rickles

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • One More Train to Rob

    Big Nellie

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Something for a Lonely Man

    Hooker

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Live a Little, Love a Little

    Robbie's Mother

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Tony Rome

    Fat Candy

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Reluctant Astronaut

    Blonde in Bar

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Wild Angels

    Momma Monahan

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Guerillas in Pink Lace

    Miss Gloria Maxine

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Critic's Choice

    Marge Orr

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Irma la Douce

    Amazon Annie

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Apartment

    Sylvia

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Some Like It Hot

    Sweet Sue

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Conquest of Space

    Rosie McCann

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Bowery to Bagdad

    Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • A Star Is Born

    Joan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Francis Joins the WACS

    Sergeant Kipp

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Pride of the Blue Grass

    Mrs. Casey

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • From Here to Eternity

    Sandra (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • All Ashore

    Hedy

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Because of You

    Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Woman on the Run

    Blonde

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Prehistoric Women

    Lotee

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Michigan Kid

    Soubrette

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Vigilantes Return

    Ben's Girl

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Buck Privates Come Home

    Sylvia Hunter

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Song of Scheherazade

    French Girl

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • I'll Be Yours

    Blonde

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • White Tie and Tails

    Virgie

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Cuban Pete

    Ann

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Lover Come Back

    Janie

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Inside Job

    Ruth (as Joan Fulton)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Tangier

    Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Runaround

    Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • House of Horrors

    Stella McNally

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Idea Girl

    Mabel

    actor

    actors
    1946