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Joan Shawlee
Born: 1926-03-05 in Forest Hills, New York, USA
Reliable character actress who is perhaps known for her performance as Sweet Sue in Billy Wilder's comedy classic, "Some Like It Hot" (1959).
Rated Filmography (45)
Sorted by Score10.0
Never Con a Killer
1977
8.5
Flash and the Firecat
1975
8.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
8.2
The Apartment
1960
8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959
8.0
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954
8.0
Idea Girl
1946
8.0
Michigan Kid
1947
7.6
Something for a Lonely Man
1968
7.4
Irma la Douce
1963
7.3
All Ashore
1953
7.3
White Tie and Tails
1946
7.3
From Here to Eternity
1953
7.1
Lover Come Back
1946
7.1
A Star Is Born
1954
6.8
Woman on the Run
1950
6.7
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
6.6
Because of You
1952
6.6
Song of Scheherazade
1947
6.5
Bowery to Bagdad
1955
6.5
The Runaround
1946
6.5
Tangier
1946
6.5
Child Bride of Short Creek
1981
6.4
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
6.4
Tony Rome
1967
6.3
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
6.2
I'll Be Yours
1947
6.1
Buddy Buddy
1981
6.1
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
6.1
Willard
1971
6.1
House of Horrors
1946
6.0
Cuban Pete
1946
6.0
Guerillas in Pink Lace
1964
6.0
The Reluctant Astronaut
1967
5.9
Inside Job
1946
5.6
Conquest of Space
1955
5.6
Critic's Choice
1963
5.5
Live a Little, Love a Little
1968
5.5
City Heat
1984
5.5
The Wild Angels
1966
5.4
One More Train to Rob
1971
5.0
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1971
4.7
Kiss My Grits
1982
3.8
The Vigilantes Return
1947
3.0
Prehistoric Women
1950