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JOAN DAVIS (fue una actriz cómica estadounidense)

Biografía

Biografía

JOSEPHINE «JOAN» DAVIS (29 de junio de 1907 – 23 de mayo de 1961) fue una actriz cómica estadounidense cuya carrera abarcó el vodevil , el cine, la radio y la televisión. Mejor recordada por la comedia de televisión de la década de 1950 I Married Joan , Davis tuvo una exitosa carrera anterior como actriz de películas B y estrella principal de la comedia de radio de la década de 1940.

 

Biografía y carrera

Nacida en Saint Paul, Minnesota, era la única hija de LeRoy Davis y Nina Mae (de soltera Sinks) Davis, quienes se casaron en St. Paul el 23 de noviembre de 1910.

La primera película de Davis fue un tema corto para Educational Pictures titulado Way Up Thar (1935), con un entonces desconocido Roy Rogers. Quizás mejor conocida por su papel coprotagonista con Bud Abbott y Lou Costello en Hold That Ghost (1941), tenía una reputación de comedia física impecable.

Joan Davis ingresó a la radio con una aparición el 28 de agosto de 1941 en The Rudy Vallee Show y se convirtió en un habitual en ese programa cuatro meses después. Luego, Davis comenzó una serie de programas que la establecieron como una de las principales estrellas de la comedia de situaciones de radio durante la década de 1940.

Davis fue la estrella del piloto no vendido Let’s Join Joanie , grabado en 1950. La serie propuesta era una adaptación televisiva de Leave It to Joan . Cuando I Love Lucy se estrenó en octubre de 1951 y se convirtió en una de las series de televisión de mayor audiencia.

 

Muerte

El 23 de mayo de 1961, Davis murió de un ataque cardíaco a la edad de 53 años en su casa en Palm Springs, California. Fue enterrada en el mausoleo del cementerio de la Santa Cruz en Culver City, California.

 

Biography

JOSEPHINE «JOAN» DAVIS (June 29, 1907 – May 23, 1961) was an American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. Best remembered for the 1950s television comedy I Married Joan, Davis had a successful previous career as a B-movie actress and lead star of the 1940s radio comedy.

 

Biography and career

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, she was the only child of LeRoy Davis and Nina Mae (née Sinks) Davis, who were married in St. Paul on November 23, 1910.

Davis’ first film was a short issue for Educational Pictures titled Way Up Thar (1935), with a then-unknown Roy Rogers. Perhaps best known for her co-starring role with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hold That Ghost (1941), she had a reputation for impeccable physical comedy.

Joan Davis entered radio with an appearance on August 28, 1941, on The Rudy Vallee Show and became a regular on that show four months later. Davis then began a series of shows that established her as one of the top stars in radio sitcom during the 1940s.

Davis was the star of the unsold pilot Let’s Join Joanie, recorded in 1950. The proposed series was a television adaptation of Leave It to Joan. When I Love Lucy premiered in October 1951, it became one of the highest-rated television series.

 

Death

On May 23, 1961, Davis died of a heart attack at the age of 53 at his home in Palm Springs, California. She was buried in the Mausoleum of the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

 

Filmography

1935 Road to Thar

1935 Million in the air

1936 Bunker bean

1937 The Holy Terror Lili

1937 on the avenue

1937 Time for romance

1937 The Great Hospital Mystery

1937 Angel’s Holiday

1937 Sing and be happy

1937 You can’t have it all

1937 Wake up and live

1937 Ice Thin Orchestra Leader

1937 Life begins at the university

1937 Love and Whistles

1938 Keep smiling

1938 Sally, Irene and Mary

1938 Josette

1938 My lucky star

1938 Hold That Mixed

1938 Around the corner

1939 Tail turn

1939 Skinny the Moocher

1939 Too busy to work

1939 Daytime Wife

1940 Free, Blonde and 21

1940 Sailor Lady

1940’s heartbeat

1941 For the sake of beauty

1941 hold that ghost

1941 Serenade of the Valley of the Sun

1941 Two Latinos from Manhattan

1942 Yokel Boy

1942 Fleet Sweetheart

1943 He’s my boy

1943 Two young ladies from Chicago

1943 Around the world

1944 Beautiful but broken

1944 show business

1944 Kansas City Kitty

1945 She gets her man

1945 George’s Scandals

1946 She wrote the book Jane

1948 If you knew Susie

1949 Make Mine Laughs

1950 The Street Vendor

1950 I love that brute

1950 Let’s Join Joanie

1951 The groom wore spurs

1952 Harem Girl

1952 Strip tease girl

1952 to 1955 I married Joan.

 

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Davis

⭐ Nació: 29/06/1907 ⚰ Murió: 23/05/1961

JOSEPHINE «JOAN» DAVIS (29 de junio de 1907 – 23 de mayo de 1961) fue una actriz cómica estadounidense cuya carrera abarcó el vodevil , el cine, la radio y la televisión. Mejor recordada por la comedia de televisión de la década de 1950 I Married Joan , Davis tuvo una exitosa carrera anterior como actriz de películas B y estrella principal de la comedia de radio de la década de 1940.

 

Biografía y carrera

Nacida en Saint Paul, Minnesota, era la única hija de LeRoy Davis y Nina Mae (de soltera Sinks) Davis, quienes se casaron en St. Paul el 23 de noviembre de 1910.

La primera película de Davis fue un tema corto para Educational Pictures titulado Way Up Thar (1935), con un entonces desconocido Roy Rogers. Quizás mejor conocida por su papel coprotagonista con Bud Abbott y Lou Costello en Hold That Ghost (1941), tenía una reputación de comedia física impecable.

Joan Davis ingresó a la radio con una aparición el 28 de agosto de 1941 en The Rudy Vallee Show y se convirtió en un habitual en ese programa cuatro meses después. Luego, Davis comenzó una serie de programas que la establecieron como una de las principales estrellas de la comedia de situaciones de radio durante la década de 1940.

Davis fue la estrella del piloto no vendido Let’s Join Joanie , grabado en 1950. La serie propuesta era una adaptación televisiva de Leave It to Joan . Cuando I Love Lucy se estrenó en octubre de 1951 y se convirtió en una de las series de televisión de mayor audiencia.

 

Muerte

El 23 de mayo de 1961, Davis murió de un ataque cardíaco a la edad de 53 años en su casa en Palm Springs, California. Fue enterrada en el mausoleo del cementerio de la Santa Cruz en Culver City, California.

 

JOSEPHINE «JOAN» DAVIS (June 29, 1907 – May 23, 1961) was an American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. Best remembered for the 1950s television comedy I Married Joan, Davis had a successful previous career as a B-movie actress and lead star of the 1940s radio comedy.

 

Biography and career

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, she was the only child of LeRoy Davis and Nina Mae (née Sinks) Davis, who were married in St. Paul on November 23, 1910.

Davis’ first film was a short issue for Educational Pictures titled Way Up Thar (1935), with a then-unknown Roy Rogers. Perhaps best known for her co-starring role with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hold That Ghost (1941), she had a reputation for impeccable physical comedy.

Joan Davis entered radio with an appearance on August 28, 1941, on The Rudy Vallee Show and became a regular on that show four months later. Davis then began a series of shows that established her as one of the top stars in radio sitcom during the 1940s.

Davis was the star of the unsold pilot Let’s Join Joanie, recorded in 1950. The proposed series was a television adaptation of Leave It to Joan. When I Love Lucy premiered in October 1951, it became one of the highest-rated television series.

 

Death

On May 23, 1961, Davis died of a heart attack at the age of 53 at his home in Palm Springs, California. She was buried in the Mausoleum of the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

 

Filmography

1935 Road to Thar

1935 Million in the air

1936 Bunker bean

1937 The Holy Terror Lili

1937 on the avenue

1937 Time for romance

1937 The Great Hospital Mystery

1937 Angel’s Holiday

1937 Sing and be happy

1937 You can’t have it all

1937 Wake up and live

1937 Ice Thin Orchestra Leader

1937 Life begins at the university

1937 Love and Whistles

1938 Keep smiling

1938 Sally, Irene and Mary

1938 Josette

1938 My lucky star

1938 Hold That Mixed

1938 Around the corner

1939 Tail turn

1939 Skinny the Moocher

1939 Too busy to work

1939 Daytime Wife

1940 Free, Blonde and 21

1940 Sailor Lady

1940’s heartbeat

1941 For the sake of beauty

1941 hold that ghost

1941 Serenade of the Valley of the Sun

1941 Two Latinos from Manhattan

1942 Yokel Boy

1942 Fleet Sweetheart

1943 He’s my boy

1943 Two young ladies from Chicago

1943 Around the world

1944 Beautiful but broken

1944 show business

1944 Kansas City Kitty

1945 She gets her man

1945 George’s Scandals

1946 She wrote the book Jane

1948 If you knew Susie

1949 Make Mine Laughs

1950 The Street Vendor

1950 I love that brute

1950 Let’s Join Joanie

1951 The groom wore spurs

1952 Harem Girl

1952 Strip tease girl

1952 to 1955 I married Joan.

 

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Davis

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