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Joan Shawlee (March 5, 1926[2] – March 22, 1987), nee Joan Fulton (and also credited sometimes under that name, such as in the film noir, Woman On The Run, 1950),[3] was an American film and television actress. She is known for her recurring role in The Dick Van Dyke Show and a career-defining turn in Billy Wilder's comedy, Some Like It Hot, playing 'Sweet Sue', the abrasive martinet in charge of Marilyn Monroe's all-girl jazz band.

Joan Shawlee
Shawlee in 1945
Born	(1926-03-05)March 5, 1926 Forest Hills, New York, U.S.
Died	March 22, 1987(1987-03-22) (aged 61) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Remains scattered into the sea
Other names	Joan Fulton Joyce Ring
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1945–1986
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Walter Shawlee ​ ​ (m. 1950; div. 1956)​ [1] Eddie Barchet ​ ​ (m. 1958, divorced)​
Children	2

Early years

Shawlee was born in Forest Hills, New York to Thomas Cuyler Fulton, an automobile salesman, and Esther L. Ring Fulton,[4] and she moved with her parents and two brothers Theodore Cuyler Fulton Jr and Albert Fulton to Vancouver[5] when she was five years old.[6]

Career

Dancing and modeling

Shawlee studied ballet under Ernest Belcher. At the age of fourteen, she began to work as a model for the John Robert Powers agency in New York, and worked later as a showgirl on Broadway.[6] Billed as Joyce Ring, she appeared in the musical productions By Jupiter (1942) and A Connecticut Yankee (1943).[7]

Film

A tall woman (5'9"), she was known for small parts in Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder films. She is probably best remembered for her role as bandleader Sweet Sue in Some Like It Hot (1959) starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Lemmon. She appeared as Sylvia in The Apartment (1960), and as Amazon Annie in Irma la Douce, both of which starred Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. She also appeared in Billy Wilder's final film, Buddy Buddy (1981), starring Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

Television

Shawlee had a recurring role on TV in The Dick Van Dyke Show as Fiona "Pickles" Sorrell,[8] wife of writer Maurice "Buddy" Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam). She played the lead in The Adventures of Aggie (1956–57), which ran for only one season.[9]^: 20 She played Lorna Peterson on Betty Hutton's short-lived series[9]^: 94 Goldie; Margo on the 1976–77 crime drama The Feather and Father Gang;[9]^: 338 and Tessie on Joe's World.[9]^: 537-538 She was also a regular on The Abbott and Costello Show.[9] She played a dead criminal's wife in Stories of the Century with Jim Davis and a 1957 episode of Maverick titled "Stampede", starring James Garner and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., in which she portrayed the exuberant Madame Pompey. Her final acting appearance was in an episode of Crazy Like a Fox in 1985.

Comedy team

In the early 1960s, Shawlee and actress Mitzi McCall teamed up as a night club act.[6] They opened at the Club Robaire in Cleveland.[10] In January 1961, syndicated newspaper columnist Dorothy Kilgallen reported that the team was "causing quite a stir", while drawing attention to -- and exaggerating -- their discrepancy in height: "Joan being six feet, three inches tall and Mitzi four feet, 10 inches short."[11]

Personal life

She was married twice. Her first husband was Walter Shawlee, a printing executive. They had a son, Walter, and divorced in 1956. Her second husband, Eddie Barchet, was a resort hotel manager she met in England and with whom she lived in California.[12] She and Barchet had a daughter, Angela.[6]

Shawlee was a Democrat who was supportive of Adlai Stevenson's campaign during the 1952 presidential election.[13] Shawlee was a practicing Episcopalian.[14]

Death

Shawlee died of breast cancer, in Hollywood, California, on March 22, 1987, aged 61.[1] She was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.[15]

Selected filmography and television

References

External links

• Joan Shawlee at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Joan Shawlee

Joan Shawlee (* 5. März 1926 in Forest Hills, New York; † 22. März 1987 in Hollywood, Kalifornien; bis 1950 Geburtsname Joan Fulton) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, die meist schlagfertige und selbstbewusste Frauen in Nebenrollen verkörperte.[1]

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- [en] Joan Shawlee

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[ru] Шоли, Джоан

Джоа́н Шо́ли (англ. Joan Shawlee), в девичестве — Фу́лтон (англ. Fulton[1]; 5 марта 1926, Форест-Хилс, Нью-Йорк, США[2] — 22 марта 1987, Голливуд, Калифорния, США) — американская актриса, комедиантка, фотомодель и певица.

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