Joan Shawlee - Movies, Bio & Filmography

Meet Joan Shawlee

★ Acting🎥 45 films📺 36 TV shows📅 1946–1994🔥 1

Also known as: Joan Fulton, Joyce Ring

Born in Forest Hills, New York, USA

1926-03-05 (age 61 at death)

Died 1987-03-22

Reliable character actress who is perhaps known for her performance as Sweet Sue in Billy Wilder's comedy classic, "Some Like It Hot" (1959).From Wikipedia
Joan Shawlee (née Fulton; March 5, 1926 – March 22, 1987) was an American film and television actress. She is known for her recurring role as Fiona "Pickles" Sorrell in The Dick Van Dyke Show, a career-defining turn in Billy Wilder's comedy Some Like It Hot (1959) playing  Sweet Sue, the abrasive martinet in charge of Marilyn Monroe's all-girl jazz band, and as the flamboyant Madame Pompey in the 1957 Maverick episode "Stampede" with James Garner. She was sometimes credited  under her birth name.
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