- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMadonna Josephine Davis
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Widely popular comedienne appeared in some movies and on radio in the 40s and on early television. She starred in the popular television series, I Married Joan (1952), with Jim Backus as her husband and her real-life daughter, Beverly Wills as her sister.
Joan died of a sudden heart attack in 1961. Two years later, a fire tragically claimed the lives of her mother, daughter and two grandsons.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Takacs <kinephile@aol.com>
- SpouseSi Wills(August 13, 1931 - December 8, 1948) (divorced, 1 child)
- On October 24, 1963, her mother, daughter Beverly Wills and two grandsons perished in a housefire in Palm Springs, California.
- Signed a radio contract for $1,000,000 per year for four years with the United Drug Company (1941). This enabled her to set up her own production company in the 1950s.
- Best remembered by the public for her role as the scatterbrained wife of a mild-mannered community judge (played by Jim Backus) on the situation comedy I Married Joan (1952).
- She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 1521 Vine Street; and for Radio at 1716 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- Probably best known for her co-starring turn with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the horror comedy Hold That Ghost (1941), she had a reputation for flawless physical comedy.
- I don't get it. Unless my mirror lies to me, I'm not bad looking. But let me get one look at that face on the screen and I'm sick for a week.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content