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Joan Shawlee

1926 - 1987

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Shawlee is the 4,872nd most popular actor (up from 5,567th in 2024), the 7,666th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,136th in 2019) and the 2,227th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Joan Shawlee ranks 4,872 out of 13,578. Before her are Nils Asther, Charlotte Stewart, Francisco Martínez Soria, Miguel Sandoval, Peggy Wood, and Julia Stiles. After her are Atsuko Tanaka, Marin Hinkle, Madeleine Robinson, Marshall Manesh, Willi Forst, and Alexandra Hedison.

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Among people born in 1926, Joan Shawlee ranks 369. Before her are Brita Borg, Pedro Dellacha, Uttam Kumar, Rosa Taikon, Noemí Simonetto de Portela, and George Robledo. After her are Kerwin Mathews, Fritz Weaver, Abel Goumba, Fred Ramdat Misier, Lily Carlstedt, and Hermann Kant. Among people deceased in 1987, Joan Shawlee ranks 197. Before her are John Qualen, Uwe Barschel, Metaksia Simonyan, Carlos Ulrrico Cesco, Óscar Bonfiglio, and Fatemeh Pahlavi. After her are Meena Keshwar Kamal, Elizabeth Hartman, Wolfgang Liebeneiner, James Coco, Richard Egan, and Heinz Vollmar.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Shawlee ranks 7,668 out of 20,380. Before her are Miguel Sandoval (1951), Peggy Wood (1892), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Julia Stiles (1981), Mitchell Leisen (1898), and George Washington Williams (1849). After her are Robert Farnan (1877), Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), George Kojac (1910), Rita Mae Brown (1944), Marion Jones Farquhar (1879), and Julian Steward (1902).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joan Shawlee ranks 2,228. Before her are Jeremy Davies (1969), John Ratzenberger (1947), Charlotte Stewart (1941), Miguel Sandoval (1951), Peggy Wood (1892), and Julia Stiles (1981). After her are Alexandra Hedison (1969), Matthew Labyorteaux (1966), Jean Stapleton (1923), Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958), Constance Bennett (1904), and Taylor Kinney (1981).

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