---
name: "Joan Shawlee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joan-shawlee"
fi1m_id: "joan-shawlee"
imdb_id: "nm0790064"
tmdb_id: 3161
wikidata_id: "Q433403"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 March 1926"
died: "22 March 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 92
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T02:23:53.292476+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joan Shawlee

## Identity

Joan Shawlee

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joan-shawlee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joan-shawlee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0790064
- **TMDB ID:** 3161
- **Wikidata ID:** Q433403
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Shawlee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3161

Actor. Born 5 March 1926 in Forest Hills, New York, USA. Died 22 March 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 March 1926, Forest Hills, New York, USA
- **Died:** 22 March 1987
- **Active:** 1959–1960
- **Also known as:** Joan Fulton, Joyce Ring
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md), [I. A. L. Diamond](https://film.one/person/i-a-l-diamond.md), [Jack Lemmon](https://film.one/person/jack-lemmon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 92, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (2), 1960s 91 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Shawlee, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3161

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Some Like It Hot*](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md) (92)
- **Tubi:** [*The Apartment*](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md) (91)

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## Biography

Joan Shawlee (née Fulton) was an American actress. She appeared in films and on television, sometimes credited as Joan Fulton or Joyce Ring. She was born on 5 March 1926 in Forest Hills, New York, and died on 22 March 1987 in Hollywood, California.

Shawlee began her career as a model and Broadway dancer, appearing under the name Joyce Ring in the musicals *By Jupiter* (1942) and *A Connecticut Yankee* (1943). She later took small parts in films, including several with Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder. She is known for playing Sweet Sue in *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Sylvia in *The Apartment* (1960) and Amazon Annie in *Irma la Douce* (1963). On television she had a recurring role as Pickles Sorrell in *The Dick Van Dyke Show*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Apartment* (1960), Fi1m 91, as Sylvia — [page](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md)
- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), Fi1m 92, as Sweet Sue — [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), Fi1m 83, as Sandra (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)

## Complete filmography (70)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, as Manager
- *City Heat* (1984), as Peggy Barker
- *Highway to Heaven* (1984), series, Actor
- *Kiss My Grits* (1982), as Wanda
- *Child Bride of Short Creek* (1981), as Isaac's Mother
- *Buddy Buddy* (1981), as Receptionist
- *Joe's World* (1979), series, Actor
- *Archie Bunker's Place* (1979), series, Actor
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Mrs. Goodrich, Marie
- *The Last Resort* (1979), series, as Agnes
- *Delta House* (1979), series, Actor
- *Never Con a Killer* (1977), as Margo
- *The Feather And Father Gang* (1977), series, as Margo
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Tony Randall Show* (1976), series, Actor
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, as Mrs. Krupp
- *Farewell, My Lovely* (1975), as Woman in Ballroom
- *Flash and the Firecat* (1975), as Rose
- *Matt Helm* (1975), as Saleslady
- *S.W.A.T.* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Magician* (1973), series, as Trudy Kroll
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Heather, Wife
- *Dead Men Tell No Tales* (1971), as Polly Grant
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Mitilda — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Willard* (1971), as Alice Rickles
- *One More Train to Rob* (1971), as Big Nellie
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Bernice Franks
- *Something for a Lonely Man* (1968), as Hooker
- *Live a Little, Love a Little* (1968), as Robbie's Mother
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Mrs. Lorena Getz
- *Tony Rome* (1967), as Fat Candy
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as (Annie) Duchess
- *The Reluctant Astronaut* (1967), as Blonde in Bar
- *The St. Valentine's Day Massacre* (1967), as Edna, Frank's Girlfriend (uncredited)
- *The Wild Angels* (1966), as Momma Monahan
- *Guerillas in Pink Lace* (1964), as Miss Gloria Maxine
- *Critic's Choice* (1963), as Marge Orr
- *Irma la Douce* (1963), as Amazon Annie
- *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), series, as Pickles Sorrell
- *The Apartment* (1960), as Sylvia — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md)
- *Some Like It Hot* (1959), as Sweet Sue — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/some-like-it-hot.md)
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor
- *Zorro* (1957), series, as Barmaid Clara
- *Maverick* (1957), series, as Madame Pompey
- *Conquest of Space* (1955), as Rosie McCann
- *Bowery to Bagdad* (1955), as Velma, alias "Cindy Lou Calhoun"
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), as Joan (uncredited)
- *Francis Joins the WACS* (1954), as Sergeant Kipp
- *Pride of the Blue Grass* (1954), as Mrs. Casey
- *From Here to Eternity* (1953), as Sandra (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/from-here-to-eternity.md)
- *All Ashore* (1953), as Hedy
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Angie McGonigle
- *The Abbott and Costello Show* (1952), series, as Eyewitness in Courtroom, Miss Brown · Telephone Operator, Opera-Loving Lady in Park, Marriage License Bureau Clerk, Cash Register Lady, Receptionist, Girl in Doctor's Office
- *Because of You* (1952), as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
- *Woman on the Run* (1950), as Blonde
- *Prehistoric Women* (1950), as Lotee
- *Michigan Kid* (1947), as Soubrette
- *The Vigilantes Return* (1947), as Ben's Girl
- *Buck Privates Come Home* (1947), as Sylvia Hunter
- *Song of Scheherazade* (1947), as French Girl
- *I'll Be Yours* (1947), as Blonde
- *White Tie and Tails* (1946), as Virgie
- *Cuban Pete* (1946), as Ann
- *Lover Come Back* (1946), as Janie
- *Inside Job* (1946), as Ruth (as Joan Fulton)
- *Tangier* (1946), as Rocco's Blonde (as Joan Fulton)
- *The Runaround* (1946), as Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)
- *House of Horrors* (1946), as Stella McNally
- *Idea Girl* (1946), as Mabel

## Gallery

- ![Joan Shawlee](https://film.one/media/person/59238/gallery-dbe4b420d06b.jpg) Joan Shawlee — Studio Publicity, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/JoanFShawlee.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joan Shawlee](https://film.one/media/person/59238/gallery-0fcbe699623f.jpg) Joan Shawlee — Image via TMDB
- ![Joan Shawlee](https://film.one/media/person/59238/gallery-d9f1665a4690.jpg) Joan Shawlee — Image via TMDB

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