Actor

Joan Shawlee

Born 1926-03-05Died 1987-03-22aged 61

Joan Shawlee (1926–1987) is best known for From Here to Eternity, City Heat and Buddy Buddy.

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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Filmography (13)