If links do not work in an email from WikiTree, try them from the comment section on your profile page. I just watched I married Joan on decade TV. Joan is 19 degrees from Isaac Asimov, 21 degrees from Ray Bradbury, 18 degrees from Edgar Burroughs, 23 degrees from Arthur Clarke, 18 degrees from Philip Dick, 18 degrees from Robert Heinlein, 28 degrees from Frederik Pohl, 20 degrees from Kurt Vonnegut, 28 degrees from H G Wells and 15 degrees from Kelsey Jackson Williams on our single family tree. I believe the 1907 date is correct. A nostalgic journey to the past to relive the golden days of entertainment! The daughter had to have counseling. So sad , There was more to it than that; I have read it was a deliberate fire. As they told the story a dispute over Beverly grabbing a fire arm of some sort, my father gave her a spank as not to touch the weapon. Let us bring that oldie back I never heard of her husband. D  >  Davis  |  M  >  Meredith  >  Joan (Davis) Meredith, WIKITREE HOME   |   ABOUT   |   G2G FORUM   |   HELP   |   SEARCH. However, by the start of its third year, not only were the ratings beginning to slip, but Davis began experiencing heart trouble. RIP Joan Davis. Only the Trusted List can access the following: Leave a message for others who see this profile. Joan Davis is a recent discovery for me. Asterisks indicate three areas of the document that were amended. Joan Davis entered radio with an August 28, 1941, appearance on The Rudy Vallee Show and became a regular on that show four months later. RECENTLY VIEWED: MA AND PA KETTLE GO TO TOWN. My parents told me I sang the theme song from I married Joan at three and a half.they thought it was weird that a child loved this show. Like many actresses of the day, Joan under-reported her age. MILFORD - Joan C. Davis found eternal rest on Sept. 16, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. And I do not like Lucille Ball whatsoever, so I hate and don't understand why they are being compared?! When cable networks first developed in the early 1980s, Pat Robertson's CBN picked up "I Married Joan," along with Jack Benny, "Bachelor Father" and "The Life of Riley" for a late night comedy block. I make sure for every sad hollywood story I write about, I try to write about two happy stories! The spelling of Joan's mother's maiden name was also corrected. An endless series of reruns enabled an ailing Joan to garnish royalties while periodically making rare TV appearances and a failed sitcom pilot. ", ALL MATERIALS, CONTENTS, AND ARTICLES ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF DAVID LOBOSCO (unless otherwise stated). Leave It to Joan ran from July 4 to August 22, 1949, as a summer replacement for Lux Radio Theater and continued from September 9, 1949, to March 3, 1950. Please let me know if you have any questions about anything. [8] Sponsored by Lever Brothers on behalf of Swan Soap, the premise had Davis running a tea shop in the little community of Smallville. "I Married Joan" was still a network hit on the NBC daytime schedule after it left primetime TV in March, 1955. Joan Davis was doing what she loved from age 7 to about 50. JoanDavis should becredited as Asuperb comic, Along Laurel and Hardy ,Martha Raye, LillyTomlinand SteveMartin. Amazing oh, I cannot find anything that's happened to those for widowers. Lilly Tomlin deserves the Joan Davis Award as a Lifetime Achievement in Comedy. The premise of this proposed series had Davis playing a musical comedy entertainer who had raised a daughter on her own. In the pilot, Joan was introduced to her five-year-old grandson for the first time and was trying to convince Beverly, despite her hectic show-business schedule and her somewhat zany personality, that she was a loving and responsible grandmother. [2], Davis' first film was a short subject for Educational Pictures called Way Up Thar (1935), featuring a then-unknown Roy Rogers. Actor Allen Worthy. My Mom had great taste in classic films/TV/music, and, when we got cable TV in the 1980s, she encouraged me to watch "I Married Joan." When I Love Lucy premiered in October 1951 on CBS Television and became a top-rated TV series, sponsors wanted more of the same. She would be 107 this year. I went on YouTube to see her TV show and I could not believe how old she looked in the Dinah Shore show. Her hair and eyes remind me of Jeannette McDonald for some reason.What is it about Hollywood stars and affairs with comedians and band leaders?Page. [8] On October 24, 1963, Davis' mother, daughter Beverly Wills, and two grandchildren were all killed in a house fire in Palm Springs. Simple theme. I remember joan from the abbot and costello movie. Josephine "Joan" Davis (June 29, 1907 – May 22, 1961) was an American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television.Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy I Married Joan, Davis had a successful earlier career as a B … Have you taken a DNA test? WIKITREE PROTECTS MOST SENSITIVE INFORMATION BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT STATED IN THE TERMS OF SERVICE AND PRIVACY POLICY. AJoanDavis fan. :(. I grew up on I Married Joan reruns. Share family photos and stories. :-). May she have the Angels laughing. Just a note to say hello and to let you know that I'm available to answer questions about WikiTree. Ms. Davis and her husband evidently had a diagnosis on the child much earlier and that is why they stayed together; someone always had to be at home with her. How nice it is to be able to see all those episodes of The Joan Davis Show again and to read about her life through your posting. PS Sometimes links don't work in emails. She was a frequent and popular performer on Tallulah Bankhead's legendary radio variety show, The Big Show (1950–52). Who did the daughter marry first? I was never an I Love Lucy Fan, but always thought that Joan Davis was a great talent who is still underrated when it comes to TV history. She was also heard on CBS July 3 through August 28, 1950. Ray Ferrell was cast as Joan's grandson Stevie. Life is so short. Click my name, then ask in the comment section of my page or send a private message. Now, I get up extra early for work during the week just to watch Joan on Decades TV. I'm sure l'm wrong , but spose that fire were a murder ? [11][12] She was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery mausoleum in Culver City, California. [1] Davis had been a performer since childhood. Perhaps best known for her co-starring turn with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hold That Ghost (1941), she had a reputation for flawless physical comedy. She was a WONDERFUL COMEDIENNE!!!! She made millions of people laugh and made a fortune doing it. Tall and lanky, with a comically flat speaking voice, she became known as one of the few female physical clowns of her time. My guess? Join Facebook to connect with Joan Davis and others you may know. Links work there. Steve, you have your facts straight. The proposed series was a television adaptation of Leave It to Joan. They finally came off CBN in 1983. If she died at 47, why does she look like she's 64? If that's happened, check the public comments on your profile. My friends and I wondered that and why there was no real bio done on Davis? August 12, 1942 – September 30, 2020. Joan Carol Davis. She appeared with her husband Si Wills in vaudeville. Always enjoyed the acapella theme tune and incidental music. Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy I Married Joan, Davis had a successful earlier career as a B-movie actress and a leading star of 1940s radio comedy. The judge finally ruled in favor of Beverly's current husband, who was away on a business trip the night Beverly's careless smoking ended the family lineage. When Vallee left for the Coast Guard in 1943, Davis and Jack Haley became the co-hosts of the show. Login to find your connection. Love, Khymmberleigh. [3] I Married Joan premiered in 1952 on NBC, casting Davis as the manic wife of a mild-mannered community judge (Jim Backus), who got her husband into wacky jams with or without the help of a younger sister, played by her real-life daughter, Beverly Wills. I hope your cable has Decades. She really stole the scene. The original document was filled out by Rose Labon, who delivered baby Josephine at the family's residence at 275 Bates Avenue. Do you watch Decades a channel which focus on TVShows etc from former years.Joan Davis Show is able to watch around 4:30 a.m.Mon thru Friday. A beginner fireman. With only three years of episodes, they eventually played out with audiences. LLlly Tomlin has matched the Great Joan Davis as a Superb comic. It actually was for a while. However, after Joan' sudden death on May 23, 1961, her estate went into litigation and the show was pulled from syndication. As mentioned in previous entries. [13], "Joan was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 29, 1907. If you prefer to keep it private, Current Last Name (CLN) contains a comma, which should be deleted. She made a strong impression as one of the girl orchestra in "Some Like It Hot. Lucille Ball was overated as a Comedian, I thought she stunk . her daughter, Beverly, won most of the estate until her death (and remaining family members) in the October 24, 1963 house fire. You can contact me by clicking the link to my name, then sending a private message or posting a comment on my profile page. Great post, though! Davis used her real name as the lead character. I'll say you for the record here the house was not torn down, I lived there for sometime. Me, too. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. [10], On May 22, 1961, Davis died of a heart attack at the age of 53 at her home in Palm Springs, California. Harry von Zell was the announcer, and her head writer was Abe Burrows, formerly the head writer (and co-creator) of Duffy's Tavern and eventually a legendary Broadway playwright. After Davis's death in the spring of 1961, I Married Joan was pulled from syndication until litigation over her estate---including her residuals from the show's syndicated reruns---could be settled in court (an issue complicated by the deaths of all of her next of kin in 1963), according to the Los Angeles Times. Joan Davis was born Josephine Madonna Davis on June 29, 1912 (not 1907). "I Married Joan" was the first network show ever picked up for network daytime reruns. She was the best. Still periodically hum that song to this day. With Lionel Stander as the tea shop manager, the cast also included Hans Conried, Mary Jane Croft, Andy Russell, the Choraliers quintet, and John Rarig and his Orchestra. Hearing the theme song makes me sad too thinking of my parents who are now deceased. The Minnesota Birth Index at Ancestry has an entry for Josephina Donna Davis, born June 29, 1912 in Ramsey County (where St. Paul lies).