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Actor Born: June 29, 1907 in St. Paul, MN Death: May 22, 1961 in Palm Springs, CA Biography:Comedienne Joan Davis was the daughter of a Minnesota-based train dispatcher. A performer in local amateur productions since the age of 3, Joan sang, danced and clowned at summer camps, amusement parks, and small-time vaudeville houses, marrying her "straight man" Si Willis in 1931. While performing in Los Angeles, Joan strenuously campaigned for an opportunity to appear before the cameras; her first film was the 1935 educational two-reeler "Way Up Thar", directed by Mack Sennett and co-starring several members of Buster Keaton's family. This led to her first feature film, "Millions in the Air" (1935). After a desultory RKO contract, Joan and her husband returned to vaudeville; she was rediscovered for pictures by 20th Century-Fox's Darryl F. Zanuck, who cast Joan in raucous Martha Raye-like slapstick roles in such films as Sonja Henie's "Thin Ice" (1937), the Ritz Bros.' "Kentucky Moonshine" (1938)... Full Biography
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