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  1. Joan Davis. Original Name. Madonna Josephine Davis. Birth. 29 Jun 1912. Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA. Death. 22 May 1961 (aged 48) Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA. Burial. Holy Cross Cemetery. Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA Show Map. Plot. Mausoleum, Block 46, Crypt D1. Memorial ID. 2063.

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    Josephine "Joan" Davis (June 29, 1907 – May 23, 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 screen actress (notably in the Abbott and Costello comedy Hold That Ghost), and a leading star of 1940s radio comedy.

  3. Actress. She began her career as a vaudeville comic in the 1930s and established herself as a top star of radio situation comedy in the 1940s. Her first film was the short Western feature Way Up Thar (1935), with Roy Rogers. Her other film credits included Hold That Ghost (1941), Beautiful but Broke (1944), Show...

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  5. Joan Davis. Actress: Hold That Ghost. Widely popular comedienne appeared in some movies and on radio in the 40s and on early television. She starred in the popular television series, I Married Joan (1952), with Jim Backus as her husband and her real-life daughter, Beverly Wills as her sister. Joan died of a sudden heart attack in 1961. Two years later, a fire tragically claimed the lives of ...

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  6. On October 24, 1963, Davis’ mother, daughter Beverly Wills, and two grandchildren were all killed in a house fire in Palm Springs, California. Joan Davis has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for her contribution the motion picture industry at 1501 Vine Street and one for her radio contribution in the 1700 block of Vine.

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