Joan Shawlee

American actress (1926–1987) · United States · Female · Born 1926-03-05 · Died 1987-03-22

18 films · 1 show

Joan Shawlee 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. Wikipedia ↗