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Joan Shawlee

1926 - 1987

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Shawlee has received more than 466,586 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Shawlee is the 5,570th most popular actor, the 8,140th most popular biography from United States and the 2,529th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

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  • 53.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Shawlee ranks 5,570 out of 13,578. Before her are James Dunn, Grant Heslov, Sebastian Cabot, Lidia Wysocka, Park Eun-bin, and Merna Kennedy. After her are Chris Owen, Margaret Leighton, Marin Hinkle, Cho Yeo-jeong, Mike Farrell, and Faith Domergue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Joan Shawlee ranks 405. Before her are Giovanni Invernizzi, Wolfgang Seidel, Efraín Sánchez, Beatriz Segall, Astrid Ivask, and Jacques Swaters. After her are David Malet Armstrong, Danny Blanchflower, Raymond Gosling, Diana Lynn, Bob Richards, and W. Michael Blumenthal. Among people deceased in 1987, Joan Shawlee ranks 208. Before her are Heðin Brú, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Carlo Cassola, Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Wolfgang Seidel, and Leabua Jonathan. After her are Meena Keshwar Kamal, Marcos Calderón, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Clare Boothe Luce, Arthur F. Burns, and James Burnham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joan Shawlee ranks 8,140 out of 20,380. Before her are Grant Heslov (1963), Mike Mills (1958), Doug Liman (1965), Merna Kennedy (1908), Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), and Flavor Flav (1959). After her are Chris Owen (1980), Christopher Browning (1944), Johnnie Parsons (1918), Paul Creston (1906), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), and Cliff Edwards (1895).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joan Shawlee ranks 2,529. Before her are Linda Arvidson (1884), Anita Louise (1915), Fisher Stevens (1963), James Dunn (1901), Grant Heslov (1963), and Merna Kennedy (1908). After her are Chris Owen (1980), Mike Farrell (1939), Faith Domergue (1924), Blossom Rock (1895), Ken Howard (1944), and Lewis Wilson (1920).

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