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Joan Shawlee

Born: 5 March 1927, New York
Died: 22 March 1987, W.Hollywood, Ca.

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  • Some Like It Hot

    Some Like It Hot

    On the run from Chicago mobsters, two musicians don drag to join an all-girl jazz band fronted by Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe) in Billy Wilder’s hugely popular comedy.

  • The Apartment

    The Apartment

    In Wilder’s Oscar-winning comedy, Jack Lemmon plays an office worker who lends his apartment to adulterous superiors in order to get ahead.

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