[78-L] Jim Backus (was Joan Davis family)

[Malcolm Rockwell]

'Twas his wife.
M

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soundthink at aol.com wrote:
> Speaking of Backus and unknown voices, has anyone ever identified the tipsy, laughing female partyer that accompanies Backus on "Delicious"?
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 12:58 pm
> Subject: [78-L] Joan Davis and family
>
>
>
> The house fire was a couple years after Joan Davis herself died.  Joan's 
> daughter,  Beverly Wills,  died in the fire along with her two young 
> children and her grandmother.
>
> Although I recall the death of Joan Davis very clearly (our family were huge 
> fans of her TV show with Jim Backus) I had not remembered about the terrible 
> death of her daughter and the others until I looked at the listing on IMDB.
>
> Taylor B
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Paul Frees was Josephine?!
>
>
>   
>> David Lennick wrote:
>>     
>>> And that was the source of my original question. I found it by accident 
>>> while
>>> looking to see who played one of the Society Syncopators (turned out it 
>>> was
>>> Joan Davis's daughter).
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>>       
>> Did that daughter survive the fire that killed Joan Davis:?
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
>>     
>>> soundthink at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> IMDB shows Paul Frees to be the uncredited voice of Josephine.
>>>>
>>>> Cary Ginell
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Randy Watts <rew1014 at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>> Sent: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:57 am
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Paul Frees was Josephine?!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the "making of" documentary on the recent "Some Like It Hot" DVD, 
>>>> Tony Curtis
>>>> says that "a very fine voice actor" was brought in because he couldn't 
>>>> keep his
>>>> voice 'up' consistently for the Josephine voice, and that the final 
>>>> result was a
>>>> combination of the two. Other sources claim that the Josephine voice was
>>>> entirely Paul Frees.
>>>>
>>>> Randy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Thu, 1/1/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>>>> Subject: [78-L] Paul Frees was Josephine?!
>>>>> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
>>>>> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 10:37 AM
>>>>> Curious item in the IMDB credits for "Some Like it
>>>>> Hot". I know Paul Frees wa
>>>>>           
> s
>   
>>>>> the funeral director Mozzarella (can't mistake that
>>>>> voice since it's Boris
>>>>> Badenov) but he's also listed as dubbing the voice of
>>>>> "Josephine". Anyone know
>>>>> if he just filled in certain parts or if he actually dubbed
>>>>> the entire feminine
>>>>> voice for Tony Curtis?
>>>>>
>>>>> dl
>>>>>
>>>>>