Judy Canova

Judy Canova

From Wikipedia Judy Canova (November 20, 1913 – August 5, 1983), born Juliette Canova, (some sources indicate Julietta Canova), was an American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality. She appeared on Broadway and in films. She hosted her own self-titled network radio program, a popular series broadcast from 1943 to 1955. When bandleader Rudy Vallée offered the still-teenaged Canova a guest spot on his radio show in 1931, The Fleischmann Hour, the door opened to a career that spanned more than five decades. The popularity of the Canova family led to numerous performances on radio in the 1930s, and they made their Broadway theater debut in the revue Calling All Stars. An offer from Warner Bros. led to several bit parts before she signed with Republic Pictures. She recorded for the RCA Victor label and appeared in more than two dozen Hollywood films, playing leading roles as well as supporting parts, including Scatterbrain (1940), Joan of Ozark (1942), and Lay That Rifle Down (1955). In 1943, she began her own radio program, The Judy Canova Show, that ran for twelve years—first on CBS and then on NBC. Playing herself as a love-starved Ozark bumpkin dividing her time between home and Southern California. By the time her radio program ended in 1955, Canova made a smooth transition to television with appearances on The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Steve Allen Show, Matinee Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Make Room For Daddy,and other shows. In 1967, she portrayed Mammy Yokum in an unsold TV pilot adapted from Al Capp's Li'l Abner. She also worked on Broadway and in Vegas nightclubs through the early 1970s, touring with No, No Nanette in 1971. She appeared as a mystery guest on the TV show What's My Line on July 18, 1954. Canova is honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to the film & television Industry.

  • Title: Judy Canova
  • Popularity: 2.794
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1913-11-20
  • Place of Birth: Starke, Florida, USA
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Judy Canova Movies

  • 1976
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    Cannonball

    Cannonball

    5.5 1976 HD

    Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which...

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  • 1960
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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    5.8 1960 HD

    From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.

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  • 1942
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    Joan of Ozark

    Joan of Ozark

    1 1942 HD

    An uninhibited Arkansas farmgirl discovers a group of Nazis operating in the United States. Director Joseph Santley's broad WWII comedy stars Judy...

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  • 1955
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    Lay That Rifle Down

    Lay That Rifle Down

    5.5 1955 HD

    A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.

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  • 1952
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    The WAC From Walla Walla

    The WAC From Walla Walla

    1 1952 HD

    An unsophisticated country girl accidentally joins the army.

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  • 1955
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    Carolina Cannonball

    Carolina Cannonball

    1 1955 HD

    Judy and her grandpa run a trolley between a train depot and a ghost town in Nevada, near the California border. Three spies intent of tracking down...

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  • 1935
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    Going Highbrow

    Going Highbrow

    6 1935 HD

    A ditzy wife yearns to join "high society" when she and her husband become suddenly wealthy. Comedy.

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  • 1937
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    Artists & Models

    Artists & Models

    6 1937 HD

    An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.

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  • 1941
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    Sis Hopkins

    Sis Hopkins

    6 1941 HD

    An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.

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  • 1935
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    In Caliente

    In Caliente

    6.3 1935 HD

    At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.

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  • 1937
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    Thrill of a Lifetime

    Thrill of a Lifetime

    5 1937 HD

    "Howdy" Nelson believes there is no such think as real love and that romance can be cooked up between any eligible persons (of the opposite sex.) He...

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  • 1952
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    Oklahoma Annie

    Oklahoma Annie

    8 1952 HD

    A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the heart of the new sheriff. Comedy.

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  • 1945
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    Hit the Hay

    Hit the Hay

    1 1945 HD

    An unsophisticated farm girl pursues a career as an opera singer.

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  • 1944
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    Louisiana Hayride

    Louisiana Hayride

    6 1944 HD

    A naïve farm girl is duped by con men who promise her movie stardom in exchange for her savings.

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  • 1940
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    Scatterbrain

    Scatterbrain

    1 1940 HD

    A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie contract. Comedy.

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  • 1956
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    Hill-billing and Cooing

    Hill-billing and Cooing

    6 1956 HD

    Popeye and Olive are driving through hillbilly country; a very large woman hillbilly is in search of a man, and grabs Popeye. And when Popeye's...

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  • 1935
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    Broadway Gondolier

    Broadway Gondolier

    5.4 1935 HD

    A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.

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  • 1941
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    Puddin' Head

    Puddin' Head

    5 1941 HD

    On the day that United Broadcasting System's new building is dedicated, bumbling vice-president Harold L. Montgomery, Sr. discovers that he gave the...

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  • 1954
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    Untamed Heiress

    Untamed Heiress

    6 1954 HD

    Judy is the daughter of a famous opera singer who once bankrolled prospector Andrew "Cactus" Clayton. Now Clayton hopes to repay the favor, but first...

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  • 1943
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    Chatterbox

    Chatterbox

    1 1943 HD

    While shooting a western on location, a Hollywood "cowboy" star--whose offscreen image is exactly the opposite of his onscreen one--is saved from...

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  • 1960
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    Hillbilly Jamboree

    Hillbilly Jamboree

    1 1960 HD

    A lost film featuring "Grand Ole Opry" style acts.

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  • 1942
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    True to the Army

    True to the Army

    1 1942 HD

    A wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.

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  • 1935
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    Things You Never See on the Screen

    Things You Never See on the Screen

    5 1935 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.

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  • 1946
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    Singin' in the Corn

    Singin' in the Corn

    1 1946 HD

    Judy McCoy, a fortune teller with a circus, learns she has inherited some property and heads west to collect. When she arrives in the desert ghost...

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  • 1942
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    Sleepytime Gal

    Sleepytime Gal

    1 1942 HD

    Bessie Cobb, cake decorator in the kitchen of one of Miami's swankier hotels, is the central figure in an elaborate scheme by Chick Patterson, bell...

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  • 1943
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    Sleepy Lagoon

    Sleepy Lagoon

    4.5 1943 HD

    Young radio personality Judy Joyner becomes mayor of the moribund town, Sleepy Lagoon, after running on an all women ticket and promptly sets out to...

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  • 1951
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    Honeychile

    Honeychile

    6 1951 HD

    A music publishing company tries to swindle a song from a country girl that they inadvertently recorded without her permission.

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.304 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1966
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    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    7.5 1966 HD

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom

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  • 1974
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    Police Woman

    Police Woman

    6.3 1974 HD

    Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover...

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  • 1955
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    Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

    3.3 1955 HD

    Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily...

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    4 1956 HD

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  • 1963
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    Vacation Playhouse

    Vacation Playhouse

    1 1963 HD

    The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was...

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  • 1956
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    The Rosemary Clooney Show

    The Rosemary Clooney Show

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.6 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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