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Joan Woodbury
Actor
Died February 22, 1989 (73 years)
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Joan Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s.
Woodbury received her first acting role in the 1934 film Eight Girls in a Boat, which was uncredited. Another uncredited role followed, with her first credited role being in the 1934 film One Exciting Adventure, which starred Binnie Barnes. Her first major role, billed as Nana Martinez, was in a Hopalong Cassidy movie The Eagle's Brood. Woodbury appeared in 15 films from 1934 through 1935, of which 10 were uncredited.
In 1936, her career began to become more successful, with appearances in eight films that year, of which five were uncredited. However, of the three roles that were credited, Woodbury made an impact, and caught the attention of studios. Her mixture of Danish, British, and Native American heritage gave her an exotic appearance, and allowed her to be cast in many different ethnicities, from Hispanic to French and Asian. By 1937, her career had taken off, mostly in B-movies such as Living on Love and Bulldog Courage, but also with her receiving many credited roles.
In 1937, Woodbury starred in her first of several credited Charlie Chan films, titled Charlie Chan on Broadway. She also began appearing in numerous Westerns, portraying the heroine opposite some of the 1930s' biggest cowboy actors, to include William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame, Roy Rogers, and Johnny Mack Brown. Woodbury appeared in 50 films from 1937 to 1945, almost all of which were credited. Her most memorable of that period was her lead role in the serial Brenda Starr, Reporter, in 1945. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Woodbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Joan Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s.
Woodbury received her first acting role in the 1934 film Eight Girls in a Boat, which was uncredited. Another uncredited role followed, with her first credited role being in the 1934 film One Exciting Adventure, which starred Binnie Barnes. Her first major role, billed as Nana Martinez, was in a Hopalong Cassidy movie The Eagle's Brood. Woodbury appeared in 15 films from 1934 through 1935, of which 10 were uncredited.
In 1936, her career began to become more successful, with appearances in eight films that year, of which five were uncredited. However, of the three roles that were credited, Woodbury made an impact, and caught the attention of studios. Her mixture of Danish, British, and Native American heritage gave her an exotic appearance, and allowed her to be cast in many different ethnicities, from Hispanic to French and Asian. By 1937, her career had taken off, mostly in B-movies such as Living on Love and Bulldog Courage, but also with her receiving many credited roles.
In 1937, Woodbury starred in her first of several credited Charlie Chan films, titled Charlie Chan on Broadway. She also began appearing in numerous Westerns, portraying the heroine opposite some of the 1930s' biggest cowboy actors, to include William Boyd of Hopalong Cassidy fame, Roy Rogers, and Johnny Mack Brown. Woodbury appeared in 50 films from 1937 to 1945, almost all of which were credited. Her most memorable of that period was her lead role in the serial Brenda Starr, Reporter, in 1945. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Woodbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
| 2003 | Inside the Marx Brothers · as Melody (clip From Go West (1940)) |
| 1964 | The Time Travelers · as Gadra |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments · as Korah's Wife |
| 1956 | Come Next Spring · as Melinda Little |
| 1949 | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture · as Red, The Bar-Girl |
| 1948 | Here Comes Trouble · as Bubbles Larue |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir · as Mary Mason |
| 1947 | The Arnelo Affair · as Claire Lorrison |
| 1946 | Blue Skies · as Flo (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Northwest Trail · as Katherine Owens |
| 1945 | Flame of the West · as Poppy Rand |
| 1945 | Bring on the Girls · as Gloria |
| 1945 | Brenda Starr, Reporter · as Brenda Starr |
| 1944 | Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat · as Leah Manning |
| 1944 | The Whistler · as Antoinette 'toni' Vigran (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Here Comes Kelly · as Margie Burke |
| 1943 | The Desperadoes · as Sundown |
| 1943 | You Can't Beat the Law · as Amy Duncan |
| 1943 | The Hard Way · as Maria (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Living Ghost · as Billie Hilton |
| 1942 | Phantom Killer · as Barbara Mason |
| 1942 | Sunset Serenade · as Vera Martin |
| 1942 | A Yank in Libya · as Nancy Brooks-Graham |
| 1942 | Dr. Broadway · as Margie Dove |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth · as Maria |
| 1942 | Man from Headquarters · as Ann Weston |
| 1941 | Confessions of Boston Blackie · as Mona |
| 1941 | I Killed That Man · as Geri Reynolds |
| 1941 | I'll Sell My Life · as Valencia Duncan |
| 1941 | Paper Bullets · as Rita Adams |
| 1941 | King of the Zombies · as Barbara Winslow |
| 1941 | Ride on Vaquero · as Dolores |
| 1941 | In Old Cheyenne · as Della Casey / Dolores Casino |
| 1940 | Go West · as Melody (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Barnyard Follies · as Dolly |
| 1939 | Mystery of the White Room · as Lila Haines |
| 1938 | While New York Sleeps · as Nora Parker |
| 1938 | Cipher Bureau · as Therese Brahm |
| 1938 | Algiers · as Aicha |
| 1938 | Night Spot · as Marge Dexter |
| 1938 | Crashing Hollywood · as Barbara Lang |
| 1937 | Luck of Roaring Camp · as Elsie |
| 1937 | Living on Love · as Edith Crumwell |
| 1937 | Charlie Chan on Broadway · as Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell |
| 1937 | Forty Naughty Girls · as Rita Marlowe |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth · as Doris Duane, A Film Actress |
| 1937 | There Goes My Girl · as Margot Whitney |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun · as Toto - French Girl (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Nobody's Baby · as Replacement Dancer |
| 1937 | Midnight Court · as Chiquita |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman · as French Woman In Elevator |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan at the Opera · as Dancer In Opera (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Song of the Gringo · as Lolita Valle |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse · as Half-Caste Dancing Girl |
| 1936 | The Lion's Den · as Ann Mervin |
| 1936 | The Rogues' Tavern · as Gloria Robloff |
| 1935 | Bulldog Courage · as Helen Brennan |
| 1935 | The Eagle's Brood · as Dolores |
| 1935 | Harmony Lane · as French Singer - 'oh Susannah' |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Shanghai · as Dancer In Versailles Cafe (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Call of the Wild · as Show Girl (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein · as Queen Homunculus (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Folies Bergère de Paris · as Girl In Bar |
| 1934 | Lost in the Stratosphere · as Catherine O'toole |
| 1934 | The Count of Monte Cristo · as Dancing Girl |