Joan Woodbury
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 17, 1915
- Died
- February 22, 1989 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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
The Time Travelers
Movie · as Gadra
The Ten Commandments
Movie · as Korah's Wife
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Movie · as Red, the Bar-Girl
Here Comes Trouble
Movie · as Bubbles LaRue
The Arnelo Affair
Movie · as Claire Lorrison
Yankee Fakir
Movie · as Mary Mason
Blue Skies
Movie · as Flo (uncredited)
Northwest Trail
Movie · as Katherine Owens
Bring on the Girls
Movie · as Gloria
Flame of the West
Movie · as Poppy Rand
Ten Cents a Dance
Movie · as Babe
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Movie · as Brenda Starr
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Movie · as Leah Manning
The Whistler
Movie · as Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
Here Comes Kelly
Movie · as Margie Burke
You Can't Beat the Law
Movie · as Amy Duncan
The Hard Way
Movie · as Maria (Uncredited)
The Desperadoes
Movie · as Sundown
The Living Ghost
Movie · as Billie Hilton
Dr. Broadway
Movie · as Margie Dove
Phantom Killer
Movie · as Barbara Mason
Man From Headquarters
Movie · as Ann Weston
A Yank in Libya
Movie · as Nancy Brooks-Graham
Shut My Big Mouth
Movie · as Maria
Sunset Serenade
Movie · as Vera Martin
King of the Zombies
Movie · as Barbara Winslow
Gangs Inc.
Movie · as Rita Adams
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Movie · as Mona
In Old Cheyenne
Movie · as Della Casey / Dolores Casino
I Killed That Man
Movie · as Geri Reynolds
I'll Sell My Life
Movie · as Valencia Duncan
Two Latins from Manhattan
Movie · as Lois Morgan
Go West
Movie · as Melody (uncredited)
Sauce for the Gander
Movie · as Mrs. Tupper
Mystery of the White Room
Movie · as Lila Haines
Chasing Danger
Movie · as Hazila
While New York Sleeps
Movie · as Nora Parker
Crashing Hollywood
Movie · as Barbara Lang
Always in Trouble
Movie · as Pearl Mussendorfer
Algiers
Movie · as Aicha
Night Spot
Movie · as Marge Dexter
Passport Husband
Movie · as Conchita Montez
Cipher Bureau
Movie · as Therese Brahm
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Movie · as Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
Forty Naughty Girls
Movie · as Rita Marlowe
Super-Sleuth
Movie · as Doris Duane, a film actress
Lodge Night
Movie · as Lola
There Goes My Girl
Movie · as Margot Whitney
Living on Love
Movie · as Edith Crumwell
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Movie · as Elsie
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie · as Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
Midnight Court
Movie · as Chiquita
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Movie · as Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
Song of the Gringo
Movie · as Lolita Valle
The Rogues' Tavern
Movie · as Gloria Robloff
The Lion's Den
Movie · as Ann Mervin
Anthony Adverse
Movie · as Half-Caste Dancing Girl
Dangerous Waters
Movie · as Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Movie · as Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited)
Bulldog Courage
Movie · as Helen Brennan
Without Children
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)
Call of the Wild
Movie · as Show Girl (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
Movie · as Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
The Eagle's Brood
Movie · as Dolores
Okay, José
Movie · as Dancer
One Exciting Adventure
Movie · as Girl