Joan Woodbury
66 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 17, 1915
- Died
- Feb 22, 1989 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Joanne Woodbury · Nana Martinez · John Woodbury · Joan Elmer Woodbury
Biography
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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.
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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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Known for
Joan Woodbury: movies and TV shows
Acting (66)
- 1964 The Time Travelers
as Gadra
- 1956 The Ten Commandments
as Korah's Wife
- 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) / Flo
- 1945 Northwest Trail
as Katherine Owens
- 1945 Flame of the West
as Poppy Rand
- 1945 Ten Cents a Dance
as Babe
- 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 Phantom Killer
as Barbara Mason
- 1942 Sunset Serenade
as Vera Martin
- 1942 The Living Ghost
as Billie Hilton
- 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 Two Latins from Manhattan
as Lois Morgan
- 1941 I'll Sell My Life
as Valencia Duncan
- 1941 Gangs Inc.
as Rita Adams
- 1941 King of the Zombies
as Barbara Winslow
- 1941 In Old Cheyenne
as Della Casey / Dolores Casino
- 1940 Go West
as Melody (uncredited)
- 1940 Sauce for the Gander
as Mrs. Tupper
- 1939 Chasing Danger
as Hazila
- 1939 Mystery of the White Room
as Lila Haines
- 1938 While New York Sleeps
as Nora Parker
- 1938 Always in Trouble
as Pearl Mussendorfer
- 1938 Cipher Bureau
as Therese Brahm
- 1938 Passport Husband
as Conchita Montez
- 1938 Night Spot
as Marge Dexter
- 1938 Algiers
as Aicha
- 1938 Crashing Hollywood
as Barbara Lang
- 1937 The Luck of Roaring Camp
as Elsie
- 1937 Living on Love
as Edith Crumwell
- 1937 Forty Naughty Girls
as Rita Marlowe
- 1937 Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
- 1937 Super-Sleuth
as Doris Duane, a film actress
- 1937 Lodge Night
as Lola
- 1937 There Goes My Girl
as Margot Whitney
- 1937 They Gave Him a Gun
as Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
- 1937 Midnight Court
as Chiquita
- 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
- 1936 Dangerous Waters
as Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
- 1935 Bulldog Courage
as Helen Brennan
- 1935 Okay, José
as Dancer
- 1935 The Eagle's Brood
as Dolores
- 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 Without Children
as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1934 One Exciting Adventure
as Girl