Joan Woodbury
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Korah's Wife
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
as Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Passport Husband (1938)
as Conchita Montez
Lodge Night (1937)
as Lola
Blue Skies (1946)
as Flo (uncredited)
Go West (1940)
as Melody (uncredited)
Call of the Wild (1935)
as Show Girl (uncredited)
Ten Cents a Dance (1945)
as Babe
Here Comes Trouble (1948)
as Bubbles LaRue
The Desperadoes (1943)
as Sundown
Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
as Maria
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
as Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
as Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
as Leah Manning
Song of the Gringo (1936)
as Lolita Valle
The Time Travelers (1964)
as Gadra
The Whistler (1944)
as Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
Mystery of the White Room (1939)
as Lila Haines
While New York Sleeps (1938)
as Nora Parker
Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
as Rita Marlowe
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
as Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
Gangs Inc. (1941)
as Rita Adams
King of the Zombies (1941)
as Barbara Winslow
Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Half-Caste Dancing Girl
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
as Red, the Bar-Girl
Algiers (1938)
as Aicha
The Rogues' Tavern (1936)
as Gloria Robloff
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
as Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
The Hard Way (1943)
as Maria (Uncredited)
Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
as Brenda Starr
Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
as Mona
Crashing Hollywood (1938)
as Barbara Lang
The Eagle's Brood (1935)
as Dolores
In Old Cheyenne (1941)
as Della Casey / Dolores Casino
Super-Sleuth (1937)
as Doris Duane, a film actress
The Arnelo Affair (1947)
as Claire Lorrison
Phantom Killer (1942)
as Barbara Mason
Sunset Serenade (1942)
as Vera Martin
Northwest Trail (1945)
as Katherine Owens
A Yank in Libya (1942)
as Nancy Brooks-Graham
Two Latins from Manhattan (1941)
as Lois Morgan
One Exciting Adventure (1934)
as Girl
Man From Headquarters (1942)
as Ann Weston
Dr. Broadway (1942)
as Margie Dove
Here Comes Kelly (1943)
as Margie Burke
Midnight Court (1937)
as Chiquita
Night Spot (1938)
as Marge Dexter
The Living Ghost (1942)
as Billie Hilton
Bring on the Girls (1945)
as Gloria
Dangerous Waters (1936)
as Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
Flame of the West (1945)
as Poppy Rand
Chasing Danger (1939)
as Hazila
Yankee Fakir (1947)
as Mary Mason
Cipher Bureau (1938)
as Therese Brahm
You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
as Amy Duncan
I Killed That Man (1941)
as Geri Reynolds
Always in Trouble (1938)
as Pearl Mussendorfer
Okay, José (1935)
as Dancer
The Luck of Roaring Camp (1937)
as Elsie
I'll Sell My Life (1941)
as Valencia Duncan
There Goes My Girl (1937)
as Margot Whitney
Bulldog Courage (1935)
as Helen Brennan
Living on Love (1937)
as Edith Crumwell
Sauce for the Gander (1940)
as Mrs. Tupper
The Lion's Den (1936)
as Ann Mervin
Without Children (1935)
as Secretary (uncredited)