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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 17, 1915
Died
February 22, 1989
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Joanne Woodbury
- Nana Martinez
- John Woodbury
- Joan Elmer Woodbury
Joan Woodbury
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.0
Gadra
The Time Travelers
1964
7.8
Korah's Wife
The Ten Commandments
1956
5.6
Red, the Bar-Girl
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
4.6
Bubbles LaRue
Here Comes Trouble
1948
5.0
Mary Mason
Yankee Fakir
1947
5.0
Claire Lorrison
The Arnelo Affair
1947
6.1
Flo (uncredited)
Blue Skies
1946
6.1
Flo
Blue Skies
1946
5.0
Katherine Owens
Northwest Trail
1945
6.0
Poppy Rand
Flame of the West
1945
Credits
The Time Travelers
as Gadra
1964
5.0
The Ten Commandments
as Korah's Wife
1956
7.8
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Red, the Bar-Girl
1949
5.6
Here Comes Trouble
as Bubbles LaRue
1948
4.6
Yankee Fakir
as Mary Mason
1947
5.0
The Arnelo Affair
as Claire Lorrison
1947
5.0
Blue Skies
as Flo (uncredited)
1946
6.1
Blue Skies
as Flo
1946
6.1
Northwest Trail
as Katherine Owens
1945
5.0
Flame of the West
as Poppy Rand
1945
6.0
Ten Cents a Dance
as Babe
1945
5.0
Bring on the Girls
as Gloria
1945
6.1
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Brenda Starr
1945
0.0
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
as Leah Manning
1944
6.4
The Whistler
as Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
1944
6.1
🎬
Here Comes Kelly
as Margie Burke
1943
1.0
The Desperadoes
as Sundown
1943
5.7
You Can't Beat the Law
as Amy Duncan
1943
5.2
The Hard Way
as Maria (Uncredited)
1943
6.3
Phantom Killer
as Barbara Mason
1942
4.5
Sunset Serenade
as Vera Martin
1942
5.5
The Living Ghost
as Billie Hilton
1942
4.1
A Yank in Libya
as Nancy Brooks-Graham
1942
3.5
Dr. Broadway
as Margie Dove
1942
5.6
Shut My Big Mouth
as Maria
1942
8.5
Man From Headquarters
as Ann Weston
1942
6.0
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Mona
1941
6.1
I Killed That Man
as Geri Reynolds
1941
6.0
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Lois Morgan
1941
5.0
I'll Sell My Life
as Valencia Duncan
1941
6.0
Gangs Inc.
as Rita Adams
1941
5.2
King of the Zombies
as Barbara Winslow
1941
5.1
In Old Cheyenne
as Della Casey / Dolores Casino
1941
4.1
Go West
as Melody (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Sauce for the Gander
as Mrs. Tupper
1940
5.0
Chasing Danger
as Hazila
1939
6.0
Mystery of the White Room
as Lila Haines
1939
0.0
While New York Sleeps
as Nora Parker
1938
0.0
Always in Trouble
as Pearl Mussendorfer
1938
6.0
Cipher Bureau
as Therese Brahm
1938
4.2
Passport Husband
as Conchita Montez
1938
6.0
Night Spot
as Marge Dexter
1938
3.8
Algiers
as Aicha
1938
6.2
Crashing Hollywood
as Barbara Lang
1938
5.8
The Luck of Roaring Camp
as Elsie
1937
3.7
Living on Love
as Edith Crumwell
1937
6.0
Forty Naughty Girls
as Rita Marlowe
1937
5.3
Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
1937
7.0
Super-Sleuth
as Doris Duane, a film actress
1937
5.0
🎬
Lodge Night
as Lola
1937
0.0
There Goes My Girl
as Margot Whitney
1937
5.0
They Gave Him a Gun
as Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
1937
6.2
Midnight Court
as Chiquita
1937
4.4
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
1936
6.8
Song of the Gringo
as Lolita Valle
1936
4.7
Anthony Adverse
as Half-Caste Dancing Girl
1936
5.7
The Lion's Den
as Ann Mervin
1936
0.0
The Rogues' Tavern
as Gloria Robloff
1936
5.8
Dangerous Waters
as Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
1936
4.5
Bulldog Courage
as Helen Brennan
1935
4.7
🎬
Okay, José
as Dancer
1935
5.0
The Eagle's Brood
as Dolores
1935
4.7
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited)
1935
6.6
Call of the Wild
as Show Girl (uncredited)
1935
6.2
Bride of Frankenstein
as Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
1935
7.5
Without Children
as Secretary (uncredited)
1935
0.0
One Exciting Adventure
as Girl
1934
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