Joan Woodbury

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.

Cast

King of the Zombies

(Barbara Winslow)

The Ten Commandments

(Korah's Wife)

Go West

(Melody (uncredited))

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

(Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited))

Charlie Chan at the Opera

(Dancer in Opera (uncredited))

The Living Ghost

(Billie Hilton)

The Arnelo Affair

(Claire Lorrison)

Charlie Chan on Broadway

(Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell)

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

(Leah Manning)

Song of the Gringo

(Lolita Valle)

The Time Travelers

(Gadra)

The Rogues' Tavern

(Gloria Robloff)

Gangs Inc.

(Rita Adams)

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

(Red, the Bar-Girl)

Confessions of Boston Blackie

(Mona)

Blue Skies

(Flo (uncredited))

In Old Cheyenne

(Della Casey / Dolores Casino)

While New York Sleeps

(Nora Parker)

Mystery of the White Room

(Lila Haines)

I Killed That Man

(Geri Reynolds)

Dr. Broadway

(Margie Dove)

Forty Naughty Girls

(Rita Marlowe)

Phantom Killer

(Barbara Mason)

Here Comes Kelly

(Margie Burke)

Crashing Hollywood

(Barbara Lang)

Super-Sleuth

(Doris Duane, a film actress)

Here Comes Trouble

(Bubbles LaRue)

Bulldog Courage

(Helen Brennan)

Without Children

(Secretary (uncredited))

Lodge Night

(Lola)

Man From Headquarters

(Ann Weston)

Always in Trouble

(Pearl Mussendorfer)

Northwest Trail

(Katherine Owens)

You Can't Beat the Law

(Amy Duncan)

Algiers

(Aicha)

Call of the Wild

(Show Girl (uncredited))

I'll Sell My Life

(Valencia Duncan)

Night Spot

(Marge Dexter)

There Goes My Girl

(Margot Whitney)

A Yank in Libya

(Nancy Brooks-Graham)

Passport Husband

(Conchita Montez)

Living on Love

(Edith Crumwell)

The Luck of Roaring Camp

(Elsie)

They Gave Him a Gun

(Toto - French Girl (uncredited))

One Exciting Adventure

(Girl)

The Hard Way

(Maria (Uncredited))

Bride of Frankenstein

(Queen Homunculus (uncredited))

Midnight Court

(Chiquita)

The Desperadoes

(Sundown)

The Lion's Den

(Ann Mervin)

The Eagle's Brood

(Dolores)

Yankee Fakir

(Mary Mason)

Cipher Bureau

(Therese Brahm)

Chasing Danger

(Hazila)

Shut My Big Mouth

(Maria)

The Whistler

(Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited))

Okay, José

(Dancer)

Bring on the Girls

(Gloria)

Sunset Serenade

(Vera Martin)

Flame of the West

(Poppy Rand)

Anthony Adverse

(Half-Caste Dancing Girl)

Two Latins from Manhattan

(Lois Morgan)

Ten Cents a Dance

(Babe)

Sauce for the Gander

(Mrs. Tupper)

Brenda Starr, Reporter

(Brenda Starr)

Dangerous Waters

(Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited))

Blue Skies

(Flo)