- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 17, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- February 22, 1989
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 g…
Filmography
movieThe Time Travelers
1964 · Gadra
movieThe Ten Commandments
1956 · Korah's Wife
movieBoston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949 · Red, the Bar-Girl
movieHere Comes Trouble
1948 · Bubbles LaRue
movieYankee Fakir
1947 · Mary Mason
movieThe Arnelo Affair
1947 · Claire Lorrison
movieBlue Skies
1946 · Flo (uncredited)
movieNorthwest Trail
1945 · Katherine Owens
movieFlame of the West
1945 · Poppy Rand
movieTen Cents a Dance
1945 · Babe
movieBring on the Girls
1945 · Gloria
movieBrenda Starr, Reporter
1945 · Brenda Starr
movieCharlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944 · Leah Manning
movieThe Whistler
1944 · Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
movieHere Comes Kelly
1943 · Margie Burke
movieThe Desperadoes
1943 · Sundown
movieYou Can't Beat the Law
1943 · Amy Duncan
movieThe Hard Way
1943 · Maria (Uncredited)
moviePhantom Killer
1942 · Barbara Mason
movieSunset Serenade
1942 · Vera Martin
movieThe Living Ghost
1942 · Billie Hilton
movieA Yank in Libya
1942 · Nancy Brooks-Graham
movieDr. Broadway
1942 · Margie Dove
movieShut My Big Mouth
1942 · Maria
movieMan From Headquarters
1942 · Ann Weston
movieConfessions of Boston Blackie
1941 · Mona
movieI Killed That Man
1941 · Geri Reynolds
movieTwo Latins from Manhattan
1941 · Lois Morgan
movieI'll Sell My Life
1941 · Valencia Duncan
movieGangs Inc.
1941 · Rita Adams
movieKing of the Zombies
1941 · Barbara Winslow
movieIn Old Cheyenne
1941 · Della Casey / Dolores Casino
movieGo West
1940 · Melody (uncredited)
movieSauce for the Gander
1940 · Mrs. Tupper
movieChasing Danger
1939 · Hazila
movieMystery of the White Room
1939 · Lila Haines
movieWhile New York Sleeps
1938 · Nora Parker
movieAlways in Trouble
1938 · Pearl Mussendorfer
movieCipher Bureau
1938 · Therese Brahm
moviePassport Husband
1938 · Conchita Montez
movieNight Spot
1938 · Marge Dexter
movieAlgiers
1938 · Aicha
movieCrashing Hollywood
1938 · Barbara Lang
movieThe Luck of Roaring Camp
1937 · Elsie
movieLiving on Love
1937 · Edith Crumwell
movieForty Naughty Girls
1937 · Rita Marlowe
movieCharlie Chan on Broadway
1937 · Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
movieSuper-Sleuth
1937 · Doris Duane, a film actress
Lodge Night
movieLodge Night
1937 · Lola
movieThere Goes My Girl
1937 · Margot Whitney
movieThey Gave Him a Gun
1937 · Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
movieMidnight Court
1937 · Chiquita
movieCharlie Chan at the Opera
1936 · Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
movieSong of the Gringo
1936 · Lolita Valle
movieAnthony Adverse
1936 · Half-Caste Dancing Girl
movieThe Lion's Den
1936 · Ann Mervin
movieThe Rogues' Tavern
1936 · Gloria Robloff
movieDangerous Waters
1936 · Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
movieBulldog Courage
1935 · Helen Brennan
Okay, José
movieOkay, José
1935 · Dancer
movieThe Eagle's Brood
1935 · Dolores
movieCharlie Chan in Shanghai
1935 · Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited)
movieCall of the Wild
1935 · Show Girl (uncredited)
movieBride of Frankenstein
1935 · Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
movieWithout Children
1935 · Secretary (uncredited)
movieOne Exciting Adventure
1934 · Girl