Joan Woodbury
Age: N/A | From: Los Angeles, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Joanne Woodbury , Nana Martinez , John Woodbury , Joan Elmer Woodbury
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 43
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Ten Commandments
(1956) Korah's Wife
The Bride of Frankenstein
(1935) Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Call of the Wild
(1935) Show Girl (uncredited)
Mystery of the White Room
(1939) Lila Haines
The Time Travelers
(1964) Gadra
Anthony Adverse
(1936) Half-Caste Dancing Girl
Phantom Killer
(1942) Barbara Mason
The Luck of Roaring Camp
(1937) ElsieActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Gadra | |
| 1956 | Korah's Wife | |
| 1949 | Red, the Bar-Girl | |
| 1948 | Bubbles LaRue | |
| 1947 | Mary Mason | |
| Claire Lorrison | ||
| 1946 | Flo (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Katherine Owens | |
| Poppy Rand | ||
| Babe | ||
| Gloria | ||
| Brenda Starr | ||
| 1944 | Leah Manning | |
| Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited) | ||
| 1943 | Margie Burke | |
| Sundown | ||
| Amy Duncan | ||
| Maria (Uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Barbara Mason | |
| Vera Martin | ||
| Billie Hilton | ||
| Nancy Brooks-Graham | ||
| Margie Dove | ||
| Maria | ||
| Ann Weston | ||
| 1941 | Mona | |
| Geri Reynolds | ||
| Lois Morgan | ||
| Valencia Duncan | ||
| Rita Adams | ||
| Barbara Winslow | ||
| Della Casey / Dolores Casino | ||
| 1940 | Melody (uncredited) | |
| Mrs. Tupper | ||
| 1939 | Hazila | |
| Lila Haines | ||
| 1938 | Nora Parker | |
| Pearl Mussendorfer | ||
| Therese Brahm | ||
| Conchita Montez | ||
| Marge Dexter | ||
| Aicha | ||
| Barbara Lang | ||
| 1937 | Elsie | |
| Edith Crumwell | ||
| Rita Marlowe | ||
| Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell | ||
| Doris Duane, a film actress | ||
| Lola | ||
| Margot Whitney | ||
| Toto - French Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Chiquita | ||
| 1936 | Dancer in Opera (uncredited) | |
| Lolita Valle | ||
| Half-Caste Dancing Girl | ||
| Ann Mervin | ||
| Gloria Robloff | ||
| Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited) | ||
| 1935 | Helen Brennan | |
| Dancer | ||
| Dolores | ||
| Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited) | ||
| Show Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Queen Homunculus (uncredited) | ||
| Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | Girl | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
