Joan Woodbury

Known for ActingBorn 1915-12-17Died 1989-02-22Los Angeles, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Brenda Starr, Reporter

Mystery of the White Room

Shut My Big Mouth

Chasing Danger

Lodge Night

The Lion's Den

The Ten Commandments

One Exciting Adventure

I'll Sell My Life

There Goes My Girl

Bride of Frankenstein

Always in Trouble

Charlie Chan on Broadway

Flame of the West

While New York Sleeps

Passport Husband

Okay, José

Charlie Chan at the Opera

I Killed That Man

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

They Gave Him a Gun

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

Go West

The Hard Way

The Rogues' Tavern

Man From Headquarters

Algiers

Confessions of Boston Blackie

Bring on the Girls

Blue Skies

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Sunset Serenade

Call of the Wild

Living on Love

The Whistler

Yankee Fakir

Ten Cents a Dance

Dr. Broadway

Two Latins from Manhattan

Crashing Hollywood

Song of the Gringo

Dangerous Waters

Bulldog Courage

The Desperadoes

Northwest Trail

The Eagle's Brood

Anthony Adverse

Gangs Inc.