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Joan Woodbury
Los 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. W…
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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.
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1964
The Time Travelers
Movie Gadra
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1956
The Ten Commandments
Movie Korah's Wife
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1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Movie Red, the Bar-Girl
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1948
Here Comes Trouble
Movie Bubbles LaRue
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1947
Yankee Fakir
Movie Mary Mason
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1947
The Arnelo Affair
Movie Claire Lorrison
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1946
Blue Skies
Movie Flo (uncredited)
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1945
Northwest Trail
Movie Katherine Owens
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1945
Flame of the West
Movie Poppy Rand
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1945
Ten Cents a Dance
Movie Babe
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1945
Bring on the Girls
Movie Gloria
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1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Movie Brenda Starr
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1944
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Movie Leah Manning
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1944
The Whistler
Movie Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
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1943
Here Comes Kelly
Movie Margie Burke
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1943
The Desperadoes
Movie Sundown
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1943
You Can't Beat the Law
Movie Amy Duncan
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1943
The Hard Way
Movie Maria (Uncredited)
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1942
Phantom Killer
Movie Barbara Mason
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1942
Sunset Serenade
Movie Vera Martin
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1942
The Living Ghost
Movie Billie Hilton
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1942
A Yank in Libya
Movie Nancy Brooks-Graham
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1942
Dr. Broadway
Movie Margie Dove
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1942
Shut My Big Mouth
Movie Maria
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1942
Man From Headquarters
Movie Ann Weston
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1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Movie Mona
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1941
I Killed That Man
Movie Geri Reynolds
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1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
Movie Lois Morgan
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1941
I'll Sell My Life
Movie Valencia Duncan
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1941
Gangs Inc.
Movie Rita Adams
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1941
King of the Zombies
Movie Barbara Winslow
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1941
In Old Cheyenne
Movie Della Casey / Dolores Casino
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1940
Go West
Movie Melody (uncredited)
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1940
Sauce for the Gander
Movie Mrs. Tupper
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1939
Chasing Danger
Movie Hazila
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1939
Mystery of the White Room
Movie Lila Haines
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1938
While New York Sleeps
Movie Nora Parker
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1938
Always in Trouble
Movie Pearl Mussendorfer
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1938
Cipher Bureau
Movie Therese Brahm
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1938
Passport Husband
Movie Conchita Montez
