Joan Woodbury
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.
Known For

The Ten Commandments

Bride of Frankenstein

Call of the Wild

The Time Travelers

Algiers

Charlie Chan at the Opera

The Desperadoes

Cipher Bureau
All Movies (67)
- The Time Travelers1964 · as Gadra
- The Ten Commandments1956 · as Korah's Wife
- Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture1949 · as Red, the Bar-Girl
- Here Comes Trouble1948 · as Bubbles LaRue
- Yankee Fakir1947 · as Mary Mason
- The Arnelo Affair1947 · as Claire Lorrison
- Blue Skies1946 · as Flo (uncredited)
- Blue Skies1946 · as Flo
- Northwest Trail1945 · as Katherine Owens
- Flame of the West1945 · as Poppy Rand
- Ten Cents a Dance1945 · as Babe
- Bring on the Girls1945 · as Gloria
- Brenda Starr, Reporter1945 · as Brenda Starr
- Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat1944 · as Leah Manning
- The Whistler1944 · as Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
- Here Comes Kelly1943 · as Margie Burke
- The Desperadoes1943 · as Sundown
- You Can't Beat the Law1943 · as Amy Duncan
- The Hard Way1943 · as Maria (Uncredited)
- Phantom Killer1942 · as Barbara Mason
- Sunset Serenade1942 · as Vera Martin
- The Living Ghost1942 · as Billie Hilton
- A Yank in Libya1942 · as Nancy Brooks-Graham
- Dr. Broadway1942 · as Margie Dove
- Shut My Big Mouth1942 · as Maria
- Man From Headquarters1942 · as Ann Weston
- Confessions of Boston Blackie1941 · as Mona
- I Killed That Man1941 · as Geri Reynolds
- Two Latins from Manhattan1941 · as Lois Morgan
- I'll Sell My Life1941 · as Valencia Duncan
- Gangs Inc.1941 · as Rita Adams
- King of the Zombies1941 · as Barbara Winslow
- In Old Cheyenne1941 · as Della Casey / Dolores Casino
- Go West1940 · as Melody (uncredited)
- Sauce for the Gander1940 · as Mrs. Tupper
- Chasing Danger1939 · as Hazila
- Mystery of the White Room1939 · as Lila Haines
- While New York Sleeps1938 · as Nora Parker
- Always in Trouble1938 · as Pearl Mussendorfer
- Cipher Bureau1938 · as Therese Brahm
- Passport Husband1938 · as Conchita Montez
- Night Spot1938 · as Marge Dexter
- Algiers1938 · as Aicha
- Crashing Hollywood1938 · as Barbara Lang
- The Luck of Roaring Camp1937 · as Elsie
- Living on Love1937 · as Edith Crumwell
- Forty Naughty Girls1937 · as Rita Marlowe
- Charlie Chan on Broadway1937 · as Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
- Super-Sleuth1937 · as Doris Duane, a film actress
- Lodge Night1937 · as Lola
- There Goes My Girl1937 · as Margot Whitney
- They Gave Him a Gun1937 · as Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
- Midnight Court1937 · as Chiquita
- Charlie Chan at the Opera1936 · as Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
- Song of the Gringo1936 · as Lolita Valle
- Anthony Adverse1936 · as Half-Caste Dancing Girl
- The Lion's Den1936 · as Ann Mervin
- The Rogues' Tavern1936 · as Gloria Robloff
- Dangerous Waters1936 · as Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
- Bulldog Courage1935 · as Helen Brennan
- Okay, José1935 · as Dancer
- The Eagle's Brood1935 · as Dolores
- Charlie Chan in Shanghai1935 · as Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited)
- Call of the Wild1935 · as Show Girl (uncredited)
- Bride of Frankenstein1935 · as Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
- Without Children1935 · as Secretary (uncredited)
- One Exciting Adventure1934 · as Girl