1915-12-17 ( 109 years old ) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.
Movies
The Time Travelers
1964-10-29
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949-03-02
Here Comes Trouble
1948-03-15
Yankee Fakir
1947-04-01
The Arnelo Affair
1947-02-13
Blue Skies
1946-10-15
Blue Skies
1946-10-15
Northwest Trail
1945-11-30
Flame of the West
1945-06-25
Ten Cents a Dance
1945-06-07
Bring on the Girls
1945-03-30
Brenda Starr, Reporter
1945-01-26
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944-05-20
The Whistler
1944-03-30
Here Comes Kelly
1943-09-19
The Desperadoes
1943-05-25
You Can't Beat the Law
1943-01-29
The Hard Way
1943-01-13
Phantom Killer
1942-10-02
Sunset Serenade
1942-09-14
The Living Ghost
1942-08-11
A Yank in Libya
1942-07-24
Dr. Broadway
1942-05-09
Shut My Big Mouth
1942-02-19
Man From Headquarters
1942-01-23
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941-12-08
I Killed That Man
1941-11-28
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941-10-02
I'll Sell My Life
1941-09-12
Gangs Inc.
1941-06-13
King of the Zombies
1941-05-14
In Old Cheyenne
1941-04-04
Go West
1940-12-06
Sauce for the Gander
1940-02-10
Chasing Danger
1939-05-05
Mystery of the White Room
1939-03-17
While New York Sleeps
1938-12-16
Always in Trouble
1938-10-28
Cipher Bureau
1938-10-25
Passport Husband
1938-07-15
Night Spot
1938-02-25
Algiers
1938-01-16
Crashing Hollywood
1938-01-07
The Luck of Roaring Camp
1937-11-17
Living on Love
1937-11-12
Forty Naughty Girls
1937-09-24
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937-09-22
Super-Sleuth
1937-07-16
Lodge Night
1937-06-11
There Goes My Girl
1937-05-21
They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07
Midnight Court
1937-03-06
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936-12-04
Song of the Gringo
1936-11-22
Anthony Adverse
1936-08-26
The Lion's Den
1936-07-07
The Rogues' Tavern
1936-06-04
Dangerous Waters
1936-02-10
Bulldog Courage
1935-12-30
Okay, José
1935-12-07
The Eagle's Brood
1935-10-25
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1935-10-11
Call of the Wild
1935-08-09
Bride of Frankenstein
1935-04-20
Without Children
1935-04-15
One Exciting Adventure
1934-09-01
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