Joan Woodbury

Joan Woodbury

Nascimento : 1915-12-17, Los Angeles, California, USA

Morte : 1989-02-22

História

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.

Perfil

Joan Woodbury

Filmes

The Time Travellers
Gadra
Research scientists experimenting with time warps are accidentally propelled forward into an unbearable future.
Os Dez Mandamentos
Korah's Wife
A épica vida de Moisés, desde recém-nascido, quando foi colocado nas águas em um cesto e acabou sendo adotado por uma princesa egípcia, até quando descobre sua real condição e decide liderar seu povo que, escravizado pelos egípcios, anseia pela liberdade.
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Red, the Bar-Girl
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
Here Comes Trouble
Bubbles LaRue
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the police beat.
Yankee Fakir
Mary Mason
A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.
The Arnelo Affair
Claire Lorrison
A neglected wife gets mixed up with an hypnotic charmer and murder.
Romance Inacabado
Flo (uncredited)
Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub-opener Johnny, who can't stay committed to anything in life for very long.
Northwest Trail
Katherine Owens
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave.
Flame of the West
Poppy Rand
Flame of the West has always attracted more attention than most of Johnny Mack Brown's Monogram westerns, if for no other reason than the offbeat casting of Douglass Dumbrille. Usually seen in villainous roles, Dumbrille herein offers a sincere, effective performance as a scrupulously honest US marshal named Nightlander. When he takes on a gang of crooked gamblers, Nightlander is shot down in cold blood, compelling frontier doctor John Poole (Johnny Mack Brown) to put his Hippocratic oath on the back burner and strap on the shootin' irons.
Ten Cents a Dance
Babe
Two privates on a 36 hour pass meet two dance hall dames, complications ensue!
Acontece Que Sou Rico
Gloria
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Brenda Starr
Reporter Brenda Starr (Joan Woodbury) and her photographer Chuck Allen (Syd Saylor) get involved in a search for the loot from a payroll robbery. Cliffhanging action and adventure and a fair amount of comic relief follow them at every turn.
Charlie Chan em ''O Gato Chinês''
Leah Manning
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
Esta Noite Morrerás
Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
Here Comes Kelly
Margie Burke
Cocky Kelly's girlfriend helps him straighten up enough to get a job as a process server.
Império da Desordem
Sundown (uncredited)
Cheyenne Rogers (Ford), um caçador de recompensas, viaja até Red Valley, onde conhece e enamora-se de Allison MacLeod (Evelyn Keyes). Tentará então, de levar uma vida fastada do seu passado, porém não será fa´cil. Western que se passa em 1860 e tem como protagonista o xerife Upton (Randolph Scott), que tenta manter a lei numa pequena cidade de Utah. Seu principal problema e com seu amigo Cheenne (Glenn Ford), que durante algum tempo foi um deliquente, mas se aposentou há muitos anos. Quando o banco é roubado, Cheyenne se converte, diante dos olhos da comunidade, no principal suspeito. Somente seu amigos parece estar convencido da sua inocência. Um dos primeiros filmes rodados em Technicolor, e também a primeira pareceria entre o ditador Charles Vidor e Glenn Ford, que depois alcançariam a glória com Rita Hayworth, em Gilda (1946) e Os Amores de Carmen (1948). O conflito entre a lei e a amizade.
You Can't Beat the Law
Amy Duncan
A wild playboy is framed by crooks for a robbery he didn't commit and eventually lands in prison. There he becomes pals with the prison's most hardened criminal, who plans a daring escape.
The Hard Way
Maria (Uncredited)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
Phantom Killer
Barbara Mason
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have also seen him emceeing benefits at the exact same time as the murders.
Sunset Serenade
Vera Martin
Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward. Roy, of course, saves the ranch for the girl. Songs include "I'm Headin's for the Home Corral," "He's a No Good Son of a Gun," "Sandman Lullaby," "Song of the San Joaquin," and "I'm a Cowboy Rockefeller."
The Living Ghost
Billie Hilton
A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.
A Yank In Libya
Nancy Brooks-Graham
American correspondent Mike Malone uncovers a Nazi plot for an uprising of the Arab tribes in Lybia. Pursued by Sheik David and his men, Mike takes refuge in the suite of Nancy Brooks, who is in the British Intelligence. He asks her to hide a gun and escapes through a window. Reporting the affair to British Consul Herbert Forbes, the latter tries to discourage him from further investigation, as the British are aware of the plot and are planning on staging a coup. He goes with Mike to Nancy's apartment, and she denies having ever seen him before. Sheik Ibrahim, next in command of the Arab tribe to Sheik David, is plotting with Nazi agent Yussof Streyer to kill David who is friendly with the British. Mike and Nancy have gone to David's camp, escape from Ibrahim's henchmen, and get back to El Moktar before the Arabs attack the garrison.
Dr. Broadway
Margie Dove
A New York doctor (Macdonald Carey) saves a chorus girl (Jean Phillips) from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
Shut My Big Mouth
Maria
A shy horticulturist becomes involved with a local criminal in the old west.
Man From Headquarters
Ann Weston
A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader (Max Hoffman Jr.) against whom he is scheduled to testify.
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Mona
A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.
I Killed That Man
Geri Reynolds
A condemned inmate's premature death places officials under suspicion.
Two Latins from Manhattan
Lois Morgan
Joan Daley, a New York booking/press agent, attempts to recruit two local stand-ins, Jinx Terry and Lois Morgan, when the Cuban sister-act, Marianela and Rosita she as booked into the nightclub for which she works fails to materialize. Complications arrive when the real Cuban sisters show up.
I'll Sell My Life
Valencia Duncan
A woman hoping to raise cash to pay for an operation to restore her blind brother's eyesight finds herself implicated in a nightclub murder.
Paper Bullets
Rita Adams
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
O Rei dos Zombies
Barbara Winslow
During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.
In Old Cheyenne
Della Casey / Dolores Casino
Roy is a newspaper reporter. He goes to Cheyenne to cover the activities of supposed bad guy Arapahoe Brown. Roy, of course, discovers who the real bad guy is.
No Tempo do Onça
Melody (uncredited)
Os irmãos Marx se aventuram no velho Oeste. Joseph e Rusty ganham uma escritura como pagamento e usam ela para pagar cervejas. Mais tarde descobrem que precisam da escritura e tentam recuperá-la mas os bandidos vão tentar impedi-los a todo custo!
Sauce for the Gander
Mrs. Tupper
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom tells the radio audience that he thinks men could do a better job running the household than women. When he arrives home, his infuriated wife Margaret proposes that her husband put his money where his mouth is. The couple switch roles, with Margaret going to the office and Tom cooking and cleaning. While Margaret becomes a successful entrepreneur, the man of the house comes dangerously close to having a nervous breakdown. Overwhelmed by a woman's work, Tom begs Margaret to go back to the way things were, but his now-independent wife isn't interested.
Chasing Danger
Hazila
When American newsreel cameraman stationed in Paris is sent to cover an Arab rebellion he finds a financier presumed dead but actually fomenting desert warfare.
Mystery of the White Room
Lila Haines
A doctor and nurse solve an operating-room murder.
While New York Sleeps
Nora Parker
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Always in Trouble
Pearl Mussendorfer
Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.
Cipher Bureau
Therese Brahm
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
Passport Husband
Conchita Montez
At the Club Habana, Henry Cabot, a bumbling busboy, is infatuated with the club's dancer, Conchita Montez. As Tiger Martin, the leader of a gang of thieves, gives Conchita a diamond bracelet, he is arrested. After Tiger is deported, Duke Selton, of Tiger's gang, pays a visit to Conchita and tells her he believes that Blackie Bennet, the leader of a rival gang, is responsible for tipping off the police about Tiger's citizenship.
Night Spot
Marge Dexter
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two of the band-members are in reality undercover-police officers who believe that the club is the headquarters of a dangerous gang of crooks.
Argélia
Aicha
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby, which arouses the jealousy of Ines.
Crashing Hollywood
Barbara Lang
A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Elsie
When the miners of Roaring Camp become Godfathers to a motherless baby, they name the boy Luck and promise to set aside money for him from their diggings. But when they strike it rich the money is gambled away instead.
Living on Love
Edith Crumwell
A man and woman, who've never met, are forced by circumstances to share the same apartment. A remake of the 1933 film "Rafter Romance".
Forty Naughty Girls
Rita Marlowe
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.
Charlie Chan na Broadway
Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
O Portento
Doris Duane, a film actress
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Lodge Night
Lola
Andy gets into hot water because of his frequent lodge meetings.
There Goes My Girl
Margot Whitney
Jerry and Connie are engaged to be married, but they're also rival newspaper reporters, and when they're both assigned to cover the same murder case, the temptation to out-scoop the other threatens their relationship.
They Gave Him a Gun
Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Midnight Court
Chiquita
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
Charlie Chan na Ópera
Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
Song of the Gringo
Lolita Valle
In his film debut Ritter is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.
Adversidade
Half-Caste Dancing Girl
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
The Lion's Den
Ann Mervin
Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hired killer Single-Shot Smith. Figuring he can help Merwin by being part of Welsh's gang he hires on as Single-Shot. But soon the real Single-Shot appears.
The Rogues' Tavern
Gloria Robloff
A mad killer is on the loose in a hotel on a dark, gloomy night.
Dangerous Waters
Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.
Bulldog Courage
Helen Brennan
A miner who was swindled out of his mine by a banker turns to robbing stagecoaches. Several years after he is tracked down and killed, his son comes to town to tangle with the banker.
Okay, José
Dancer
A Salesman tries to locate a notorious Mexican bandit.
Olho de Águia
Dolores
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
Charlie Chan em Shanghai
Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited)
When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.
O Grito da Selva
Show Girl (uncredited)
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
A Noiva de Frankenstein
Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
O filme começa de onde o original, de 1931, terminou: Frankenstein escapa do cerco ao moinho vivo, enquanto Dr. Frankenstein tem sua noiva sequestrada por outro lunático cientista. O objetivo dele é convencer o doutor a criar uma companheira para o monstro.
Without Children
Secretary (uncredited)
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high society as a means of drumming up business. This inadvertently leads to him having an affair with a rich older woman. When his wife Sue discovers the infidelity, she divorces him and takes away their two children. It turns out this was Phil's intent all along - so he could marry Sue. With David now living in Europe, the two children grow up spoiled and self-centered under Phil and Sue's neglectful care. When one of them is shot while roughhousing, David realizes he must own up to his responsibilities as a father...but it may be too late to make a difference in his children's lives...
One Exciting Adventure
Girl
One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.