Joan Woodbury

Personal Info

Birthday

December 17, 1915

Day of Death

1989-02-22

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Joanne Woodbury

Nana Martinez

John Woodbury

Joan Elmer Woodbury

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.

Known For

The Ten Commandments

Bride of Frankenstein

The Desperadoes

Anthony Adverse

There Goes My Girl

Algiers

I Killed That Man

Call of the Wild

Filmography

1964
The Time Travelers
as Gadra
1956
The Ten Commandments
as Korah's Wife
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Red, the Bar-Girl
1948
Here Comes Trouble
as Bubbles LaRue
1947
Yankee Fakir
as Mary Mason
The Arnelo Affair
as Claire Lorrison
1946
Blue Skies
as Flo (uncredited)
1945
Northwest Trail
as Katherine Owens
Flame of the West
as Poppy Rand
Ten Cents a Dance
as Babe
Bring on the Girls
as Gloria
Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Brenda Starr
1944
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
as Leah Manning
The Whistler
as Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
1943
Here Comes Kelly
as Margie Burke
The Desperadoes
as Sundown
You Can't Beat the Law
as Amy Duncan
The Hard Way
as Maria (Uncredited)
1942
Phantom Killer
as Barbara Mason
Sunset Serenade
as Vera Martin
The Living Ghost
as Billie Hilton
A Yank in Libya
as Nancy Brooks-Graham
Dr. Broadway
as Margie Dove
Shut My Big Mouth
as Maria
Man From Headquarters
as Ann Weston
1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
as Mona
I Killed That Man
as Geri Reynolds
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Lois Morgan
I'll Sell My Life
as Valencia Duncan
Gangs Inc.
as Rita Adams
King of the Zombies
as Barbara Winslow
In Old Cheyenne
as Della Casey / Dolores Casino
1940
Go West
as Melody (uncredited)
Sauce for the Gander
as Mrs. Tupper
1939
Chasing Danger
as Hazila
Mystery of the White Room
as Lila Haines
1938
While New York Sleeps
as Nora Parker
Always in Trouble
as Pearl Mussendorfer
Cipher Bureau
as Therese Brahm
Passport Husband
as Conchita Montez
Night Spot
as Marge Dexter
Algiers
as Aicha
Crashing Hollywood
as Barbara Lang
1937
The Luck of Roaring Camp
as Elsie
Living on Love
as Edith Crumwell
Forty Naughty Girls
as Rita Marlowe
Charlie Chan on Broadway
as Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
Super-Sleuth
as Doris Duane, a film actress
Lodge Night
as Lola
There Goes My Girl
as Margot Whitney
They Gave Him a Gun
as Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
Midnight Court
as Chiquita
1936
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Dancer in Opera (uncredited)
Song of the Gringo
as Lolita Valle
Anthony Adverse
as Half-Caste Dancing Girl
The Lion's Den
as Ann Mervin
The Rogues' Tavern
as Gloria Robloff
Dangerous Waters
as Valparaiso Bar Girl - Facing Wall (uncredited)
1935
Bulldog Courage
as Helen Brennan
Okay, José
as Dancer
The Eagle's Brood
as Dolores
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as Dancer in Versailles Cafe (uncredited)
Call of the Wild
as Show Girl (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
as Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Without Children
as Secretary (uncredited)
1934
One Exciting Adventure
as Girl