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Joan Woodbury is a Actor American born on 17 december 1915 at Los Angeles (USA)

Joan Woodbury

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Birth name Joan Elmer Woodbury
Nationality USA
Birth 17 december 1915 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 22 february 1989 (at 73 years) at Desert Hot Springs (USA)

Joan Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s.

Biography

Joan Woodbury débute au cinéma avec des petits rôles non crédités dans dix films sortis en 1934 (ex. : Le Comte de Monte-Cristo de Rowland V. Lee, avec Robert Donat dans le rôle-titre) et 1935 (ex. : L'Appel de la forêt de William A. Wellman, avec Clark Gable et Loretta Young). Elle tient son premier rôle crédité (sous le pseudonyme non réutilisé de Nana Martinez) dans le western The Eagle's Brood d'Howard Bretherton (1935, avec William Boyd). Jusqu'en 1949, elle contribue en tout à soixante-quinze films américains, principalement de série B, dont quinze westerns.

Mentionnons Casbah de John Cromwell (1938, avec Charles Boyer et Hedy Lamarr ; remake de Pépé le Moko, où elle reprend le rôle d’Aïcha tenu initialement par Olga Lord), Le Roi des zombies de Jean Yarbrough (1941, avec Mantan Moreland et Henry Victor), In Old Cheyenne de Joseph Kane (1941, avec Roy Rogers), Les Desperados de Charles Vidor (1943, avec Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford et Claire Trevor), ou encore Brenda Starr, Reporter de Wallace Fox, inspiré par le comic strip du même nom (serial, 1945, avec Syd Saylor et Wheeler Oakman ; rôle-titre).

En 1938, Joan Woodbury épouse l'acteur Henry Wilcoxon (1905-1984) et se retire quasiment en 1949 pour se consacrer à sa famille. Elle revient toutefois pour trois ultimes films, deux sortis en 1956, le dernier en 1964. L'avant-dernier est Les Dix Commandements de Cecil B. DeMille (version de 1956, avec Charlton Heston et Yul Brynner), second film aux côtés de son mari — dont elle divorce en 1971 —, après Chasing Danger de Ricardo Cortez (1939).

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Filmography of Joan Woodbury (53 films)

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Actress

The Time Travelers, 1h22
Directed by Ib Melchior
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror, Romance
Themes Time travel films, Films set in the future
Actors Preston Foster, Merry Anders, Philip Carey, John Hoyt, Joan Woodbury, Dennis Patrick
Roles Gadra
Rating51% 2.5998552.5998552.5998552.5998552.599855
Scientists Dr. Erik von Steiner (Preston Foster), Dr. Steve Connors (Philip Carey) and Carol White (Merry Anders) are testing their time viewing device, drawing enormous amounts of power. Danny McKee (Franken), a technician from the power plant, has been sent to tell them to shut down their experiment. During the test, odd shadows quickly cross the room before the screen shows a stark, barren landscape. Danny discovers the screen has become a portal and steps through.
The Ten Commandments, 3h42
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Action, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about religion, La précarité, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, L'émigration
Actors Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget
Roles Korah's Wife
Rating78% 3.9487953.9487953.9487953.9487953.948795
Pharaoh Rameses I of Egypt has ordered the death of all firstborn Hebrew males after hearing the prophecy of the Deliverer, but a Hebrew woman named Yoshebel saves her infant son by setting him adrift in a basket on the Nile. Bithiah, the Pharaoh's daughter, who had recently lost her husband and the hope of ever having children of her own, finds the basket and decides to adopt the boy even though her servant, Memnet, recognizes the child is Hebrew and protests.
Here Comes Trouble, 55minutes
Directed by Fred Guiol
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Emory Parnell, Betty Compson, Joan Woodbury, Paul Stanton
Roles Bubbles LaRue
Rating54% 2.712112.712112.712112.712112.71211
Returning home from his Army service in the Pacific, Dodo Doubleday resumes his former job as a copy boy at a newspaper. Dodo's girlfriend Penny Blake is determined to have her father, the editor of the newspaper, promote Dodo to a job with a salary where they can afford to marry. However her father, "Windy" Blake detests Dodo and wishes Penny to marry someone of her own social standing. After a fourth of the paper's police reporters is beaten up by gangsters and leaves town, Windy sees the answer to his problems by promoting Dodo to Police Reporter.
The Arnelo Affair, 1h26
Directed by Arch Oboler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors John Hodiak, George Murphy, Barbara Billingsley, Frances Gifford, Dean Stockwell, Eve Arden
Roles Claire Lorrison
Rating58% 2.9010252.9010252.9010252.9010252.901025
A lawyer's wife (Frances Gifford) begins an affair with a nightclub owner Tony Arnelo (John Hodiak). Soon her compact is found near the body of Arnelo's other girlfriend, and she finds herself blackmailed and implicated in murder.
Blue Skies
Blue Skies (1946)
, 1h44
Directed by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Sol C. Siegel, Mark Sandrich, Arthur Sheekman, Irving Berlin, Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan, Billy De Wolfe, Frank Faylen
Roles Flo (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1959653.1959653.1959653.1959653.195965
The story is told in a series of vignettes and musical numbers that serve to show events in flashback. Our narrative link is New York radio star Jed Potter, who once was a renowned Broadway hoofer. The conceit is that he is on the air, telling his life story... which does not yet have an ending. The tale starts just after World War I and centers on two men who became friends while serving in the Army: rising dancer Potter and the business-minded Johnny Adams. While young, hardworking Potter dreams of and works for stardom, the more laid-back and less disciplined Adams has hopes of becoming a successful nightclub owner. In time, dancer Potter falls in love with a band singer, a "very pretty girl" named Mary O'Hara. He takes Mary to Adams' nightclub, and she takes a shine to Adams. Potter warns Mary that his old buddy is not the marrying kind. So, of course, she marries Adams. The union is not a happy one, despite the birth of a child. Adams' nightclub business is anything but a resounding success, and it turns out Potter was right: Adams is self-centered and unable to commit to his nightclubs, his marriage, or his daughter. The couple divorces, and Mary tries again with Potter. The two even become engaged. But Mary can't go through with the wedding and takes off. A devastated Potter turns to booze and subsequently suffers an accident that puts an end to his dancing career. He winds up behind a radio microphone, sharing his story with his audience, hoping that wherever Mary is, she can hear him.
Bring on the Girls, 1h32
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Eddie Bracken, Marjorie Reynolds, Peter Whitney, Alan Mowbray
Roles Gloria
Rating60% 3.0033053.0033053.0033053.0033053.003305
Ce film en couleurs et en partie musical est une adaptation de L'Homme qui cherche la vérité, film français d'Alexander Esway sorti en 1940.
Ten Cents a Dance
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jane Frazee, Mark Roberts, Joan Woodbury, John Calvert, Carole Mathews
Roles Babe
Rating60% 3.0457753.0457753.0457753.0457753.045775
Privates Billy Sparks and Ted Kimball make use of their thirty-six hour leave from the service to spend an evening at the Merryland Dance Hall, looking for suitable easy dames to court. Ted is the financially strong of the two men, but always lets Billy take care of the money, since he is afraid of gold digging girls.
Brenda Starr, Reporter
Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Joan Woodbury, Kane Richmond, Syd Saylor, Ernie Adams, Wheeler Oakman, Marion Burns
Roles Brenda Starr
Rating66% 3.317333.317333.317333.317333.31733
Daily Flash newspaper journalist Brenda Starr (Joan Woodbury), and her photographer, Chuck Allen (Syd Saylor), assigned to cover a fire in an old house where they discover the wounded Joe Heller (Wheeler Oakman),a mobster suspected of stealing a quarter-million dollar payroll. The dying Heller tells Brenda that someone took his satchel of stolen money and he gives her a coded message. Kruger (Jack Ingram), the gangster who shot Heller, escapes to his gang's hideout with the bag but discovers it is filled with paper rather than money. The gang, knowing Heller gave Brenda a coded message makes many attempts on her life to get her to reveal where Heller hid the payroll money. But thanks to Chuck and Police Lieutenant Larry Farrel (Kane Richmond), she evades them, until Pesky (William 'Billy' Benedict), a Daily Flash office boy succeeds in decoding the Heller message.
Northwest Trail, 1h6
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bob Steele, Joan Woodbury, John Litel, Raymond Hatton, Madge Bellamy, Ian Keith
Roles Katherine Owens
Rating58% 2.908252.908252.908252.908252.90825
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Trooper O'Brien assists Kate Owens when her car breaks down. Upon arrival at headquarters, his Inspector-in-charge assigns him to escort Kate to visit her Uncle in Morgan's Post located in the backwoods. As there are no roads to the area the two must travel by horse. O'Brien has two other tasks when he arrives; to discover why RCMP Sergeant Means has not filed a report in months and to investigate the complaint of Poodles Hanneford who alleges that the river going through his property has been blocked off and he has been fired upon when investigating.
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong, Joan Woodbury, Ian Keith, Sam Flint
Roles Leah Manning
Rating62% 3.149353.149353.149353.149353.14935
Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert with the aid of bumbling Number Three Son (Benson Fong) and knuckle-headed taxi driver (Mantan Moreland).
The Whistler, 59minutes
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Trevor Bardette, William Benedict
Roles Antoinette 'Toni' Vigran (Uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1448753.1448753.1448753.1448753.144875
Industrialist Earl C. Conrad, who failed to rescue his wife at sea and now suffers from grief and guilt, arranges to have a hit man end his life. He does not know how the killing will be done, but knows that it will happen within days.
The Desperadoes, 1h27
Directed by Budd Boetticher, Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan, Porter Hall
Roles Sundown
Rating63% 3.193873.193873.193873.193873.19387
In 1863, a sheriff named Steve Upton (Randolph Scott) tries to keep the law in Red Valley, a small town in Utah. While he's away, the bank is robbed. The holdup was secretly masterminded by corrupt banker Stanley Clayton and the livery stable's boss, "Uncle Willie" McLeod, with the help of ruthless gunman Jack Lester, who shoots three innocent men.
The Hard Way, 1h49
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Gladys George, Faye Emerson, Joan Leslie, Paul Cavanagh
Roles Maria (Uncredited)
Rating70% 3.541953.541953.541953.541953.54195
Helen Chernen (Ida Lupino) is an ambitious woman, determined to once and for all become rich. She pushes her younger sister Katie (Joan Leslie) into a marriage with singer/dancer Albert Runkel (Jack Carson). Katie has no interest in the man, but is desperate to leave the poor conditions she and her sister live in, a dirty steel town. Runkel's partner Paul Collins (Dennis Morgan) sees what Helen's real intentions are and tries to stop her from breaking Runkel's heart.