Joan Woodbury

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 Eagles 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 Bmovies 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia