page_title: Joan Woodbury
section_title: Career rise
hierarchical_section_title: Joan Woodbury / Career rise
caption_attribution_description: English: Joan Woodbury performing 'Toreador' dance, from 'There Goes My Girl', ca. 1930, Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, PXE 789 (v.57) English: Joan Woodbury performing 'Toreador' dance, from 'There Goes My Girl', ca. 1930, Sam Hood, State Library of New South Wales, PXE 789 (v.57)
context_page_description: Joan Elmer Woodbury was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Joan Woodbury performing 'Toreador' dance, from 'There Goes My Girl', ca. 1930, Sam Hood
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