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Joanne Dru Joanne Dru was an American film and television actress, best-known for such films as Red River and All the King’s Men.. Born as Joan Letitia LaCock in Logan, West Virginia, Dru came to New York City in 1940 at the age of eighteen. After finding employment as a model, she was chosen by Al Jolson to appear in the cast of his Broadway show Hold Onto Your Hats.
12 de sept. de 1996 · Joanne Dru, heroine of 1940s and 1950s western films including Howard Hawks’ classic “Red River,” has died. She was 74. Dru died Tuesday night in her Beverly Hills home of respiratory ...
Thereafter she made only two big screen appearances, the last of which was the negligible Super Fuzz (1980). Joanne Dru was the sister of comedian/TV host Peter Marshall, the aunt of baseball player Pete LaCock, and the sister-in-law of actor/producer/director Tommy Noonan.
Joanne Dru essayed the role of Anne Stanton, a young girl who is blackmailed by Willie Stark, played by Broderick Crawford, into becoming his mistress. Her performance was well received by the critics and audiences alike. In 1950, John Ford gave Joanne Dru a leading role in his next western movie, ‘Wagon Master.’
Red River: Directed by Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson. With John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan. Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
Joanne Dru (31 de xineru de 1922, Logan (es) – 10 de setiembre de 1996, Los Angeles) foi una actriz d'Estaos Xuníos. Ye conocida sobremanera poles sos interpretaciones en dellos clásicos empobinaos de Howard Hawks y de John Ford .
In 1948-50 Joanne Dru starred in three of the finest Hollywood westerns and an Academy Award-winning drama. Though never a major star, her work in these films - Howard Hawks's Red River, John Ford ...
