New England Historic Genealogical Society. ^ Known as Joan Lacock in the 1930 United States census.Super Fuzz ( Poliziotto superpiù) (1980) – Rosy Labouche (final film role).Sylvia (1965) – Jane (Bronson) Phillips.The Wild and the Innocent (1959) – Marcy.The Light in the Forest (1958) – Milly Elder.Hell on Frisco Bay (1956) – Marcia Rollins.The Dark Avenger (1955) – Lady Joan Holland. ![]() Siege at Red River (1954) – Nora Curtis.Duffy of San Quentin (1954) – Anne Halsey.Forbidden (1953) – Christine Lawrence Manard.Hannah Lee (1953) – Hannah Lee (Hallie McLaird).Return of the Texan (1952) – Ann Marshall.Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) – Miss Harriet Tripp All the King's Men (1949) – Anne Stanton.She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) – Olivia Dandridge.Abie's Irish Rose (1946) – Rosemary Murphy Levy.Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean. She was a staunch Republican, supporting Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election Īnd appeared at a 1968 GOP cocktail party fundraiser for Richard Nixon.ĭru died in Los Angeles, California on September 10, 1996, aged 74, from a respiratory ailment that developed from lymphedema, a result of chemotherapy she had received over her lifetime, according to her brother. She had no children from her marriage to Ireland, or subsequent two marriages. Divorced from Haymes in 1949, Dru married Red River and All the King's Men co-star John Ireland less than a month later. Dru married popular vocalist and actor Dick Haymes in 1941. She was the elder sister of Peter Marshall, an actor and singer best known as the original host of the American game show Hollywood Squares. Īfter Guestward, Ho!, she appeared sporadically for the rest of the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s, with one feature film appearance, in Sylvia (1965), and eight television appearances.įor her contribution to the television industry, Dru was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her film career petered out by the end of the 1950s, but she continued working frequently in television, most notably as Babs Hooten on the 1960–61 ABC sitcom, Guestward, Ho!. She appeared in the James Stewart drama Thunder Bay in 1953 and then the Martin and Lewis comedy 3 Ring Circus (1954). Louis (1952), about major-league baseball pitcher Jerome "Dizzy" Dean. She gave a well-received performance in the dramatic film All the King's Men (1949), which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, played a college graduate turned gangster's unhappy moll opposite Edmund O'Brien in the crime noir 711 Ocean Drive (1950), and co-starred with Dan Dailey in The Pride of St. She was often cast in western films such as Howard Hawks's Red River (1948), John Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Wagon Master (1950). Over the next decade, Dru appeared frequently in films and on television. Dru was spotted by a talent scout and made her first film appearance in Abie's Irish Rose (1946). ![]() When she moved to Hollywood, she found work in the theater. After finding employment as a model, she was chosen by Al Jolson to appear in the cast of his Broadway show Hold On to Your Hats. ![]() Joanne Dru (born Joan Letitia LaCock Janu– September 10, 1996) was an American film and television actress, known for such films as Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, All the King's Men, and Wagon Master.īorn in Logan, West Virginia, Dru moved to New York City in 1940 at the age of eighteen.
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