Joanne Dru

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Joanne Dru (born Joan Letitia LaCock;<ref name="Census">Known as Joan Lacock in the 1930 United States census</ref> January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996)<ref name=SSDI>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.

Career

Born in Logan, West Virginia, Dru moved 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 On to Your Hats. When she moved to Hollywood, she found work in the theater. Dru was spotted by a talent scout and made her first film appearance in Abie's Irish Rose (1946).<ref name=sj/><ref name=TVGuide>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Over the next decade, Dru appeared frequently in films and on television. She was often cast in western films such as Howard Hawks's Red River (1948), and the John Ford productions She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Wagon Master (1950).<ref name=TVGuide />

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. Louis (1952), about major-league baseball pitcher Jerome "Dizzy" Dean.<ref name=TVGuide /> She appeared in the James Stewart drama Thunder Bay in 1953 and then the Martin and Lewis comedy 3 Ring Circus (1954). Her film career lessened 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!<ref name=TVGuide />

After 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),<ref name=TVGuide /> and eight television appearances.

For her contribution to the television industry, Dru was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Personal life

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.<ref name="glamourgirls"/> Dru married popular vocalist and actor Dick Haymes in 1941. The couple had three children.<ref name="TCM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Divorced from Haymes in 1949, Dru married Red River and All the King's Men co-star John Ireland less than a month later. The pair divorced in 1957. She had no children from her marriage to Ireland or two subsequent marriages.Template:Citation needed

She was a staunch Republican, supporting Barry Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and appeared at a 1968 GOP cocktail party fundraiser for Richard Nixon. <ref name="glamourgirls">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Death

Dru 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.<ref name="glamourgirls"/><ref name=sj>Template:Cite news</ref> Her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

Selected filmography

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Radio appearances

Program Episode Date Notes
Stars over Hollywood Pattern in the Rug May 10, 1952 <ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref>
Hollywood Star Playhouse Match Point January 4, 1953 <ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref>

References

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