Joanne Dru
American film and television actress
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Joanne Dru 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 . 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 , and the John Ford productions She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , and Wagon Master .