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- Discovered by a talent scout while working in the theater, Joanne made her screen debut in Abie's Irish Rose (1946), and that picture almost ended her career. Two years later she "redeemed" herself with her role in the classic Howard Hawks western Red River (1948).
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Joanne Dru (born Joan Letitia LaCock; January 31, 1922 – 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.
Actress: Red River. The daughter of a West Virginia druggist, Joanne Dru came to New York in 1940. In New York she worked as a model and was cast by Al Jolson as one of the showgirls in his Broadway play "Hold Onto Your Hats." When the show closed in 1941, she married popular singer Dick Haymes and went with him to Hollywood.
- January 31, 1922
- September 10, 1996
Sep 12, 1996 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. 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...
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...
Share Joanne Dru. Joanne Dru. Movie and television actress Joanne Dru (January 31, 1922-September 10, 1996) was born Joan Letitia Lacock in Logan. Her father was a pharmacist, who relocated the family to Clarksburg, where her brother Ralph Pierre (entertainer Peter Marshall) was born. When she was a child, her family moved to Wheeling.
ADVERTISEMENT. Joanne Dru. Stars. TV: East side of the 1700 block of Vine Street. Actress Born Joanne LaCock on Jan. 31, 1922 in Logan, WV. Died Sept. 10, 1996 of respiratory failure in...
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. When she moved to Hollywood, she found work in the theater.
