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Joanne Dru is known for:

  • Red River
    Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.
  • Super Fuzz
    Dave Speed is no ordinary Miami policeman; he is an irradiated cop who has developed super powers. Unfortunately, he doesn't quite know how to use them, which gets him into trouble with his long-suffering partner. Red powder from a nuclear explosion gave him super powers and seeing anything red is his only weakness.
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
    After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Indians, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece, the pretty Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated for their own safety. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company, Lt. Flint Cohill and 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.

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Biography

Joanne Dru (January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996) was an American actress of film and television best known for appearing in westerners like Red River (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and Wagon Master (1950). After a stint as a model, she began working as an actress in 1946. When her film career died down in the 1950s, she started making television appearances until the 1970s. She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to television.