Judith Wood

Judith Wood

Known for

Acting

Born

August 1, 1906

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

April 6, 2002 (aged 95)

Biography

Judith Wood (born Helen Johnson, August 1, 1906 – April 6, 2002) was an American film actress.

Wood's first role was in the 1929 film Gold Diggers of Broadway. In this first film, as well as in the four in which she would star during 1930, Wood was credited under her birth name.

Her first film of 1931 was It Pays to Advertise, which starred Carole Lombard. It was the last film in which she was billed as Helen Johnson, and thereafter all of her film credits were under the name Judith Wood. In 1931, she was selected as one of 13 girls to be WAMPAS Baby Stars, along with actresses Marian Marsh, Karen Morley, Marion Shilling, and Barbara Weeks. Wood starred in six films in 1931, and then her c...

Best known work

The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
The Divorcee
The Divorcee
1930
Beyond the Forest
Beyond the Forest
1949
Sin Takes a Holiday
Sin Takes a Holiday
1930
Riffraff
Riffraff
1936
Girls About Town
Girls About Town
1931
Working Girls
Working Girls
1931
It Pays to Advertise
It Pays to Advertise
1931
Looking for Trouble
Looking for Trouble
1934
The Vice Squad
The Vice Squad
1931

Filmography

  1. 1950

    The Asphalt Jungle

    as Woman (uncredited)

  2. 1949

  3. 1937

  4. 1936

    Riffraff

    as Mabel

  5. 1934

    Looking for Trouble

    as Pearl La Tour

  6. 1934

    The Crime Doctor

    as Blanche Flynn

  7. 1933

  8. 1932

    The Divorce Racket

    as Helen Travers / Paula Murdock

  9. 1931

    Working Girls

    as June Thorpe

  10. 1931

  11. 1931

    The Road to Reno

    as Elsie Kenton

  12. 1931

  13. 1931

    The Vice Squad

    as Madeleine Hunt

  14. 1931

    It Pays to Advertise

    as Countess de Beaurien (as Helen Johnson)

  15. 1930

    Sin Takes a Holiday

    as Mrs. Graham

  16. 1930

    Soldiers and Women

    as Helen Arnold

  17. 1930

  18. 1930

    The Divorcee

    as Dorothy

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