Joan Valerie
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Joan Valerie.
Born: July 15, 1911
Place of Birth: Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
Free, Blonde and 21
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.
Westward the Women
There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
It's Love I'm After
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
The Hucksters
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
The Prince and the Pauper
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.
Submarine Patrol
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
The Great Profile
An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne, Lionel Atwill and Edward Brophy.
Murder Over New York
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Filmography
as Flashy Woman (uncredited)
as Irma Rand
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Hostess (uncredited)
as Receptionist (uncredited)
as Countess Olga
as Miss Jane MacVickers (uncredited)
as Rita Darling
as Phyllis Guerney
as Dotty
as Marsha Gordon
as June Preston
as Lily Latimer
as Understudy
as Helen Kelly
as Francine Edwards
as Lillian Russell's Sister
as Vickie
as Bonnie Jones
as Miss Norton
as Mrs. Dexter
as Sunny
as Lucy Pemberton
as Anne
as Toni Stewart (replaced by Iva Stewart)
as Marguerite Varloff
as Margaret Weston
as Sally Dawson
as Bess Merrill
as Simpering Girl (uncredited)
as Secretary (uncredited)
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
as Wanda
as Ruth - Secretary
as Barbara Morgan
as Skinner's Secretary
as Ruth Valley
as Lady Jane Seymour
as Switchboard Operator