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Birth Name: Josephine Constance Woodruff
Born: 13 September 1904 Died: 18 May 1991
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United States
Height: 5' 7"
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American leading actress of the early talkie period, whose ordeal during the production of Trader Horn (1931) led to her retirement and to false rumors of her death. She had some brief stage experience before getting some unimportant film roles. She was given a leading role in the ambitious adventure film Trader Horn and traveled to Africa shoot the film. She contracted an infection (most often referred to as 'jungle fever') and was, upon her return to the U.S., bedridden for nearly six years and never again acted in films. The story grew that she had died of the fever, and it has remained one of the most persistent myths of ear
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1. Our Modern Maidens (1929) (1929)
| Rating: | 13 Watched |
2. Trader Horn
| Rating: | 7 Watched |
3. Manhattan Cocktail (1928)
| Rating: | 2 want to see |
4. Fashions for Women (1927)
| Rating: | 2 want to see |
5. The Vanishing Legion (1931)
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