
Judith Wood
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 career slowed and eventually faded. Also in 1931, she was injured in an automobile accident and spent months recuperating. She starred as Kitty Packard in the original Broadway production of Dinner at Eight, but the film version went to Jean Harlow. In 1934, she only received three film roles, one of which was uncredited. In 1936 and 1937, she had small but credited roles in two films, then did not receive another until 1941, which was uncredited. Her last film was in 1950 when she had an uncredited role in The Asphalt Jungle (1950). On March 17, 1939, Wood married Percival Christopher Wren Jr. in Tokyo, Japan. Following her marriage she retired from acting, but remained in Los Angeles. She died there in 2002 of natural causes, aged 95.
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Working Girls
as June Thorpe
1931

Girls About Town
as Winnie
1931

The Asphalt Jungle
as Woman (uncredited)
1950

Beyond the Forest
as Waitress
1949

The Divorcee
as Dorothy
1930

The Road to Reno
as Elsie Kenton
1931

Riffraff
as Mabel
1936

Advice to the Lovelorn
1933

Sin Takes a Holiday
as Mrs. Graham
1930

Looking for Trouble
as Pearl La Tour
1934

The Crime Doctor
as Blanche Flynn
1934

Children of Pleasure
as Pat Thayer
1930