Judith Wood

Judith Wood was born on Aug 01, 1906 in USA. Judith Wood's big-screen debut came with Gold Diggers of Broadway directed by Roy Del Ruth in 1929. Judith Wood is known for The Asphalt Jungle directed by John Huston, Sterling Hayden stars as Dix Handley and Louis Calhern as Alonzo D. Emmerich. The upcoming new movie Judith Wood plays is The Asphalt Jungle which will be released on May 12, 1950.

This cool and classy green-eyed blonde had several more strings to her bow than your average 30's starlet. She was born Helen Johnson in New York City on August 1 1906. Schooled in New York, she completed a fine arts course at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs and afterwards continued her studies for another two years in Paris. Returning home, she became a fashion stylist for R. H. Macy's department store and subsequently worked as a commercial artist in an advertising agency. Thus endowed with both looks and intellect, she made her way to California, set up home base in the Hollywood Hills and began acting in films by 1929. Within a year -- still billed as Helen Johnson -- she had received leads in the musical comedy