Joanne Dru was an American actress who is best remembered for her lead role in one of the greatest western classics of all time, ‘Red River.’ She was born Joan Letitia LaCock in West Virginia, and was a highly talented and beautiful actress. Unfortunately, she became typecast in western movies early on in her career and she could never really shake it off. Though she did have roles in a few critically acclaimed and successful movies like ‘All the King’s Men,’ ‘The Pride of St. Louis,’ and ‘Hell on Frisco Bay,’ directors seemed to prefer her only in western roles. She had more than forty movies to her credit and had also appeared in many television shows; however, audiences will always remember her as the feisty Tess Millay of ‘Red River,’ which was undoubtedly her best-known role.