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Rochelle Hudson

Rochelle Hudson

Actor · 1916–1972 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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Biography

Rochelle Hudson (March 6, 1916 — January 17, 1972) was an American film actress from the 1930s through the 1960s. Hudson was a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1931. The Oklahoma City-born actress began her career as a teenager. She had signed a contract with RKO Pictures on November 22, 1930, when she was 17 years old. She may be best remembered today for costarring in Wild Boys of the Road (1933), playing Cosette in Les Misérables (1935), playing Mary Blair, the older sister of Shirley Temple's character in Curly Top, and for playing Natalie Wood's mother in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). During her peak years in the 1930s, notable roles for Hudson included: Richard Cromwell's love interest in the Will Rogers showcase Life Begins at 40 (1935), the daughter of carnival barker W. C. Fields in Poppy (1936) and Claudette Colbert's adult daughter in Imitation of Life (1934). She played Sally Glynn, the fallen ingenue to whom Mae West imparts the immortal wisdom, "When a girl goes wrong, men go right after her!" in the 1933 Paramount film, She Done Him Wrong. In the 1954–1955 television season, Hudson co-starred with Gil Stratton and Eddie Mayehoff in the CBS situation comedy That's My Boy, based on a 1951 Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin film of the same name.

Acted in 94

1950s

  1. 1958

    77 Sunset Strip

    TV · 6 Seasons · Crime · Drama

    76
  2. 1955

    Rebel Without a Cause

    Judy's Mother

    82
  3. 1953

    I'm the Law

    TV

  4. 1951

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Polly Grover · 1 episode

  5. Racket Squad

    TV · 3 Seasons · Drama · Action

1940s

  1. 1949

    Sky Liner

    Amy Winthrop

  2. 1948

    Devil's Cargo

    Margo Delgado

  3. 1947

    Bush Pilot

    Hilary Ward

  4. 1942

    Queen of Broadway

    Sherry Baker

  5. Rubber Racketeers

    Nikki

  6. 1941

    The Officer and the Lady

    Helen Regan

  7. The Stork Pays Off

    Irene Perry

  8. Meet Boston Blackie

    Cecelia Bradley

  9. 1940

    Girls Under 21

    Frances White Ryan

  10. Babies for Sale

    Ruth Williams

  11. Island of Doomed Men

    Lorraine Danel

  12. Men Without Souls

    Suzan Leonard

  13. Convicted Woman

    Betty Andrews

1930s

  1. 1939

    A Woman is the Judge

    Justine West

  2. Konga, the Wild Stallion

    Judith Hadley

  3. Smuggled Cargo

    Marian Franklin

  4. Missing Daughters

    Kay Roberts

  5. Pirates of the Skies

    Movie

  6. 1938

    Storm Over Bengal

    Joan Lattimore

  7. Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

    Victoria 'Vicki' Mason

  8. Rascals

    Margaret Adams

  9. 1937

    That I May Live

    Movie

  10. She Had to Eat

    Ann Garrison

  11. Born Reckless

    Sybil Roberts

  12. Woman-Wise

    Alice Fuller

  13. 1936

    Reunion

    Mary MacKenzie

  14. Poppy

    Poppy

  15. The Country Beyond

    Jean Alison

  16. Everybody's Old Man

    Cynthia Sampson

  17. The Music Goes 'Round

    Susanna Courtney

  18. 1935

    Show Them No Mercy!

    Loretta Martin

  19. Way Down East

    Anna Moore

  20. Curly Top

    Mary Blair

    67

  21. Les Misérables

    Cosette

  22. Life Begins at Forty

    Adele Anderson

  23. I've Been Around

    Drue Waring

  24. 1934

    The Mighty Barnum

    Ellen

  25. Bosko's Parlor Pranks

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  26. Imitation of Life

    Jessie Pullman, Age 18

  27. Judge Priest

    Virginia Maydew

    67

  28. Bachelor Bait

    Cynthia Douglas

  29. How Do I Know It's Sunday

    Various

  30. Such Women Are Dangerous

    Vernie Little

  31. Harold Teen

    Lillian 'Lillums' Lovewell

  32. 1933

    Mr. Skitch

    Emily Skitch

  33. Walls of Gold

    Joan Street

  34. Wild Boys of the Road

    Grace

    77

  35. Doctor Bull

    Virginia (Muller)/Banning

  36. Notorious But Nice

    Constance Martin

  37. Bosko in Person

    Honey

  38. Bosko the Speed King

    Honey (voice)

  39. She Done Him Wrong

    Sally

  40. Lucky Devils

    Visitor

  41. The Past of Mary Holmes

    Betty

  42. Bosko in Dutch

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  43. 1932

    The Penguin Pool Murder

    Telephone Operator

  44. The Savage Girl

    The Girl

  45. Secrets of the French Police

    K-31

  46. Bosko and Honey

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  47. Bosko's Dizzy Date

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  48. Bosko the Drawback

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  49. Hell's Highway

    Mary Ellen

  50. Ride Him, Bosko

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  51. Bosko the Lumberjack

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  52. Bosko's Store

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  53. Bosko at the Beach

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  54. Beyond the Rockies

    Betty Allen

  55. Bosko's Dog Race

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  56. Is My Face Red?

    Newlywed Bride on Leviathon (uncredited)

  57. Bosko's Party

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  58. Battling Bosko

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  59. Bosko at the Zoo

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  60. 1931

    Red-Headed Baby

    Red-Headed Baby

  61. Bosko's Soda Fountain

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  62. Are These Our Children?

    Mary

  63. Fanny Foley Herself

    Carmen

  64. The Public Defender

    Telephone Operator

  65. Yodeling Yokels

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  66. Everything’s Rosie

    Lowe Party Guest by Punch Bowl

  67. Bosko's Holiday

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  68. Dumb Patrol

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  69. Laugh and Get Rich

    Miss Jones - at Dance (uncredited)

  70. Big Man from the North

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  71. 1930

    Hold Anything

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

  72. Sinkin' in the Bathtub

    Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Appearances1

1930s

  1. 1933

    Scarlet River

    Herself (uncredited)