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Rochelle Hudson

Born
March 6, 1916
Died
January 17, 1972
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.
Known For
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Judy's Mother
Strait-Jacket
(1964)
Emily Cutler
Les Misérables
(1935)
Cosette
Imitation of Life
(1934)
Jessie Pullman, Age 18
She Done Him Wrong
(1933)
Sally
Judge Priest
(1934)
Virginia Maydew
Full Filmography
Acting
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
(1930)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Hold Anything
(1930)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Bosko's Holiday
(1931)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Bosko's Soda Fountain
(1931)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Dumb Patrol
(1931)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Yodeling Yokels
(1931)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
The Public Defender
(1931)
Telephone Operator
Fanny Foley Herself
(1931)
Carmen
Everything’s Rosie
(1931)
Lowe Party Guest by Punch Bowl
Are These Our Children?
(1931)
Mary
Big Man from the North
(1931)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Laugh and Get Rich
(1931)
Miss Jones - at Dance (uncredited)
Bosko at the Beach
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Bosko's Dog Race
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Bosko at the Zoo
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
The Savage Girl
(1932)
The Girl
Bosko the Lumberjack
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Beyond the Rockies
(1932)
Betty Allen
Bosko's Party
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Hell's Highway
(1932)
Mary Ellen
Penguin Pool Murder
(1932)
Telephone Operator
Bosko and Honey
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Is My Face Red?
(1932)
Newlywed Bride on Leviathon (uncredited)
Bosko's Store
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Bosko the Drawback
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Battling Bosko
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Bosko's Dizzy Date
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Secrets of the French Police
(1932)
Undercover Agent K-31 (bit)
Ride Him, Bosko
(1932)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
The Past of Mary Holmes
(1933)
Betty
Bosko in Dutch
(1933)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
(1933)
Virginia (Muller)/Banning
Wild Boys of the Road
(1933)
Grace
She Done Him Wrong
(1933)
Sally
Notorious But Nice
(1933)
Constance Martin
Scarlet River
(1933)
Herself (uncredited)
Bosko the Speed King
(1933)
Honey (voice)
Bosko's Picture Show
(1933)
Honey
Mr. Skitch
(1933)
Emily Skitch
Bosko in Person
(1933)
Honey
Walls of Gold
(1933)
Joan Street
Lucky Devils
(1933)
Visitor
The Mighty Barnum
(1934)
Ellen
Bachelor Bait
(1934)
Cynthia Douglas
Harold Teen
(1934)
Lillian 'Lillums' Lovewell
How Do I Know It's Sunday
(1934)
Various
Imitation of Life
(1934)
Jessie Pullman, Age 18
Judge Priest
(1934)
Virginia Maydew
Bosko's Parlor Pranks
(1934)
Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Such Women Are Dangerous
(1934)
Vernie Little
Way Down East
(1935)
Anna Moore
Life Begins at Forty
(1935)
Adele Anderson
Show Them No Mercy!
(1935)
Loretta Martin
I've Been Around
(1935)
Drue Waring
Curly Top
(1935)
Mary Blair
Les Misérables
(1935)
Cosette
Poppy
(1936)
Poppy
The Music Goes 'Round
(1936)
Susanna Courtney
The Country Beyond
(1936)
Jean Alison
Reunion
(1936)
Mary MacKenzie
Born Reckless
(1937)
Sybil Roberts
Circus Daze
(1937)
Honey (voice)
That I May Live
(1937)
She Had to Eat
(1937)
Ann Garrison
Woman-Wise
(1937)
Alice Fuller
Bosko's Easter Eggs
(1937)
Honey
Rascals
(1938)
Margaret Adams
Storm Over Bengal
(1938)
Joan Lattimore
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
(1938)
Victoria 'Vicki' Mason
Konga, the Wild Stallion
(1939)
Judith Hadley
Smuggled Cargo
(1939)
Marian Franklin
Missing Daughters
(1939)
Kay Roberts
A Woman is the Judge
(1939)
Justine West
Pirates of the Skies
(1939)
Pride of the Navy
(1939)
Gloria Tyler
Babies for Sale
(1940)
Ruth Williams
Island of Doomed Men
(1940)
Lorraine Danel
Men Without Souls
(1940)
Suzan Leonard
Convicted Woman
(1940)
Betty Andrews
Girls Under 21
(1940)
Frances White Ryan
The Officer and the Lady
(1941)
Helen Regan
Meet Boston Blackie
(1941)
Cecelia Bradley
The Stork Pays Off
(1941)
Irene Perry
Rubber Racketeers
(1942)
Nikki
Queen of Broadway
(1942)
Sherry Baker
Bush Pilot
(1947)
Hilary Ward
Devil's Cargo
(1948)
Margo Delgado
Sky Liner
(1949)
Amy Winthrop
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Judy's Mother
Strait-Jacket
(1964)
Emily Cutler
The Night Walker
(1964)
Hilda
Gallery of Horror
(1967)
Helen Spalding
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