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