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Rochelle Hudson

Rochelle Hudson

Acting

March 6, 1916 – January 17, 1972 (died at 55)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Female
93 Movies
5 TV Shows

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.

Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 7.5

as Judy's Mother

Age 39 (now 55)
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

1934 7.0

as Jessie Pullman, Age 18

Age 18 (now 55)
Wild Boys of the Road
Wild Boys of the Road

Wild Boys of the Road

1933 6.8

as Grace

Age 17 (now 55)
Strait-Jacket
Strait-Jacket

Strait-Jacket

1964 6.5

as Emily Cutler

Age 47 (now 55)
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1935 7.1

as Cosette

Age 19 (now 55)
Curly Top
Curly Top

Curly Top

1935 6.5

as Mary Blair

Age 19 (now 55)
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
Sinkin' in the Bathtub

Sinkin' in the Bathtub

1930 5.9

as Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Age 14 (now 55)
The Night Walker
The Night Walker

The Night Walker

1964 6.6

as Hilda

Age 48 (now 55)
Hold Anything
Hold Anything

Hold Anything

1930 5.6

as Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Age 14 (now 55)
Battling Bosko
Battling Bosko

Battling Bosko

1932 5.8

as Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Age 15 (now 55)
She Done Him Wrong
She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong

1933 5.9

as Sally

Age 16 (now 55)
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

1938 5.8

as Victoria 'Vicki' Mason

Age 22 (now 55)
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors
Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors

1967 4.5

as Helen Spalding

Age 51 (now 55)
Big Man from the North
Big Man from the North

Big Man from the North

1931 5.4

as Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Age 14 (now 55)
Island of Doomed Men
Island of Doomed Men

Island of Doomed Men

1940 5.6

as Lorraine Danel

Age 24 (now 55)
Judge Priest
Judge Priest

Judge Priest

1934 6.4

as Virginia Maydew

Age 18 (now 55)