Rochelle Hudson
AKA: Rachael Elizabeth Hudson
Birthday: 1916-03-06
Died: 1972-01-17
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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.
Filmography
Character: Virginia Maydew
Character: Victoria 'Vicki' Mason
Character: Jessie Pullman, Age 18
Character: Cecelia Bradley
Character: Virginia (Muller)/Banning
Character: Frances White Ryan
Character: Joan Lattimore
Character: Lillian 'Lillums' Lovewell
Character: Helen Spalding
Character: Cynthia Douglas
Character: Lorraine Danel
Character: Undercover Agent K-31 (bit)
Character: Loretta Martin
Character: Constance Martin
Character: Adele Anderson
Character: Margaret Adams
Character: Herself (uncredited)
Character: Mary MacKenzie
Character: Telephone Operator
Character: Lowe Party Guest by Punch Bowl
Character: Marian Franklin
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Newlywed Bride on Leviathon (uncredited)
Character: Susanna Courtney
Character: Telephone Operator
Character: Miss Jones - at Dance (uncredited)
Character: Honey (voice) (uncredited)