Rochelle Hudson
Acting
Born March 6, 1916, 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
- 1967Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors — Helen Spalding
- Branded
- 1964Strait-Jacket — Emily Cutler
- 1964The Night Walker — Hilda
- 77 Sunset Strip
- 1955Rebel Without a Cause — Judy's Mother
- I'm the Law
- Racket Squad
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Polly Grover
- 1949Sky Liner — Amy Winthrop
- 1948Devil's Cargo — Margo Delgado
- 1947Bush Pilot — Hilary Ward
- 1942Queen of Broadway — Sherry Baker
- 1942Rubber Racketeers — Nikki
- 1941Meet Boston Blackie — Cecelia Bradley
- 1941The Officer and the Lady — Helen Regan
- 1941The Stork Pays Off — Irene Perry
- 1940Babies for Sale — Ruth Williams
- 1940Convicted Woman — Betty Andrews
- 1940Girls Under 21 — Frances White Ryan
- 1940Island of Doomed Men — Lorraine Danel
- 1940Men Without Souls — Suzan Leonard
- 1939A Woman is the Judge — Justine West
- 1939Konga, the Wild Stallion — Judith Hadley
- 1939Missing Daughters — Kay Roberts
- 1939Pirates of the Skies
- 1939Pride of the Navy — Gloria Tyler
- 1939Smuggled Cargo — Marian Franklin
- 1938Mr. Moto Takes a Chance — Victoria 'Vicki' Mason
- 1938Rascals — Margaret Adams
- 1938Storm Over Bengal — Joan Lattimore
- 1937Born Reckless — Sybil Roberts
- 1937Bosko's Easter Eggs — Honey (voice)
- 1937Circus Daze — Honey (voice)
- 1937She Had to Eat — Ann Garrison
- 1937That I May Live
- 1937Woman-Wise — Alice Fuller
- 1936Everybody's Old Man — Cynthia Sampson
- 1936Poppy — Poppy
- 1936Reunion — Mary MacKenzie
- 1936The Country Beyond — Jean Alison
- 1936The Music Goes 'Round — Susanna Courtney
- 1935Curly Top — Mary Blair
- 1935I've Been Around — Drue Waring
- 1935Les Misérables — Cosette
- 1935Life Begins at Forty — Adele Anderson
- 1935Show Them No Mercy! — Loretta Martin
- 1935Way Down East — Anna Moore
- 1934Bachelor Bait — Cynthia Douglas
- 1934Bosko's Parlor Pranks — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1934Harold Teen — Lillian 'Lillums' Lovewell
- 1934How Do I Know It's Sunday — Various
- 1934Imitation of Life — Jessie Pullman, Age 18
- 1934Judge Priest — Virginia Maydew
- 1934Such Women Are Dangerous — Vernie Little
- 1934The Mighty Barnum — Ellen
- 1933Bosko in Dutch — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1933Bosko in Person — Honey
- 1933Bosko the Speed King — Honey (voice)
- 1933Doctor Bull — Virginia (Muller)/Banning
- 1933Lucky Devils — Visitor
- 1933Mr. Skitch — Emily Skitch
- 1933Notorious But Nice — Constance Martin
- 1933She Done Him Wrong — Sally
- 1933The Past of Mary Holmes — Betty
- 1933Walls of Gold — Joan Street
- 1933Wild Boys of the Road — Grace
- 1932Battling Bosko — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Beyond the Rockies — Betty Allen
- 1932Bosko and Honey — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Bosko at the Beach — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Bosko at the Zoo — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Bosko the Drawback — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Bosko the Lumberjack — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Bosko's Dizzy Date — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Bosko's Dog Race — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Bosko's Party — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Bosko's Store — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Hell's Highway — Mary Ellen
- 1932Is My Face Red? — Newlywed Bride on Leviathon (uncredited)
- 1932Ride Him, Bosko — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1932Secrets of the French Police — K-31
- 1932The Penguin Pool Murder — Telephone Operator
- 1932The Savage Girl — The Girl
- 1931Are These Our Children? — Mary
- 1931Big Man from the North — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1931Bosko's Holiday — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1931Bosko's Soda Fountain — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1931Dumb Patrol — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1931Everything’s Rosie — Lowe Party Guest by Punch Bowl
- 1931Fanny Foley Herself — Carmen
- 1931Laugh and Get Rich — Miss Jones - at Dance (uncredited)
- 1931Red-Headed Baby — Red-Headed Baby
- 1931The Public Defender — Telephone Operator
- 1931Yodeling Yokels — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1930Hold Anything — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
- 1930Sinkin' in the Bathtub — Honey (voice) (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 1933Scarlet River — Herself (uncredited)