Rochelle hudson biography

Rochelle hudson biography Rochelle Hudson (born Rachael Elizabeth Hudson; [3] March 6, – January 17, ) was an American film actress from the s through the s. [1] Hudson was a WAMPAS Baby Star in Early years.

Rochelle Hudson

Actress

Rochelle Hudson

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Born

Rachael Elizabeth Hudson


()March 6,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.[1][2]

DiedJanuary 17, () (aged&#;55)

Palm Desert, California, U.S.

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Rochelle Hudson (born Rachael Elizabeth Hudson;[3] March 6, – January 17, ) was an American film actress from the s through the s.[1] Hudson was a WAMPAS Baby Star in

Early years

Hudson was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Ollie Lee Hudson and Lenora Mae Hudson.[1] While in Oklahoma, she studied dancing, drama, piano, and voice.

Hudson began her acting career as a teenager, and completed her high school education at a high school on the Fox studios lot.[3]

Career

Hudson signed a contract with RKO Pictures on November 22, , when she was 14 years old.[4]

She may be best remembered today for costarring in Wild Boys of the Road (), playing Cosette in Les Misérables (), 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 ().

During her peak years in the s, notable roles for Hudson included Richard Cromwell’s love interest in the Will Rogers showcase Life Begins at 40 (), the daughter of carnival barker W.C. Fields in Poppy (), and Claudette Colbert’s adult daughter in Imitation of Life ().

She played Sally Glynn, the fallen ingenue to whom Mae West imparts the immortal wisdom "When women go wrong, men go right after them!" in the Paramount film, She Done Him Wrong.

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In the – television season, Hudson co-starred with Gil Stratton and Eddie Mayehoff in the sitcom That's My Boy,[5] based on a Jerry Lewis and Dean Martinfilm of the same name.

Personal life

Hudson was married four times. All the unions were childless. Her first marriage was to Harold Thompson, in He was the head of the Storyline Department at Disney Studios.

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Rochelle Hudson (born Rachael Elizabeth Hudson; [3] March 6, – January 17, ) was an American film actress from the s through the s. [1] Hudson was a WAMPAS Baby Star in

After their divorce in (although the trade publication Billboard reported that they divorced on September 4, )[6], she married a second time the following year, to Los Angeles Times sportswriter Dick Irving Hyland. The marriage lasted two years before the couple divorced. Hudson married her third husband, Charles K.

Brust, in Jackson, Missouri on September 28, [7]

Little is known of the marriage other than they were divorced by June (he remarried). Hudson's final marriage was to Robert Mindell, a hotel executive. The two remained together for eight years before they divorced in

Hudson actually was born in , but the studio reportedly made her two years older for her to play a wider variety of roles, including romantic roles.

In That's My Boy, she was cast as the mother of Gil Stratton, who was only six years her junior.

Death

In , Hudson was found dead in her home at the Palm Desert Country Club. A business associate with whom she had been working in real estate discovered her body sprawled on the bathroom floor. She was 55 years old.[2] Hudson died of a heart attack brought on by a liver ailment.[8]

Filmography

References

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  2. ^ ab"Former Screen Star Rochelle Hudson Dies". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. Associated Press. January 19, p.&#;5 &#; via
  3. ^ abHouston, Noel (October 9, ).

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  6. "Film Stardom Beckons to Rochelle Hudson, Oklahoma City Girl, Who Was 'On Her Toes' When Contract Arrived". The Oklahoma News. Oklahoma, Oklahoma City. p.&#;3. Retrieved October 30, &#; via

  7. ^"Films Give Career To Oklahoma Girl". The Akron Beacon Journal. Ohio, Akron.

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  8. ^Terrace, Vincent (). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, through (2nd&#;ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
  9. ^"Divorces". Billboard. September 15, p.&#; Retrieved 23 April
  10. ^"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, ".

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    Rochelle hudson Rochelle Hudson. Actress: Imitation of Life. Rochelle Hudson was born on 6 March in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Imitation of Life (), The Officer and the Lady () and Born Reckless ().

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  11. ^Beaver County Times: "Death is investigated". January 19,

Sources

  • Forty Years of Screen Credits, . Two volumes. Compiled by John T. Weaver.

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  • Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, Cengage Learning. –

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