Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

100

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-03-06

Day of Death

1972-01-17 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As

Rachael Elizabeth Hudson

Rochelle Hudson

Biography

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

Rebel Without a Cause

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Acting

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

as

Judy's Mother

Bosko and Honey

1932

Bosko and Honey

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Judge Priest

1934

Judge Priest

as

Virginia Maydew

I've Been Around

1935

I've Been Around

as

Drue Waring

Bosko the Speed King

1933

Bosko the Speed King

as

Honey (voice)

Poppy

1936

Poppy

as

Poppy

Strait-Jacket

1964

Strait-Jacket

as

Emily Cutler

The Night Walker

1964

The Night Walker

as

Hilda

Curly Top

1935

Curly Top

as

Mary Blair

The Officer and the Lady

1941

The Officer and the Lady

as

Helen Regan

She Done Him Wrong

1933

She Done Him Wrong

as

Sally

Les Misérables

1935

Les Misérables

as

Cosette

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

1938

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

as

Victoria 'Vicki' Mason

Imitation of Life

1934

Imitation of Life

as

Jessie Pullman, Age 18

Devil's Cargo

1948

Devil's Cargo

as

Margo Delgado

Meet Boston Blackie

1941

Meet Boston Blackie

as

Cecelia Bradley

Wild Boys of the Road

1933

Wild Boys of the Road

as

Grace

Girls Under 21

1940

Girls Under 21

as

Frances White Ryan

Doctor Bull

1933

Doctor Bull

as

Virginia (Muller)/Banning

Harold Teen

1934

Harold Teen

as

Lillian 'Lillums' Lovewell

Hell's Highway

1932

Hell's Highway

as

Mary Ellen

Gallery of Horror

1967

Gallery of Horror

as

Helen Spalding

Bachelor Bait

1934

Bachelor Bait

as

Cynthia Douglas

Island of Doomed Men

1940

Island of Doomed Men

as

Lorraine Danel

The Mighty Barnum

1934

The Mighty Barnum

as

Ellen

Big Man from the North

1931

Big Man from the North

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Ride Him, Bosko

1932

Ride Him, Bosko

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko's Picture Show

1933

Bosko's Picture Show

as

Honey

Bosko in Person

1933

Bosko in Person

as

Honey

Convicted Woman

1940

Convicted Woman

as

Betty Andrews

Men Without Souls

1940

Men Without Souls

as

Suzan Leonard

Secrets of the French Police

1932

Secrets of the French Police

as

Undercover Agent K-31 (bit)

That I May Live

1937

That I May Live

as

Show Them No Mercy!

1935

Show Them No Mercy!

as

Loretta Martin

Babies for Sale

1940

Babies for Sale

as

Ruth Williams

Notorious But Nice

1933

Notorious But Nice

as

Constance Martin

Life Begins at Forty

1935

Life Begins at Forty

as

Adele Anderson

Way Down East

1935

Way Down East

as

Anna Moore

Are These Our Children?

1931

Are These Our Children?

as

Mary

Born Reckless

1937

Born Reckless

as

Sybil Roberts

Sky Liner

1949

Sky Liner

as

Amy Winthrop

Mr. Skitch

1933

Mr. Skitch

as

Emily Skitch

Hold Anything

1930

Hold Anything

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Lucky Devils

1933

Lucky Devils

as

Visitor

Bosko the Lumberjack

1932

Bosko the Lumberjack

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Scarlet River

1933

Scarlet River

as

Herself (uncredited)

Walls of Gold

1933

Walls of Gold

as

Joan Street

Beyond the Rockies

1932

Beyond the Rockies

as

Betty Allen

The Country Beyond

1936

The Country Beyond

as

Jean Alison

Reunion

1936

Reunion

as

Mary MacKenzie

Konga, the Wild Stallion

1939

Konga, the Wild Stallion

as

Judith Hadley

The Savage Girl

1932

The Savage Girl

as

The Girl

Bush Pilot

1947

Bush Pilot

as

Hilary Ward

Pirates of the Skies

1939

Pirates of the Skies

as

How Do I Know It's Sunday

1934

How Do I Know It's Sunday

as

Various

The Public Defender

1931

The Public Defender

as

Telephone Operator

Sinkin' in the Bathtub

1930

Sinkin' in the Bathtub

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Everything’s Rosie

1931

Everything’s Rosie

as

Lowe Party Guest by Punch Bowl

Fanny Foley Herself

1931

Fanny Foley Herself

as

Carmen

Smuggled Cargo

1939

Smuggled Cargo

as

Marian Franklin

Bosko's Soda Fountain

1931

Bosko's Soda Fountain

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Dumb Patrol

1931

Dumb Patrol

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Battling Bosko

1932

Battling Bosko

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko's Holiday

1931

Bosko's Holiday

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Yodeling Yokels

1931

Yodeling Yokels

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko at the Zoo

1932

Bosko at the Zoo

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko the Drawback

1932

Bosko the Drawback

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko's Dog Race

1932

Bosko's Dog Race

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko at the Beach

1932

Bosko at the Beach

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko's Dizzy Date

1932

Bosko's Dizzy Date

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko's Store

1932

Bosko's Store

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko in Dutch

1933

Bosko in Dutch

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko's Party

1932

Bosko's Party

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko's Parlor Pranks

1934

Bosko's Parlor Pranks

as

Honey (voice) (uncredited)

Bosko's Easter Eggs

1937

Bosko's Easter Eggs

as

Honey (voice)

Pride of the Navy

1939

Pride of the Navy

as

Gloria Tyler

Rascals

1938

Rascals

as

Margaret Adams

The Stork Pays Off

1941

The Stork Pays Off

as

Irene Perry

Missing Daughters

1939

Missing Daughters

as

Kay Roberts

Rubber Racketeers

1942

Rubber Racketeers

as

Nikki

Such Women Are Dangerous

1934

Such Women Are Dangerous

as

Vernie Little

Queen of Broadway

1942

Queen of Broadway

as

Sherry Baker

Storm Over Bengal

1938

Storm Over Bengal

as

Joan Lattimore

Is My Face Red?

1932

Is My Face Red?

as

Newlywed Bride on Leviathon (uncredited)

The Past of Mary Holmes

1933

The Past of Mary Holmes

as

Betty

A Woman is the Judge

1939

A Woman is the Judge

as

Justine West

Circus Daze

1937

Circus Daze

as

Honey (voice)

The Music Goes 'Round

1936

The Music Goes 'Round

as

Susanna Courtney

The Penguin Pool Murder

1932

The Penguin Pool Murder

as

Telephone Operator

She Had to Eat

1937

She Had to Eat

as

Ann Garrison

Woman-Wise

1937

Woman-Wise

as

Alice Fuller

Laugh and Get Rich

1931

Laugh and Get Rich

as

Miss Jones - at Dance (uncredited)

Everybody's Old Man

1936

Everybody's Old Man

as

Cynthia Sampson

Red-Headed Baby

1931

Red-Headed Baby

as

Red-Headed Baby

All The Looney Tunes

2025

All The Looney Tunes

as

Honey / Fluffy

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

as

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as

Polly Grover

Branded

Branded

as

Racket Squad

Racket Squad

as

I'm the Law

I'm the Law

as

Production

Crew

Directing