Rochelle Hudson(1916-1972)

Actress
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A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business, but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

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Imitation of Life (1934)

Rochelle Hudson was born on 6 March 1916 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Imitation of Life (1934), The Officer and the Lady (1941) and Born Reckless (1937). She was married to Robert Louis Mindell, Charles Kenneth Brust Jr., Richard Francis Hyland and Harold Edward Mexia Thompson. She died on 17 January 1972 in Palm Desert, California, USA.

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Awards
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Known for

Imitation of Life

7.5

Jessie Pullman

1934

The Officer and the Lady

6.5

Helen Regan

1941

Born Reckless

6.0

Sybil Roberts

1937

Show Them No Mercy!

7.0

Loretta Martin

1935

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Actress

Gallery of Horror
3.4
- Helen Spalding
- 1967
Branded
7.4
TV Series
- Alice Whitcomb
- 1965
The Night Walker
6.3
- Hilda
- 1964
Strait-Jacket
6.8
- Emily Cutler
- 1964
77 Sunset Strip
7.7
TV Series
- Renee Lamson
- 1961
Rebel Without a Cause
7.6
- Judy's Mother
- 1955
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre
7.5
TV Series
- 1955
Shower of Stars
7.4
TV Series
- Alice
- 1954
That's My Boy
8.3
TV Series
- Alice Jackson
- 1954
I'm the Law
6.7
TV Series
- Cynthia Chase
- 1953
Schlitz Playhouse
7.5
TV Series
- Polly Grover
- 1952
The Unexpected
7.8
TV Series
- Diana
- 1952
Racket Squad
7.5
TV Series
- 1951
Roots in the Soil
- 1949
Sky Liner
5.4
- Amy Winthrop
- 1949

Soundtrack

77 Sunset Strip
7.7
TV Series
- performer: "It Had to Be You" (uncredited)
- 1961
Poppy
6.7
- performer: "A Rendezvous with a Dream" (1936) (uncredited)
- 1936
Curly Top
6.8
- performer: "Animal Crackers in My Soup" (1935), "The Simple Things in Life" (1935) (uncredited)
- 1935
Life Begins at 40
6.8
- performer: "There Is a Tavern in the Town"
- 1935
Harold Teen
6.1
- performer: "How Do I Know It's Sunday?", "Collegiate Wedding" (uncredited)
- 1934

Trivia
Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941, in a minor way she assisted her husband Harold Thompson, who was doing espionage work in Mexico as a civilian. Together they posed as a vacationing couple to various parts of Mexico, to detect if there was any German activity in these areas. One of their more successful vacations uncovered a supply of high test aviation gas hidden by German agents in Baja.