Josephine Hull

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Josephine Hull (* 3. January 1877 in Newtonville , Massachusetts as Mary Josephine Sherwood ; † 12. March 1957 in New York City ) was an American actress . She mainly worked in the theater and acted in only five feature films, including the classic films Arsen and Lace Cap and My Friend Harvey . For the latter film, she won an Oscar in the category Best Supporting Actress in 1950 .

Life

Josephine Sherwood was probably born in Newtonville in 1877, although she usually gave the year of birth 1886. Against her parents' wishes, she studied acting at the New England Conservatory of Music and Radcliffe College . 1905 began her acting career on the stage in Boston under her maiden name. Just a year later she was seen for the first time on Broadway , where she played in around 40 plays until February 1955 and celebrated some of her greatest successes. In 1910 she married the actor Shelly Hull (1884-1919), an older brother of the actor Henry Hull . From then on she no longer appeared under her maiden name, but under her husband's last name. Her husband died of pneumonia in 1919 at the age of only 34, which is why she retired from the stage for a few years until 1923. They had no children, and Josephine Hull never remarried.

In 1926 she had her first great success in the Pulitzer Prize winning work Craig's Wife by George Kelly . Over the next few decades, the small, somewhat corpulent character actress celebrated great Broadway successes, including between 1936 and 1938 with the hit You Can't Take It With You , which became a great film success as a life artist in 1938 , with Spring Byington playing Hull's role in the film . In Hollywood , on the other hand, Josephine Hull only played in five movies, mostly to embody her Broadway roles in the screen adaptations.

So she played in Arsenic and Lace Cap (1944), based on the successful piece of the same name, with Cary Grant and Peter Lorre . As before on Broadway, she gave the role of the lovable, elderly serial killer together with Jean Adair . In 1950, Hull played the hysterical sister of James Stewart in the comedy My Friend Harvey . She had previously played this role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play My Friend Harvey on Broadway. For her performance in My Friend Harvey , Josephine Hull received the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1951 . After that, however, she only made one film appearance and a few guest roles on television. In 1955, Hull retired from the Broadway stages and died of a cerebral hemorrhage on March 12, 1957 at the age of 80.

Broadway career

  • 1907: The Law and the Man
  • 1909: The Bridge
  • 1923: Neighbors
  • 1924: Fata Morgana
  • 1925: Rosmersholm
  • 1926: Craig's Wife
  • 1926: Daisy Mayme
  • 1927: The Wild Man of Borneo
  • 1928: March Hares
  • 1928: The Beaux Stratagem
  • 1928: Hotbed
  • 1929: Before You're 25
  • 1930: Those We Love
  • 1930: Midnight
  • 1931: Unexpected Husband
  • 1931: After Tomorrow
  • 1932: A Thousand Summers
  • 1933: American Dream
  • 1933: A Divine Drudge
  • 1934: By Your Leavel
  • 1935: On to Fortune
  • 1935: Seven Keys to Baldpate
  • 1935: Night In the House
  • 1936: You Can't Take It With You
  • 1940: An International Incident
  • 1941: Arsenic and Old Lace
  • 1944: Harvey
  • 1948: Minnie and Mr. Williams
  • 1950: The Golden State
  • 1952: Whistler's Grandmother
  • 1953: The Solid Gold Cadillac

Filmography

  • 1929: The Bishop's Candlesticks (short film)
  • 1932: After Tomorrow
  • 1932: Careless Lady
  • 1944: Arsenic and Old Lace (Arsenic and Old Lace)
  • 1949: The Ford Theater Hour (TV series, episode)
  • 1950: My friend Harvey (Harvey)
  • 1950: Studio One (TV series, an episode)
  • 1950: The Philco Television Playhouse (TV series, episode)
  • 1951: The Lady from Texas
  • 1951–1953: Lux Video Theater (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1952: Lights Out (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1952: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV series, an episode)
  • 1955: The United States Steel Hour (TV series, episode)

Web links

Commons : Josephine Hull  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josephine Hull. Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Hull, Josephine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sherwood, Josephine (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1877 or 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Newtonville , Massachusetts , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1957
Place of death New York City , New York , United States