Saturday, July 25, 2009

Spotlight On: Josephine Hull

Name: Josephine Hull
Birth Name: Josephine Sherwood
Alternate Name:
Nicknames:
Date of Birth: 3 January 1877, Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Death: 12 March 1957, New York, New York, USA
Soap Opera Occupation: actress
Soap Opera Roles:
  • Miss Julia, Miss Julia
  • Mrs. Kayden, The O'Neills
Family Connections:
  • wife of motion picture actor, Shelly Hull
  • sister-in-law of television and motion picture actor, Henry Hull
  • aunt of 7th Heaven producer, Shelley Hull
Awards:
  • Academy Awards (1 nomination, 1 win)
  • Golden Globes (1 nomination, 1 win)
Honors Received:
  • Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Trivia

  • 5' 2¼" (1.58 m)
  • Sister-in-law of actor Henry Hull
  • Had a successful 50 year career on Broadway before bringing her roles in "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "Harvey" from the stage to the screen
  • Is interred with her husband in the Newton Cemetery, Newtonville, MA
  • Aunt of producer Shelley Hull
  • Graduate of Radcliffe College (1899)
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