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  Josephine Hull
Josephine Hull (January 3, 1886 - March 12, 1957) was an American actress who had a successful 50 year career on Broadway before bringing some of her best roles to film.
Hull was born Josephine Sherwood in Newtonville, Massachusetts[?], and attended Radcliffe College and The New England Conservatory of Music[?].
Hull was a stage success in Craig's Wife (1926), and in Daisy Mayme (1926), a role which was written especially for her.
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  Josephine Hull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hull was born Josephine Sherwood in Newtonville, Massachusetts.
Hull made her stage debut in stock in 1905, and spent five years as a chorus girl and touring stock before she married Shelley Hull in 1910.
Hull was a stage success in Craig's Wife (1926), and in Daisy Mayme (1926), a role which was written especially for her.
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Born Josephine Sherwood to a well-to-do New England family, the hopeful actress attended Radcliffe and The New England Conservatory of Music before making her stage debut in stock in 1905.
Hull believes that the new name is more indicative of his vision for the museum, will make it easier to raise funds and may erase the stigma in people's minds that he simply runs a "haunted house."
Harvey is a comedy starring James Stewart and Josephine Hull in the story of an invisible, giant white rabbit who is the contstant companion of an alcoholic.
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 Josephine Hull Biography at Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Hull had her first major stage success in George Kelly's Pulitzer-winning "Craig's Wife" in 1926.
But Hull and Jean Adair did play the Brewster sisters in the 1944 film "Arsenic and Old Lace", and Hull was in the screen "Harvey" as well.
Hull made only one further film, the 1951 "The Lady from Texas", and appeared in the CBS-TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace" in 1949 (with Ruth McDevitt as her sister).
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Hull's concept, even from the beginning, was a tribute to the actors and make-up artists that gave us those memorable monsters and characters we love.
Hull's make-up, prop and/or art work has been featured in TV commercials, TV shows ("Monster"), film ("Fright Night"), live performances in major cities (("Murder Mystery Weekends"), as well as used as props for live theatre and numerous other media events.
Hull's great uncle was HENRY HULL, "The Werewolf of London" in 1935, the first major movie lycanthrope.
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 Open Collections Program: Women Working: Josephine Sherwood Hull
She went on to marry actor Shelley Hull, and to star in such Broadway classics such as Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey.
Hull kept a diary for most of her adult life.
The Josephine Sherwood Hull papers are held in the Schlesinger Library of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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 prosser edmonds 4 jul 2005.ged - aqwg95
Fannie HULL [Parents] was born 29 Oct 1877.
Josephine Ruth HULL [Parents] was born 27 May 1910.
Josephine married Vernon SIMPSON on 6 Oct 1930.
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 Great Character Actors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Like many other actors on these pages, Josephine Hull had a very limited movie and television career as she was devoted to theatre and the stage.
She was born Josephine Sherwood in Newtonville, Massachusetts on January 3, 1886 to a non-theatrical family.
It was at this time she met her husband Shelley Hull, brother of actor Henry Hull and decided to quit acting for marriage.
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 The Grand Ladies
Josephine Hull and May Robson were two such women; they both worked late into their lives and they turned in some of their most memorable performances at the height of their maturity.
A lot of the humor in Hull's role arises from the fact that she sometimes seems to believe in Harvey herself.
Josephine Hull and May Robson are both unfamiliar names, Kendahl, although I did see Harvey, way back when.
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 Amazon.com: Harvey: DVD: James Stewart,Josephine Hull,Peggy Dow,Charles Drake,Cecil Kellaway,Victoria Horne,Jesse ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Veta Louise Simmons (Josephine Hull) hopes to arrange a wonderful marriage for daughter Myrtle May (Victoria Horne) in the upper echelons of society.
And Josephine Hull brings up a brilliant performance as his frazzled sister, with several other good actors rounding off the supporting cast.
James Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd, Josephine Hull as Veta Louise Simmons, Peggy Dow as Miss Kelly, Charles Drake as Dr. Sanderson, Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Chumley, Victoria Horne as Myrtle Mae Simmons, Jesse White as Wilson, William H. Lynn as Judge Gaffney, Wallace Ford as The Taxi Driver, Nana Bryant as Mrs.
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 HARVEY
HARVEY is a quaint and silly fantasy that rests solely on the sincere charm of Jimmy Stewart.
His sister, Veta Louise (Hull) is at her wit’s end and finally decides to have Elwood committed to a sanitarium in the hope that they’ll cure him of this unusual friendship.
Stewart and his brilliant supporting cast, especially Hull, really get behind this story and turn it into a screwball comedy for the ages.
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 Harvey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Harvey is barely tolerated by Dowd's fussy sister Veta Louise (played in an Oscar-winning turn by Josephine Hull), a nervous wreck of a woman who feels that her brother's devotion to an invisible rabbit is ruining their lives.
He is given expert support by Josephine Hull, whose role is probably the most difficult in the film.
Hull manages to be hilariously nerve-wracked without ever betraying her art.
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 Bio for Josephine Hull on MSN Movies
Distinguished character actress Josephine Hull was best known for her theatrical work, but she did grace a few movies, her two most famous being Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and Harvey (1950).
She was born Josephine Sherwood in Newton, MA and had a long stage career before making her film debut in the 1930s.
For her work in Harvey, Hull won a Best Supporting Actress award.
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 Harvey (play) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the story of likeable man and his imaginary friend "Harvey", a 6 foot tall rabbit.
It was later made into a film by the same name starring Hull and James Stewart.
When Elwood P. Down starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harvey_(play)   (287 words)

  
 ttgapers store - USA - Harvey - James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Victoria ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Victoria Horne, Jesse White, William H. Lynn, Wallace Ford, Nana Bryant, Grayce Mills, Clem Bevans, Harry Hines, Ruthelma Stevens, Don Brodie, Minerva Urecal, Dick Wessel, Almira Sessions, Norman Leavitt, Polly Bailey
His sister Veta (Josephine Hull) and niece (Victoria Horne) wish for a normal society life, and finally after a disastrous party determine to commit Elwood to the sanatorium.
*Josephine Hull (Aresenic and Old Lace) won a 1960 Best Supporting Actress Acadamy Award for her role as Veta Louise Dowd.
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 Four Halloween Films to Meet Your Mood
When he goes to break the happy news to his family, he learns that his elderly aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) have been poisoning lonely old men with elderberry wine.
Josephine Hull and Jean Adair as the batty old aunts and John Alexander as Mortimer's eccentric brother, Theodore, reprise the roles they perfected on Broadway in this film version.
Hull and Adair are hilarious as "two of the dearest, sweetest, kindest old ladies that ever walked the earth." This conceit is what makes their wicked habit all the more insane.
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 Charity's Place.com > Harvey
As a result, his sister (Josephine Hull) Veta and his niece Myrtle Mae (Victoria Horne) have become local laughingstocks.
Hoping to get Myrtle Mae married to one of the wealthy young men in the town, Veta arranges for her brother (and Harvey) to be out the afternoon of her social tea.
Josephine Hull and James Stewart were both nominated for Oscars (Hull won, in addition to grabbing a Golden Globe).
www.charitysplace.com /review/harvey.htm   (768 words)

  
 Arsenic and Old Lace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
While Capra is known for his human comedies, this one is a laugh riot, with Gran'st facial expressions and sense of panic the cause of most of it.
Of course, Josephine Hull and Jean Adair are delightful as well, playing Grant's little old lady aunties.
Josephine Hull and Jean Adair recreate their stage roles with ease and are delightfully funny as well.
www.dvdcorner.net /html/arsenic.html   (585 words)

  
 Pooka Page: 'Harvey' - before the movie!
This is a photo of Frank Fay as Elwood P. Dowd, with Josephine Hull as Veta, Elwood's sister, in the original 1944 Broadway production of "Harvey," by Mary Chase.
Hull would go on to play Veta opposite James Stewart as Elwood in the famous film version.
For the 1950 film, he teamed up with Josephine Hull, who had originated the role of Veta in the Broadway production, along with Jesse White, who again played Marvin Wilson.
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 Collectors Post - Browse Theatre, Cinema and TV
Josephine Hull, Loring Smith, Henry Jones, Geoffrey Lumb, Wendall K Phillips, Reynolds Evans, Mary Welch, Jack Ruth
It was to be Josephine Hull's last major role.
There is a b/w photo of Hull & Smith on the front cream cover.
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 ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
What Mortimer doesn't realize is that his aunts Abby (Hull) and Martha (Adair) have a little secret of their own.
He disliked the fact that he seemed constantly flustered, but I can't really think how else one would respond to his situation, if you were sane.
Josephine Hull and Jean Adair are brilliant as the insane, yet sweet aunts.
crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsA/f_arsenic.html   (895 words)

  
 Harvey Movie Review at Hollywood Video
The middle-aged Dowd lives with his sister, Veta Louise (Josephine Hull) and her daughter, Myrtle Mae (Victoria Horne).
When, in her hysteria, she admits to Dr. Lyman Sanderson (Charles Drake) that she's actually seen Harvey, a comedy of errors ensues when he hospitalizes her instead of Elwood.
This is a delicate fantasy with a big-hearted plea for acceptance and tolerance at its core, as well as an almost subversive protest against conformity and the then-nascent rat race.
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 Harvey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
With regret, Veta Simmons (Josephine Hull) decides to have her affable brother Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart) committed to an asylum.
His drinking and his unshakeable delusion of Harvey, a six-foot rabbit who is his constant companion, are interfering with her plans to find her daughter a suitable mate.
Hull deserved her Academy Award (1950) and Golden Globe Award (1951) for Best Supporting Actress.
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 Harvey sample review
On a typical day he politely signs for a letter, thanks the messenger, tears it up, and goes for a walk with his closest friend Harvey, a six foot, three inch white rabbit.
Josephine Hull, who played Veta Louise on stage and in the movie, and won the Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actress" for her role.
The entire cast is superb, from Jesse White, as the intern at the hospital, to the cab driver.
www.classicmoviecorner.com /reviews/harvey.html   (256 words)

  
 Harvey movie posters and memorabilia at MovieGoods
Cast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Victoria Horne, Peggy Dow, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Drake, Jesse White, Wallace Ford, Nana Bryant; Directed by: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Victoria Horne, Peggy Dow, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Drake, Jesse White, Wallace Ford, Nana Bryant; DIRECTED BY: Henry Koster; WRITTEN BY: Oscar Brodney; CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: William H. Daniels; MUSIC BY: Frank Skinner; EDITING: Ralph Dawson.
Hull is a standout, well deserving her Oscar.
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 Josephine Hull - Best Supporting Actress: MovieActors.com
Josephine Hull won her Supporting Oscar for playing the daffy, long suffering sister of a man who's friend is an invisible rabbit.
American stage actress, born in Massachusetts, who's real name was Josephine Sherwood.
In both cases, her two big Broadway hits ARSENIC AND OLD LACE and HARVEY were filmed with her.
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 Harvey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
When his sister Veta (Josephine Hull) tries to have him committed, she's taken in instead.
Star: James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White, Victoria Horne, Wallace Ford, Peggy Dow, Nana Bryant,
Josephine Hull, Victoria Horne, and Jesse White all originated their roles in the stage version of Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play HARVEY.
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 Movie Gurus - The Movie Review Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
She finds embarrassment in his tendency to strike up a conversation with anybody, which is soon followed by an introduction to Harvey.
His performance is central to the film's success, and although he garnered a lot of acclaim, it was Josephine Hull who took home an Academy Award.
Her performance as the worrisome Veta has a frantic quality to it - the result of years of spending time with a brother who believes in a giant rabbit.
www.movie-gurus.com /content/reviews/h/1468   (836 words)

  
 Arsenic and Old Lace
He and his fiancée manage to escape the press by a hair, but when he returns home to his aunts, Mortimer discovers to his horror that they've been killing off old men with arsenic, strychnine and a few other choice chemicals.
Abby (Josephine Hull) and Martha (Jean Adair) justify their actions as a charity to lonely old men.
On the other hand, Josephine Hull and Jean Adair are delightful as the two eccentric aunts.
www.geocities.com /moviecritic.geo/reviews/a/arsenic.html   (702 words)

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