Josephine Hull Net Worth

Josephine Hull was a renowned stage and screen actress born in Newtonville, Massachusetts in 1877. After studying drama at Radcliffe College, she began her career in a Boston stock company. After her husband's death in 1919, she resumed her theatrical career in 1923 and was known for her distinctively brittle delivery and exquisite timing. She is most remembered for her roles in the farce 'Arsenic and Old Lace' and the whimsical play 'Harvey', both of which she reprised on screen. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Harvey' in 1950. Despite her success on the stage, her screen career was not particularly prolific. She passed away in New York in 1957 at the age of 80.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress
Birth Day January 03, 1877
Birth Place  Newtonville, Massachusetts, United States
Age 142 YEARS OLD
Died On March 12, 1957(1957-03-12) (aged 80)\nThe Bronx, New York, US
Birth Sign Aquarius
Alma mater Radcliffe College
Occupation Actress
Years active 1905–1955
Spouse(s) Shelly Hull (1910–1919; his death)

💰 Net worth

Josephine Hull was a talented actress in the United States who left a lasting impact on the world of entertainment. Best known for her memorable roles in classic films and Broadway plays, Hull's net worth is estimated to be between $100,000 and $1 million in 2024. Her immense talent and dedication to her craft allowed her to earn recognition and success throughout her career. Josephine Hull's contributions to the world of acting will always be remembered, solidifying her legacy as one of the greats.

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Biography/Timeline

1877

Hull was born January 3, 1877, in Newtonville, Massachusetts, one of four children born to william H. Sherwood and Mary Elizabeth ("Minnie") Tewkesbury, but would later shave years off her true age. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music and Radcliffe College, both in the Boston area.

1905

Hull made her stage debut in stock in 1905, and after some years as a chorus girl and touring stock player, she married actor Shelley Hull (the elder brother of actor Henry Hull) in 1910. After her husband's death as a young man, the Actress retired until 1923, when she returned to acting using her married name, Josephine Hull. The couple had no children.

1926

She had her first major stage success in George Kelly's Pulitzer-winning Craig's Wife in 1926. Kelly wrote a role especially for her in his next play, Daisy Mayme, which also was staged in 1926. She continued working in New York theater throughout the 1920s. In the 1930s and 1940s, Hull appeared in three Broadway hits, as a batty matriarch in You Can't Take It with You (1936), as a homicidal old lady in Arsenic and Old Lace (1941), and in Harvey (1944). The plays all had long runs, and took up ten years of Hull's career. Her last Broadway play, The Solid Gold Cadillac (1954–55), was later into a film version with the much younger Judy Holliday in the role.

1927

Hull made only six films, beginning in 1927 with a small part in the Clara Bow feature Get Your Man, followed by The Bishop's Candlesticks in 1929. That was followed by two 1932 Fox features, After Tomorrow (recreating her stage role) and The Careless Lady.

1938

She missed out on recreating her You Can't Take It With You role in 1938, as she was still onstage with the show. Instead, Spring Byington appeared in the film version. Hull played Aunt Abby who, along with Jean Adair as Aunt Martha, was one of the two Brewster sisters in the film version of Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) starring Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane, and Hull appeared in the screen version of Harvey (1950), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Variety credited Hull's performance: "the slightly balmy aunt who wants to have Elwood committed, is immense, socking the comedy for every bit of its worth".

1951

After, Hull made only one more film, The Lady from Texas (1951); she had also appeared in the CBS-TV version of Arsenic and Old Lace in 1949, with Ruth McDevitt, an Actress who often succeeded Hull in her Broadway roles, as her sister.

1957

Josephine Hull died on March 12, 1957, aged 80, from a cerebral hemorrhage.