She may be best remembered today for costarring in "Wild Boys of the Road" (1933), playing Cosette in "Les Misérables" (1935), playing Mary Blair, the older sister of Shirley Temple's character in "Curly Top", and for playing Natalie Wood's mother in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). During her peak years in the 1930s, notable roles for Hudson included Richard Cromwell's love interest in the Will Rogers showcase "Life Begins at 40" (1935), the daughter of carnival barker W.C. Fields in "Poppy" (1936), and Claudette Colbert's adult daughter in "Imitation of Life" (1934).