Josephine Hull Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended the New England Conservatory of Music and Radcliffe College
• Began her career on stage as a stock performer in 1905 and was a chorus girl and touring player for several years
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "Get Your Man" in 1927
• Directed the Broadway productions "Why Not?," "The Rivals," and "The Habitual Husband," all in the mid-1920s
• Her Broadway hits include "You Can't Take It With You" in 1936, "Arsenic and Old Lace" in 1941, and "Harvey" in 1944
• Best known as a stage and film actress who played Veta Louise Simmons in "Harvey" and Abby Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace․"
• Spent 50 years as a stage actress and play director, appearing in films as characters she performed on Broadway