Josephine Hull

Born: 3 January 1877, Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 12 March 1957, New York City, New York, USA

 

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) as Abby Brewster

 

Josephine Hull is the shorter actress on the right, with Jean Adair. Both actress were plucked from the Broadway show to recreate their parts for the screen version.