1903-10-12 Seattle, Washington, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Josephine Hutchinson (October 12, 1903 - June 4, 1998) was an American actress. Hutchinson was born in Seattle, Washington. Her mother, Leona Roberts, was an actress best known for her role as Mrs. Meade in Gone with the Wind. Under contract with Warner Bros., Hutchinson went to Hollywood in 1934, debuting in Happiness Ahead. She was featured on the cover of Film Weekly on August 23, 1935 and appeared in The Story of Louis Pasteur in 1936. At Universal, she played Elsa von Frankenstein in one of her more memorable roles alongside actor Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff in Son of Frankenstein (1939). She later played Mrs. Townsend in North by Northwest (1959) and Love Is Better Than Ever, starring Elizabeth Taylor. Hutchinson made a number of Television appearances, including episodes of Perry Mason, The Rifleman and Little House on the Prairie. She died, aged 94, on June 4, 1998 at the Florence Nightingale Nursing Home in Manhattan. Her ashes were scattered near her niece’s home at Springfield, Oregon.
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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Mamie Baldwin | 1971-12-19 |
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Travis Logan, D.A. | Mrs. Tice | 1971-03-11 |
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Rabbit, Run | Mrs. Angstrom | 1970-10-01 |
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Shadow Over Elveron | Emily Maslan | 1968-03-05 |
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Nevada Smith | Mrs. Elvira McCanles | 1966-06-10 |
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Baby the Rain Must Fall | Mme Ewing | 1965-01-12 |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Widow Douglas | 1960-07-21 |
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Walk Like a Dragon | Ma Bartlett | 1960-06-01 |
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North by Northwest | Mrs. Townsend | 1959-07-08 |
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Sing Boy Sing | Caroline Walker | 1958-02-21 |
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Step Down to Terror | Mrs. Walters | 1958-09-01 |
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Gun for a Coward | Madame Keough | 1956-12-30 |
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Miracle in the Rain | Agnes Wood | 1956-03-31 |
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Many Rivers to Cross | Mrs. Cherne | 1955-02-04 |
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Love Is Better Than Ever | Mrs. Macaboy | 1952-02-23 |
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Ruby Gentry | Letitia Gentry | 1952-12-25 |
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Adventure in Baltimore | Mrs. Lilly Sheldon | 1949-04-19 |
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The Tender Years | Emily Norris | 1948-01-03 |
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Cass Timberlane | Lillian Drover | 1947-11-06 |
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Somewhere in the Night | Elizabeth Conroy | 1946-06-12 |
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The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage) | 1943-10-16 |
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Her First Beau | Mrs. Wood | 1941-05-08 |
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My Son, My Son! | Nellie Moscrop Essex | 1940-03-21 |
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Tom Brown's School Days | Mrs. Mary Arnold | 1940-06-26 |
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Son of Frankenstein | Elsa von Frankenstein | 1939-01-13 |
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The Crime of Doctor Hallet | Dr. Mary Reynolds | 1938-03-12 |
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The Women Men Marry | Jane Carson | 1937-09-10 |
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Mountain Justice | Ruth Harkins | 1937-04-24 |
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The Story of Louis Pasteur | Marie Pasteur | 1936-02-22 |
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I Married a Doctor | Carol Kennicott | 1936-04-25 |
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The Melody Lingers on | Ann Prescott | 1935-07-11 |
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Oil for the Lamps of China | Hester | 1935-06-08 |
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The Right to Live | Stella Trent | 1935-01-26 |
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Happiness Ahead | Joan Bradford | 1934-10-27 |
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A Little Princess | (uncredited) | 1917-11-05 |
