Josephine Hutchinson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 12, 1903
- Died
- June 4, 1998
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story 1971
as Mamie Baldwin
- Travis Logan, D.A.
Travis Logan, D.A. 1971
as Mrs. Tice
Rabbit, Run 1970
as Mrs. Angstrom
Shadow Over Elveron 1968
as Emily Maslan
Nevada Smith 1966
as Mrs. Elvira McCanles
Baby the Rain Must Fall 1965
as Mme Ewing
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1960
as Widow Douglas
Walk Like a Dragon 1960
as Ma Bartlett
North by Northwest 1959
as Mrs. Townsend
Step Down to Terror 1958
as Mrs. Walters
Sing Boy Sing 1958
as Caroline Walker
Gun for a Coward 1956
as Madame Keough
Miracle in the Rain 1956
as Agnes Wood
Many Rivers to Cross 1955
as Mrs. Cherne
Ruby Gentry 1952
as Letitia Gentry
Love Is Better Than Ever 1952
as Mrs. Macaboy
Adventure in Baltimore 1949
as Mrs. Lilly Sheldon
The Tender Years 1948
as Emily Norris
Cass Timberlane 1947
as Lillian Drover
Somewhere in the Night 1946
as Elizabeth Conroy
The Voice That Thrilled the World 1943
as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
Her First Beau 1941
as Mrs. Wood
Tom Brown's School Days 1940
as Mrs. Mary Arnold
My Son, My Son! 1940
as Nellie Moscrop Essex
Son of Frankenstein 1939
as Elsa von Frankenstein
The Crime of Doctor Hallet 1938
as Dr. Mary Reynolds
The Women Men Marry 1937
as Jane Carson
Mountain Justice 1937
as Ruth Harkins
I Married a Doctor 1936
as Carol Kennicott
The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936
as Marie Pasteur
The Melody Lingers on 1935
as Ann Prescott
Oil for the Lamps of China 1935
as Hester Adams Chase
The Right to Live 1935
as Stella Trent
Happiness Ahead 1934
as Joan Bradford
A Little Princess 1917
as (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.