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