Josephine Hutchinson
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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
Matinee Theater
Bonanza
Martha Randolph
Perry Mason
Leona Walsh
Perry Mason
Miriam Baker
Perry Mason
Miss Sarah
Little House on the Prairie
Mannix
The Rifleman
Dr. Kildare
Amelia Blair
The F.B.I.
Libby Jackson
The F.B.I.
Anna Wandermere
The Twilight Zone
Burke's Law
Madeline Vickers
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Lyddie Hampton
Rawhide
Abigail Briggs
The Name of the Game
Millie Farrell
The Mod Squad
To Rome with Love
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mrs. Blanchard
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Betty Galloway
The New Breed
Nettie
Lux Video Theatre
Mrs. Lavery
General Electric True
The Sixth Sense
Gunsmoke
Mrs. Crale
Gunsmoke
Sister Ellen
Then Came Bronson
North by Northwest
Mrs. Townsend
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mother Superior
General Electric Theater
Mother
General Electric Theater
Mama Stacey
Son of Frankenstein
Elsa von Frankenstein
Nevada Smith
Mrs. Elvira McCanles
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Marie Pasteur
Many Rivers to Cross
Mrs. Cherne
Gun for a Coward
Madame Keough
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Mme Ewing
Miracle in the Rain
Agnes Wood
Oil for the Lamps of China
Hester
Ruby Gentry
Letitia Gentry
Somewhere in the Night
Elizabeth Conroy
Walk Like a Dragon
Ma Bartlett
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Mamie Baldwin
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglas
Cass Timberlane
Lillian Drover
Tom Brown's School Days
Mrs. Mary Arnold
Happiness Ahead
Joan Bradford
Shadow Over Elveron
Emily Maslan
Love Is Better Than Ever
Mrs. Macaboy
Travis Logan, D.A.
Mrs. Tice
Adventure in Baltimore
Mrs. Lilly Sheldon
Rabbit, Run
Mrs. Angstrom
The Right to Live
Stella Trent
The Voice That Thrilled the World
Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
I Married a Doctor
Carol Kennicott
The Women Men Marry
Jane Carson
Mountain Justice
Ruth Harkins
My Son, My Son!
Nellie Moscrop Essex
A Little Princess
(uncredited)
Step Down to Terror
Mrs. Walters
Her First Beau
Mrs. Wood
The Tender Years
Emily Norris
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Dr. Mary Reynolds
The Melody Lingers on
Ann Prescott
Sing Boy Sing
Caroline Walker