About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1903-10-12
Place of birth:
Seattle, Washington, USA
Website:
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Josephine Hutchinson

Overview

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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

Acting
1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story Actor Mamie Baldwin 59
Average
1971 Travis Logan, D.A. Actor Mrs. Tice 58
Average
1970 Rabbit, Run Actor Mrs. Angstrom 58
Average
1968 Shadow Over Elveron Actor Emily Maslan 59
Average
1966 Nevada Smith Actor Mrs. Elvira McCanles 61
Fair
1965 Baby, the Rain Must Fall Actor Mme Ewing 59
Average
1965 The Son of Frankenstein Actor Frankenstein's Wife (archive footage) N/A
N/A
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Actor Widow Douglas 59
Average
1960 Walk Like a Dragon Actor Ma Bartlett 58
Average
1959 North by Northwest Actor Mrs. Townsend 77
Good
1958 Step Down to Terror Actor Mrs. Walters 58
Average
1958 Sing Boy Sing Actor Caroline Walker 59
Average
1956 Gun for a Coward Actor Madame Keough 58
Average
1956 Miracle in the Rain Actor Agnes Wood 59
Average
1955 Many Rivers to Cross Actor Mrs. Cherne 59
Average
1952 Ruby Gentry Actor Letitia Gentry 59
Average
1952 Love Is Better Than Ever Actor Mrs. Macaboy 59
Average
1949 Adventure in Baltimore Actor Mrs. Lilly Sheldon 58
Average
1948 The Tender Years Actor Emily Norris 59
Average
1947 Cass Timberlane Actor Lillian Drover 58
Average
1946 Somewhere in the Night Actor Elizabeth Conroy 59
Average
1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World Actor Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage) 58
Average
1941 Her First Beau Actor Mrs. Wood 58
Average
1940 Tom Brown's School Days Actor Mrs. Mary Arnold 59
Average
1940 My Son, My Son! Actor Nellie Moscrop Essex 58
Average
1939 Son of Frankenstein Actor Elsa von Frankenstein 61
Fair
1938 The Crime of Doctor Hallet Actor Dr. Mary Reynolds N/A
N/A
1937 The Women Men Marry Actor Jane Carson 58
Average
1937 Mountain Justice Actor Ruth Harkins 59
Average
1936 I Married a Doctor Actor Carol Kennicott 58
Average
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur Actor Marie Pasteur 59
Average
1935 The Melody Lingers on Actor Ann Prescott N/A
N/A
1935 Oil for the Lamps of China Actor Hester 59
Average
1935 The Right to Live Actor Stella Trent 58
Average
1934 Happiness Ahead Actor Joan Bradford 59
Average
1917 A Little Princess Actor (uncredited) 58
Average