Josephine Hutchinson
Actor
- Born
- October 12, 1903 · Seattle, Washington, USA
- Died
- June 4, 1998 (age 94)
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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.
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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
North by Northwest
August 6, 1959
Son of Frankenstein
January 13, 1939
Nevada Smith
June 10, 1966
Somewhere in the Night
June 12, 1946
The Story of Louis Pasteur
February 22, 1936
Baby the Rain Must Fall
January 12, 1965
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
July 21, 1960
Ruby Gentry
December 25, 1952
Many Rivers to Cross
February 4, 1955
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
December 19, 1971
Gun for a Coward
December 30, 1956
A Little Princess
November 5, 1917
Acting35
- 1971The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Mamie Baldwin
- 1971Travis Logan, D.A. as Mrs. Tice
- 1970Rabbit, Run as Mrs. Angstrom
- 1968Shadow Over Elveron as Emily Maslan
- 1966Nevada Smith as Mrs. Elvira McCanles
- 1965Baby the Rain Must Fall as Mme Ewing
- 1960The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Widow Douglas
- 1960Walk Like a Dragon as Ma Bartlett
- 1959North by Northwest as Mrs. Townsend
- 1958Step Down to Terror