Josephine Hutchinson
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
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1972 · The Sixth Sense as
- 1971 · The Homecoming: A Christmas Story as Mamie Baldwin
- 1971 · Travis Logan, D.A. as Mrs. Tice
- 1970 · Rabbit, Run as Mrs. Angstrom
- 1969 · To Rome with Love as
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Millie Farrell
- 1968 · Shadow Over Elveron as Emily Maslan
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1966 · Nevada Smith as Mrs. Elvira McCanles
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Libby Jackson
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Anna Wandermere
- 1965 · Baby, the Rain Must Fall as Mme Ewing
- 1965 · The Son of Frankenstein as Frankenstein's Wife (archive footage)
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Mrs. Blanchard
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Madeline Vickers
- 1962 · General Electric True as
- 1961 · The New Breed as Nettie
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Amelia Blair
- 1960 · The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Betty Galloway
- 1960 · The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Widow Douglas
- 1960 · Walk Like a Dragon as Ma Bartlett
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1959 · Bonanza as Martha Randolph
- 1959 · North by Northwest as Mrs. Townsend
- 1959 · Rawhide as Abigail Briggs
- 1958 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · Step Down to Terror as Mrs. Walters
- 1958 · Sing Boy Sing as Caroline Walker
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Leona Walsh
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Miriam Baker
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Miss Sarah
- 1956 · Gun for a Coward as Madame Keough
- 1956 · Miracle in the Rain as Agnes Wood
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Mrs. Crale
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Sister Ellen
- 1955 · Many Rivers to Cross as Mrs. Cherne
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Mother
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Mama Stacey
- 1952 · Ruby Gentry as Letitia Gentry
- 1952 · Love Is Better Than Ever as Mrs. Macaboy
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Mother Superior
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Mrs. Lavery
- 1949 · Adventure in Baltimore as Mrs. Lilly Sheldon
- 1948 · The Tender Years as Emily Norris
- 1947 · Cass Timberlane as Lillian Drover
- 1946 · Somewhere in the Night as Elizabeth Conroy
- 1943 · The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
- 1941 · Her First Beau as Mrs. Wood
- 1940 · Tom Brown's School Days as Mrs. Mary Arnold
- 1940 · My Son, My Son! as Nellie Moscrop Essex
- 1939 · Son of Frankenstein as Elsa von Frankenstein
- 1938 · The Crime of Doctor Hallet as Dr. Mary Reynolds
- 1937 · The Women Men Marry as Jane Carson
- 1937 · Mountain Justice as Ruth Harkins
- 1936 · I Married a Doctor as Carol Kennicott
- 1936 · The Story of Louis Pasteur as Marie Pasteur
- 1935 · The Melody Lingers on as Ann Prescott
- 1935 · Oil for the Lamps of China as Hester
- 1935 · The Right to Live as Stella Trent
- 1934 · Happiness Ahead as Joan Bradford
- 1917 · A Little Princess as (uncredited)