Josephine Hutchinson
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Son of Frankenstein
as Elsa von Frankenstein 1939
Nevada Smith
as Mrs. Elvira McCanles 1966
Somewhere in the Night
as Elizabeth Conroy 1946
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Marie Pasteur 1936
Baby the Rain Must Fall
as Mme Ewing 1965
Ruby Gentry
as Letitia Gentry 1952
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglas 1960
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
as Mamie Baldwin 1971
Many Rivers to Cross
as Mrs. Cherne 1955
A Little Princess
as (uncredited) 1917
Gun for a Coward
as Madame Keough 1956
Tom Brown's School Days
as Mrs. Mary Arnold 1940
Miracle in the Rain
as Agnes Wood 1956
Step Down to Terror
as Mrs. Walters 1958
Cass Timberlane
as Lillian Drover 1947
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Mrs. Macaboy 1952