

Josephine Hutchinson
ActorFrom 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.
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The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
Mamie Baldwin
- Travis Logan, D.A.
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971
Mrs. Tice

Rabbit, Run
1970
Mrs. Angstrom

Shadow Over Elveron
1968
Emily Maslan

Nevada Smith
1966
Mrs. Elvira McCanles

Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965
Mme Ewing

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
Widow Douglas

Walk Like a Dragon
1960
Ma Bartlett

North by Northwest
1959
Mrs. Townsend

Step Down to Terror
1958
Mrs. Walters

Sing Boy Sing
1958
Caroline Walker

Miracle in the Rain
1956
Agnes Wood

Gun for a Coward
1956
Madame Keough

Many Rivers to Cross
1955
Mrs. Cherne

Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
Mrs. Macaboy

Ruby Gentry
1952
Letitia Gentry

Adventure in Baltimore
1949
Mrs. Lilly Sheldon

The Tender Years
1948
Emily Norris

Cass Timberlane
1947
Lillian Drover

Somewhere in the Night
1946
Elizabeth Conroy

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)

Her First Beau
1941
Mrs. Wood

Tom Brown's School Days
1940
Mrs. Mary Arnold

My Son, My Son!
1940
Nellie Moscrop Essex

Son of Frankenstein
1939
Elsa von Frankenstein

The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938
Dr. Mary Reynolds

Mountain Justice
1937
Ruth Harkins

The Women Men Marry
1937
Jane Carson

The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
Marie Pasteur

I Married a Doctor
1936
Carol Kennicott

The Right to Live
1935
Stella Trent

Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
Hester Adams Chase

The Melody Lingers on
1935
Ann Prescott

Happiness Ahead
1934
Joan Bradford

A Little Princess
1917
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