Josephine Hutchinson

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: Acting

Born: Seattle, Washington, USA, 1903-10-12

Died: 1998-06-04

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1917	A Little Princess	(uncredited)	52
2	1934	Happiness Ahead	Joan Bradford	60
3	1935	The Right to Live	Stella Trent	51
4	1935	Oil for the Lamps of China	Hester	73
5	1935	The Melody Lingers on	Ann Prescott	0
6	1936	The Story of Louis Pasteur	Marie Pasteur	68
7	1936	I Married a Doctor	Carol Kennicott	47
8	1937	Mountain Justice	Ruth Harkins	55
9	1937	The Women Men Marry	Jane Carson	55
10	1938	The Crime of Doctor Hallet	Dr. Mary Reynolds	0
11	1939	Son of Frankenstein	Elsa von Frankenstein	67
12	1940	My Son, My Son!	Nellie Moscrop Essex	48
13	1940	Tom Brown's School Days	Mrs. Mary Arnold	72
14	1941	Her First Beau	Mrs. Wood	50
15	1943	The Voice That Thrilled the World	Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)	53
16	1946	Somewhere in the Night	Elizabeth Conroy	67
17	1947	Cass Timberlane	Lillian Drover	59
18	1948	The Tender Years	Emily Norris	70
19	1949	Adventure in Baltimore	Mrs. Lilly Sheldon	49
20	1952	Love Is Better Than Ever	Mrs. Macaboy	61
21	1952	Ruby Gentry	Letitia Gentry	65
22	1955	Many Rivers to Cross	Mrs. Cherne	62
23	1956	Miracle in the Rain	Agnes Wood	67
24	1956	Gun for a Coward	Madame Keough	56
25	1958	Sing Boy Sing	Caroline Walker	60
26	1958	Step Down to Terror	Mrs. Walters	56
27	1959	North by Northwest	Mrs. Townsend	80
28	1960	Walk Like a Dragon	Ma Bartlett	50
29	1960	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Widow Douglas	58
30	1965	Baby the Rain Must Fall	Mme Ewing	62
31	1966	Nevada Smith	Mrs. Elvira McCanles	68
32	1968	Shadow Over Elveron	Emily Maslan	65
33	1970	Rabbit, Run	Mrs. Angstrom	35
34	1971	Travis Logan, D.A.	Mrs. Tice	65
35	1971	The Homecoming: A Christmas Story	Mamie Baldwin	72

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Mrs. Lavery	63
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Mother Superior	73
3	1953	General Electric Theater	Mother	63
4	1953	General Electric Theater	Mama Stacey	63
5	1953	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse	Lyddie Hampton	0
6	1955	Gunsmoke	Mrs. Crale	66
7	1955	Gunsmoke	Sister Ellen	66
8	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
9	1955	Matinee Theater		50
10	1957	Perry Mason	Leona Walsh	77
11	1957	Perry Mason	Miriam Baker	77
12	1957	Perry Mason	Miss Sarah	77
13	1958	The Rifleman		70
14	1959	Rawhide	Abigail Briggs	72
15	1959	Bonanza	Martha Randolph	75
16	1959	The Twilight Zone		85
17	1960	The Barbara Stanwyck Show	Betty Galloway	62
18	1961	Dr. Kildare	Amelia Blair	55
19	1961	The New Breed	Nettie	70
20	1962	General Electric True		0
21	1963	Burke's Law	Madeline Vickers	60
22	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Mrs. Blanchard	53
23	1965	The F.B.I.	Libby Jackson	55
24	1965	The F.B.I.	Anna Wandermere	55
25	1967	Mannix		67
26	1968	The Name of the Game	Millie Farrell	68
27	1968	The Mod Squad		63
28	1969	Then Came Bronson		48
29	1969	To Rome with Love		50
30	1972	The Sixth Sense		63
31	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79