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.
Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
Series | The Sixth Sense | Unknown | 1972-01-15 |
Movie | Travis Logan, D.A. | Mrs. Tice | 1971-03-11 |
Movie | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Mamie Baldwin | 1971-12-19 |
Movie | Rabbit, Run | Mrs. Angstrom | 1970-10-01 |
Series | Then Came Bronson | Unknown | 1969-09-17 |
Series | To Rome with Love | Unknown | 1969-09-28 |
Movie | Shadow Over Elveron | Emily Maslan | 1968-03-05 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Movie | Nevada Smith | Mrs. Elvira McCanles | 1966-06-10 |
Movie | Baby, the Rain Must Fall | Mme Ewing | 1965-01-12 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | General Electric True | Unknown | 1962-09-30 |
Series | Dr. Kildare | Unknown | 1961-09-27 |
Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
Movie | Walk Like a Dragon | Ma Bartlett | 1960-06-01 |
Movie | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Widow Douglas | 1960-07-21 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | North by Northwest | Mrs. Townsend | 1959-07-08 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Sing Boy Sing | Caroline Walker | 1958-02-21 |
Movie | Step Down to Terror | Mrs. Walters | 1958-09-01 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Miracle in the Rain | Agnes Wood | 1956-03-31 |
Movie | Gun for a Coward | Madame Keough | 1956-12-30 |
Movie | Many Rivers to Cross | Mrs. Cherne | 1955-02-04 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Love Is Better Than Ever | Mrs. Macaboy | 1952-02-23 |
Movie | Ruby Gentry | Letitia Gentry | 1952-12-25 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Adventure in Baltimore | Mrs. Lilly Sheldon | 1949-04-19 |
Movie | The Tender Years | Emily Norris | 1948-01-03 |
Movie | Cass Timberlane | Lillian Drover | 1947-11-06 |
Movie | Somewhere in the Night | Elizabeth Conroy | 1946-06-12 |
Movie | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage) | 1943-10-16 |
Movie | Her First Beau | Mrs. Wood | 1941-05-08 |
Movie | My Son, My Son! | Nellie Moscrop Essex | 1940-03-21 |
Movie | Tom Brown's School Days | Mrs. Mary Arnold | 1940-06-26 |
Movie | Son of Frankenstein | Elsa von Frankenstein | 1939-01-13 |
Movie | The Crime of Doctor Hallet | Dr. Mary Reynolds | 1938-03-12 |
Movie | Mountain Justice | Ruth Harkins | 1937-04-24 |
Movie | The Women Men Marry | Jane Carson | 1937-09-10 |
Movie | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Marie Pasteur | 1936-02-22 |
Movie | I Married a Doctor | Carol Kennicott | 1936-04-25 |
Movie | The Right to Live | Stella Trent | 1935-01-26 |
Movie | Oil for the Lamps of China | Hester | 1935-06-08 |
Movie | Happiness Ahead | Joan Bradford | 1934-10-27 |
Movie | A Little Princess | (uncredited) | 1917-11-05 |