Josephine Hutchinson
Biography
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
All Movies (35)
- The Homecoming: A Christmas Story1971 · as Mamie Baldwin
- Travis Logan, D.A.1971 · as Mrs. Tice
- Rabbit, Run1970 · as Mrs. Angstrom
- Shadow Over Elveron1968 · as Emily Maslan
- Nevada Smith1966 · as Mrs. Elvira McCanles
- Baby the Rain Must Fall1965 · as Mme Ewing
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1960 · as Widow Douglas
- Walk Like a Dragon1960 · as Ma Bartlett
- North by Northwest1959 · as Mrs. Townsend
- Step Down to Terror1958 · as Mrs. Walters
- Sing Boy Sing1958 · as Caroline Walker
- Gun for a Coward1956 · as Madame Keough
- Miracle in the Rain1956 · as Agnes Wood
- Many Rivers to Cross1955 · as Mrs. Cherne
- Ruby Gentry1952 · as Letitia Gentry
- Love Is Better Than Ever1952 · as Mrs. Macaboy
- Adventure in Baltimore1949 · as Mrs. Lilly Sheldon
- The Tender Years1948 · as Emily Norris
- Cass Timberlane1947 · as Lillian Drover
- Somewhere in the Night1946 · as Elizabeth Conroy
- The Voice That Thrilled the World1943 · as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
- Her First Beau1941 · as Mrs. Wood
- Tom Brown's School Days1940 · as Mrs. Mary Arnold
- My Son, My Son!1940 · as Nellie Moscrop Essex
- Son of Frankenstein1939 · as Elsa von Frankenstein
- The Crime of Doctor Hallet1938 · as Dr. Mary Reynolds
- The Women Men Marry1937 · as Jane Carson
- Mountain Justice1937 · as Ruth Harkins
- I Married a Doctor1936 · as Carol Kennicott
- The Story of Louis Pasteur1936 · as Marie Pasteur
- The Melody Lingers on1935 · as Ann Prescott
- Oil for the Lamps of China1935 · as Hester Adams Chase
- The Right to Live1935 · as Stella Trent
- Happiness Ahead1934 · as Joan Bradford
- A Little Princess1917 · as (uncredited)
All TV Shows (32)
- Little House on the Prairie1974 · as Amy O'Hara Hearn
- The Sixth Sense1972
- The Partridge Family1970 · as Amanda
- To Rome with Love1969
- Then Came Bronson1969 · as Miss Lucy
- The Mod Squad1968
- The Name of the Game1968 · as Millie Farrell
- Mannix1967
- The F.B.I.1965 · as Libby Jackson
- The F.B.I.1965 · as Anna Wandermere
- Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Mrs. Blanchard
- Burke's Law1963 · as Madeline Vickers
- General Electric True1962
- The New Breed1961 · as Nettie
- Dr. Kildare1961 · as Amelia Blair
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show1960 · as Betty Galloway
- The Twilight Zone1959 · as Grandma Robot
- Bonanza1959 · as Martha Randolph
- Rawhide1959 · as Abigail Briggs
- The Rifleman1958
- Perry Mason1957 · as Leona Walsh
- Perry Mason1957 · as Miriam Baker
- Perry Mason1957 · as Miss Sarah
- Matinee Theater1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour1955
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Mrs. Crale
- Gunsmoke1955 · as Sister Ellen
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1953 · as Lyddie Hampton
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Mother
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Mama Stacey
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Mother Superior
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Mrs. Lavery