Josephine Hutchinson
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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.
Acted in
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Sixth Sense
1972
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
as Mamie Baldwin
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971
as Mrs. Tice
Rabbit, Run
1970
as Mrs. Angstrom
To Rome with Love
1969
Then Came Bronson
1969
The Mod Squad
1968
The Name of the Game
1968
as Millie Farrell
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
as Emily Maslan
Mannix
1967
Nevada Smith
1966
as Mrs. Elvira McCanles
The F.B.I.
1965
as Libby Jackson
The F.B.I.
1965
as Anna Wandermere
Baby, the Rain Must Fall
1965
as Mme Ewing
The Son of Frankenstein
1965
as Frankenstein's Wife (archive footage)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Mrs. Blanchard
Burke's Law
1963
as Madeline Vickers
General Electric True
1962
The New Breed
1961
as Nettie
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Amelia Blair
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Betty Galloway
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Widow Douglas
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
as Ma Bartlett
The Twilight Zone
1959
Bonanza
1959
as Martha Randolph
North by Northwest
1959
as Mrs. Townsend
Rawhide
1959
as Abigail Briggs
The Rifleman
1958
Step Down to Terror
1958
as Mrs. Walters
Sing Boy Sing
1958
as Caroline Walker
Perry Mason
1957
as Leona Walsh
Perry Mason
1957
as Miriam Baker
Perry Mason
1957
as Miss Sarah
Gun for a Coward
1956
as Madame Keough
Miracle in the Rain
1956
as Agnes Wood
Matinee Theater
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
as Mrs. Crale
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sister Ellen
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
as Mrs. Cherne
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mother
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mama Stacey
Ruby Gentry
1952
as Letitia Gentry
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Mrs. Macaboy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Mother Superior
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Lavery
Adventure in Baltimore
1949
as Mrs. Lilly Sheldon
The Tender Years
1948
as Emily Norris
Cass Timberlane
1947
as Lillian Drover
Somewhere in the Night
1946
as Elizabeth Conroy
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
Her First Beau
1941
as Mrs. Wood
Tom Brown's School Days
1940
as Mrs. Mary Arnold
My Son, My Son!
1940
as Nellie Moscrop Essex
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Elsa von Frankenstein
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938
as Dr. Mary Reynolds
The Women Men Marry
1937
as Jane Carson
Mountain Justice
1937
as Ruth Harkins
I Married a Doctor
1936
as Carol Kennicott
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Marie Pasteur
The Melody Lingers on
1935
as Ann Prescott
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
as Hester
The Right to Live
1935
as Stella Trent
Happiness Ahead
1934
as Joan Bradford
A Little Princess
1917
as (uncredited)