Acting · Seattle, Washington, USA · Born October 12, 1903
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.
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as Amy O'Hara Hearn
TVThe Sixth Sense
1972
MovieThe Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971
as Mamie Baldwin
Travis Logan, D.A.
1971
as Mrs. Tice
MovieRabbit, Run
1970
as Mrs. Angstrom
TVThe Partridge Family
1970
as Amanda
TVTo Rome with Love
1969
TVThen Came Bronson
1969
as Miss Lucy
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Millie Farrell
MovieShadow Over Elveron
1968
as Emily Maslan
TVMannix
1967
MovieNevada Smith
1966
as Mrs. Elvira McCanles
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Libby Jackson
MovieBaby the Rain Must Fall
1965
as Mme Ewing
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Mrs. Blanchard
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Madeline Vickers
TVGeneral Electric True
1962
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Nettie
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Amelia Blair
TVThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Betty Galloway
MovieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Widow Douglas
MovieWalk Like a Dragon
1960
as Ma Bartlett
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Grandma Robot
TVBonanza
1959
as Martha Randolph
MovieNorth by Northwest
1959
as Mrs. Townsend
TVRawhide
1959
as Abigail Briggs
TVThe Rifleman
1958
MovieStep Down to Terror
1958
as Mrs. Walters
MovieSing Boy Sing
1958
as Caroline Walker
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Leona Walsh
MovieGun for a Coward
1956
as Madame Keough
MovieMiracle in the Rain
1956
as Agnes Wood
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Mrs. Crale
MovieMany Rivers to Cross
1955
as Mrs. Cherne
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Lyddie Hampton
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Mother
MovieRuby Gentry
1952
as Letitia Gentry
MovieLove Is Better Than Ever
1952
as Mrs. Macaboy
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Mother Superior
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Lavery
MovieAdventure in Baltimore
1949
as Mrs. Lilly Sheldon
MovieThe Tender Years
1948
as Emily Norris
MovieCass Timberlane
1947
as Lillian Drover
MovieSomewhere in the Night
1946
as Elizabeth Conroy
MovieThe Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
MovieHer First Beau
1941
as Mrs. Wood
MovieTom Brown's School Days
1940
as Mrs. Mary Arnold
MovieMy Son, My Son!
1940
as Nellie Moscrop Essex
MovieSon of Frankenstein
1939
as Elsa von Frankenstein
MovieThe Crime of Doctor Hallet
1938
as Dr. Mary Reynolds
MovieThe Women Men Marry
1937
as Jane Carson
MovieMountain Justice
1937
as Ruth Harkins
MovieI Married a Doctor
1936
as Carol Kennicott
MovieThe Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Marie Pasteur
MovieThe Melody Lingers on
1935
as Ann Prescott
MovieOil for the Lamps of China
1935
as Hester Adams Chase
MovieThe Right to Live
1935
as Stella Trent
MovieHappiness Ahead
1934
as Joan Bradford
MovieA Little Princess
1917
as (uncredited)
