Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1903-10-12
Day of Death
1998-06-04
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
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.
Filmography (35)
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
1971Travis Logan, D.A.
1971
Rabbit, Run
1970
Shadow Over Elveron
1968
Nevada Smith
1966
Baby the Rain Must Fall
1965
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
Walk Like a Dragon
1960
North by Northwest
1959
Step Down to Terror
1958
Sing Boy Sing
1958
Gun for a Coward
1956
Miracle in the Rain
1956
Many Rivers to Cross
1955
