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Josephine Hutchinson

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Acting credits

59

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Large and steady acting portfolio.

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0.5

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Movies: 34Series: 25

TMDB ID: 2643

IMDb ID: nm0404360

Known for: Acting

Born: October 12, 1903

Died: June 4, 1998

Age: 94

Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1917 - 1974

Years active: 58

Average TMDB rating: 6.91

Wikidata: Q932792

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.

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Movies

Movies

Movie credits linked with Josephine Hutchinson.

Movie poster for The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)

as Mamie Baldwin

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

1971 Movie
Movie poster for Rabbit, Run (1970)

as Mrs. Angstrom

Rabbit, Run

1970 Movie
Movie poster for Shadow Over Elveron (1968)

as Emily Maslan

Shadow Over Elveron

1968 Movie
Movie poster for Nevada Smith (1966)

as Mrs. Elvira McCanles

Nevada Smith

1966 Movie
Movie poster for Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)

as Mme Ewing

Baby the Rain Must Fall

1965 Movie
Movie poster for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)

as Widow Douglas

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1960 Movie
Movie poster for Walk Like a Dragon (1960)

as Ma Bartlett

Walk Like a Dragon

1960 Movie
Movie poster for North by Northwest (1959)

as Mrs. Townsend

North by Northwest

1959 Movie
Movie poster for Step Down to Terror (1958)

as Mrs. Walters

Step Down to Terror

1958 Movie
Movie poster for Sing Boy Sing (1958)

as Caroline Walker

Sing Boy Sing

1958 Movie
Movie poster for Gun for a Coward (1956)

as Madame Keough

Gun for a Coward

1956 Movie
Movie poster for Miracle in the Rain (1956)

as Agnes Wood

Miracle in the Rain

1956 Movie
Movie poster for Many Rivers to Cross (1955)

as Mrs. Cherne

Many Rivers to Cross

1955 Movie
Movie poster for Ruby Gentry (1952)

as Letitia Gentry

Ruby Gentry

1952 Movie
Movie poster for Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

as Mrs. Macaboy

Love Is Better Than Ever

1952 Movie
Movie poster for Adventure in Baltimore (1949)

as Mrs. Lilly Sheldon

Adventure in Baltimore

1949 Movie
Movie poster for The Tender Years (1948)

as Emily Norris

The Tender Years

1948 Movie
Movie poster for Cass Timberlane (1947)

as Lillian Drover

Cass Timberlane

1947 Movie
Movie poster for Somewhere in the Night (1946)

as Elizabeth Conroy

Somewhere in the Night

1946 Movie
Movie poster for The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943)

as Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943 Movie
Movie poster for Her First Beau (1941)

as Mrs. Wood

Her First Beau

1941 Movie
Movie poster for Tom Brown's School Days (1940)

as Mrs. Mary Arnold

Tom Brown's School Days

1940 Movie
Movie poster for My Son, My Son! (1940)

as Nellie Moscrop Essex

My Son, My Son!

1940 Movie
Movie poster for Son of Frankenstein (1939)

as Elsa von Frankenstein

Son of Frankenstein

1939 Movie