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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
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Movie Involvements: 28
TV Involvements: 16
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Amelia BlairThe Name of the Game
(1968) Millie FarrellRawhide
(1959) Abigail BriggsPerry Mason
(1957) Sarah McKayGunsmoke
(1955) Sister EllenBonanza
(1959) Martha RandolphThe F.B.I.
(1965) Anna WandermereThe New Breed
(1961) NettieActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1974 | N/A | |
1972 | N/A | |
1971 | Mamie Baldwin | |
Mrs. Tice | ||
1970 | Mrs. Angstrom | |
1969 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
1968 | N/A | |
Millie Farrell | ||
Emily Maslan | ||
1967 | N/A | |
1966 | Mrs. Elvira McCanles | |
1965 | Libby Jackson | |
Anna Wandermere | ||
Mme Ewing | ||
1963 | Mrs. Blanchard | |
Madeline Vickers | ||
1962 | N/A | |
1961 | Nettie | |
Amelia Blair | ||
1960 | Betty Galloway | |
Widow Douglas | ||
Ma Bartlett | ||
1959 | N/A | |
Martha Randolph | ||
Mrs. Townsend | ||
Abigail Briggs | ||
1958 | N/A | |
Mrs. Walters | ||
Caroline Walker | ||
1957 | Leona Walsh | |
Miriam Baker | ||
Sarah McKay | ||
1956 | Madame Keough | |
Agnes Wood | ||
1955 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Mrs. Crale | ||
Sister Ellen | ||
Mrs. Cherne | ||
1953 | Mother | |
Mama Stacey | ||
1952 | Letitia Gentry | |
Mrs. Macaboy | ||
1951 | Mother Superior | |
1950 | Mrs. Lavery | |
1949 | Mrs. Lilly Sheldon | |
1948 | Emily Norris | |
1947 | Lillian Drover | |
1946 | Elizabeth Conroy | |
1943 | Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage) | |
1941 | Mrs. Wood | |
1940 | Mrs. Mary Arnold | |
Nellie Moscrop Essex | ||
1939 | Elsa von Frankenstein | |
1938 | Dr. Mary Reynolds | |
1937 | Jane Carson | |
Ruth Harkins | ||
1936 | Carol Kennicott | |
Marie Pasteur | ||
1935 | Hester | |
Stella Trent | ||
1934 | Joan Bradford | |
1917 | (uncredited) | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |