North by Northwest1959
As Mrs. Townsend
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Josephine Hutchinson
Born
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)
Son of Frankenstein1939
As Elsa von Frankenstein
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Nevada Smith1966
As Mrs. Elvira McCanles
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Gun for a Coward1956
As Madame Keough
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Ruby Gentry1952
As Letitia Gentry
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Many Rivers to Cross1955
As Mrs. Cherne
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Somewhere in the Night1946
As Elizabeth Conroy
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Cass Timberlane1947
As Lillian Drover
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Love Is Better Than Ever1952
As Mrs. Macaboy
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Baby the Rain Must Fall1965
As Mme Ewing
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1960
As Widow Douglas
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Story of Louis Pasteur1936
As Marie Pasteur
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Miracle in the Rain1956
As Agnes Wood
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Walk Like a Dragon1960
As Ma Bartlett
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Step Down to Terror1958
As Mrs. Walters
TMDb 5.8 / 10
My Son, My Son!1940
As Nellie Moscrop Essex
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story1971
As Mamie Baldwin
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Rabbit, Run1970
As Mrs. Angstrom
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Tom Brown's School Days1940
As Mrs. Mary Arnold
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Voice That Thrilled the World1943
As Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Adventure in Baltimore1949
As Mrs. Lilly Sheldon
TMDb 5.3 / 10
I Married a Doctor1936
As Carol Kennicott
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Oil for the Lamps of China1935
As Hester Adams Chase
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Crime of Doctor Hallet1938
As Dr. Mary Reynolds
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Travis Logan, D.A.
Travis Logan, D.A.1971
As Mrs. Tice
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Women Men Marry1937
As Jane Carson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Right to Live1935
As Stella Trent
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Shadow Over Elveron1968
As Emily Maslan
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mountain Justice1937
As Ruth Harkins
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Happiness Ahead1934
As Joan Bradford
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Her First Beau1941
As Mrs. Wood
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Little Princess1917
As (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Tender Years1948
As Emily Norris
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Melody Lingers on1935
As Ann Prescott
Sing Boy Sing1958
As Caroline Walker
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb