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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.
The roles that explain the career.
24 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Homecoming: A Christmas Story | Mamie Baldwin | Film |
| 1970 | Rabbit, Run | Mrs. Angstrom | Film |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Mrs. Elvira McCanles | Film |
| 1965 | Baby the Rain Must Fall | Mme Ewing | Film |
| 1960 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Widow Douglas | Film |
| 1960 | Walk Like a Dragon | Ma Bartlett | Film |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Mrs. Townsend | Film |
| 1958 | Step Down to Terror | Mrs. Walters | Film |
| 1956 | Miracle in the Rain | Agnes Wood | Film |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward | Madame Keough | Film |
| 1955 | Many Rivers to Cross | Mrs. Cherne | Film |
| 1952 | Ruby Gentry | Letitia Gentry | Film |
| 1952 | Love Is Better Than Ever | Mrs. Macaboy | Film |
| 1947 | Cass Timberlane | Lillian Drover | Film |
| 1946 | Somewhere in the Night | Elizabeth Conroy | Film |
| 1940 | Tom Brown's School Days | Mrs. Mary Arnold | Film |
| 1940 | My Son, My Son! | Nellie Moscrop Essex | Film |
| 1939 | Son of Frankenstein | Elsa von Frankenstein | Film |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | Ruth Harkins | Film |
| 1937 | The Women Men Marry | Jane Carson | Film |
| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Marie Pasteur | Film |
| 1935 | The Right to Live | Stella Trent | Film |
| 1934 | Happiness Ahead | Joan Bradford | Film |
| 1917 | A Little Princess | (uncredited) | Film |
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