Biography
Josephine Hutchinson was an American actress. Born in Seattle, Washington, on 12 October 1903, she trained at the Cornish School and began her career on stage. She joined Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theater in the 1920s and made her Broadway debut in 1925. Her film work began as a child in 1917; she signed with Warner Bros. in 1934 and appeared in Happiness Ahead that year.
Hutchinson played Elsa von Frankenstein in Son of Frankenstein (1939). Later film roles included Mrs. Townsend in North by Northwest (1959). She made numerous television appearances in series such as Perry Mason, The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke and Little House on the Prairie. She died in Manhattan on 4 June 1998.
