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Josephine Hutchinson (October 12, 1903[citation needed] – June 4, 1998) was an American actress.[1] She acted in several theater plays and films.

Josephine Hutchinson
Hutchinson in 1934
Born(1903-10-12)October 12, 1903
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
DiedJune 4, 1998(1998-06-04) (aged 94)
New York City, U.S.
EducationCornish College of the Arts
OccupationActress
Years active1917–1974
Spouses
    Robert W. Bell
    (m. 1924; div. 1930)
      James F. Townsend
      (m. 1935; died 1970)
        (m. 1972; died 1979)
        Parent
        • Leona Roberts (mother)

        Early years


        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.[citation needed]


        Career



        Film


        Through her mother's connections, Hutchinson made her film debut at the age of 13 in The Little Princess (1917), starring Mary Pickford.[2] She later attended the Cornish School in Seattle, receiving a diploma in 1929.[3] She moved to New York City, where she began acting in theater. By the late 1920s, she was one of the actors able to make the transition from silent movies to talkies.

        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[4] 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 actors Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in Son of Frankenstein (1939).[5][6] In 1957's Gun for a Coward, she was miscast as the mother of Fred MacMurray's character, being less than five years MacMurray's senior. She later played the sister of the villain Vandamm, posing as Mrs. Townsend, in North by Northwest (1959)[7] and Mrs. Macaboy in Love Is Better Than Ever, starring Elizabeth Taylor.[8]


        Stage


        Hutchinson's Broadway debut came in The Bird Cage (1925). Her other Broadway credits included The Cherry Orchard (1933), Alice in Wonderland (1932), Dear Jane (1932), Alison's House (1931), Camille (1931), Alison's House (1930), The Women Have Their Way (1930), The Living Corpse (1929), Mademoiselle Bourrat (1929), The Cherry Orchard (1929), The Seagull (1929), Peter Pan (1928), The Cherry Orchard (1928), Hedda Gabler (1928), Improvisations in June (1928), The First Stone (1928), 2 x 2 = 5 (1927), The Good Hope (1927), Inheritors (1927), The Cradle Song (1927), Twelfth Night (1926), The Unchastened Woman (1926), and A Man's Man (1925).[9]


        Television


        On television, she made four guest appearances on Perry Mason. In 1958, she played Leona Walsh in "The Case of the Screaming Woman". In 1959, she played murderer Miriam Baker in "The Case of the Spanish Cross". In 1961, she played Miss Sarah McKay in "The Case of the Barefaced Witness", and in 1962, she played Amelia Corning in "The Case of the Mystified Miner".

        In the 1960 The Rifleman episode "The Prodigal", she played Christine, the mother of outlaw Billy St. John.

        In 1970 Bonanza (S12E9) "Love Child", she played Martha Randolph.

        In Little House on the Prairie (S1E6) "If I Should Wake Before I Die", she played Amy Hearn.[10]

        Hutchinson continued to work steadily through the 1970s in film, radio, and television, establishing a solid career in supporting roles.[11] She appeared in The Real McCoys in 1961 in the episode "September Song", on Rawhide in 1962 in the episode "Grandma's Money", The Twilight Zone in the episode "I Sing the Body Electric", and Gunsmoke as “Mrs Crale” in the 1959 episode “Johnny Red”, and as “Reverend Mother Sister Ellen” in the 1967 episode “Ladies From St. Louis”.[12] In 1971, Hutchinson appeared in The Waltons' television movie The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, in which she played Mamie Baldwin, one half of a sister duo who made moonshine whiskey.


        Personal life


        On August 12, 1924, Hutchinson married Robert W. Bell, a stage director, in Washington, D.C.[13] In 1926, she met the actress Eva Le Gallienne, and became a member of Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre company. By 1927, the two women were involved in an affair and Hutchinson and Bell, who separated in 1928, were divorced in 1930.[14] The press quickly dubbed her Le Gallienne's "shadow", a term which at the time meant lesbian.[15][12] Both actresses survived the scandal and carried on with their respective careers.

        Hutchinson married three times. Hutchinson married James F. Townsend in 1935; they later divorced. Her final marriage was to actor Staats Cotsworth in 1972; he died in 1979.[12][16]


        Death


        She died, aged 94, on June 4, 1998, at the Florence Nightingale Nursing Home in Manhattan.[5] Her ashes were scattered near her niece's home at Springfield, Oregon.[17]


        Select filmography



        References


        1. Vallance, Tom (June 13, 1998). "Obituary: Josephine Hutchinson". The Independent. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
        2. Fisher, James; Londré, Felicia Hardison (2017). Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 338. ISBN 9781538107867. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
        3. Anonymous. "Alumni List". Unpublished: University of Washington Special Collections Library, Cornish School of Allied Arts Records, accession 2654-005, Box 5, folder 11; , c. 1940.
        4. Film Weekly website Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
        5. "Ghoul Skool". ghoulskool.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2006.
        6. "Basil Rathbone: Master of Stage and Screen - Son of Frankenstein". www.basilrathbone.net.
        7. "hitchcock - Search Results - Classic Film Guide". www.classicfilmguide.com.
        8. "TV Guide". TV Guide. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2006.
        9. "("Josephine Hutchinson" search results)". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
        10. TV Guide: Volume 40. Triangle Publications. 1992. p. 17. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
        11. Nevada Smith Archived 2006-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
        12. Vallance, Tom (June 13, 1998). "Obituary: Josephine Hutchinson". The Independent. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
        13. "Actress Gets Divorce From Robert Bell". Hartford Courant. Connecticut, Hartford. Associated Press. July 9, 1930. p. 22. Retrieved February 10, 2018 via Newspapers.com.
        14. "Divorces Robert Bell", The New York Times, July 9, 1930
        15. Eva Le Gallienne bio Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
        16. "Deaths" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 23, 1979. p. 71. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
        17. Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 22857). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.



        На других языках


        [de] Josephine Hutchinson

        Josephine Hutchinson (* 12. Oktober 1903 in Seattle; † 4. Juni 1998 in Manhattan, New York City) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.
        - [en] Josephine Hutchinson

        [es] Josephine Hutchinson

        Josephine Hutchinson (Seattle, Washington, 12 de octubre de 1903-Manhattan, Nueva York, 4 de junio de 1998) fue una actriz de cine y televisión estadounidense.

        [ru] Хатчинсон, Джозефин

        Джозефин Хатчинсон (англ. Josephine Hutchinson; 12 октября 1903 (1903-10-12) — 4 июня 1998) — американская актриса.



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