Josephine Hutchinson

Josephine Hutchinson (November 10, 1903 – June 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was born in Seattle, Washington. Her mother was Leona Roberts, also an actress, best-known for her role as "Mrs. Meade" in Gone with the Wind. Through her mother's connections, Hutchinson made her film debut at the age of thirteen in The Little Princess, starring Mary Pickford. She later attended the Cornish School of Music and Drama in Seattle, and then moved to... more

Josephine Hutchinson (November 10, 1903 – June 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was born in Seattle, Washington. Her mother was Leona Roberts, also an actress, best-known for her role as "Mrs. Meade" in Gone with the Wind. Through her mother's connections, Hutchinson made her film debut at the age of thirteen in The Little Princess, starring Mary Pickford. She later attended the Cornish School of Music and Drama in Seattle, and then 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. Hutchinson married Robert W. Bell, a stage director and the son of Alexander Graham Bell in 1924. 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 a lesbian affair, and Hutchinson and Bell, who separated in 1928, were divorced in 1930.. The press quickly dubbed her Le Gallienne's shadow,... less