Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the charming Ann Prescott in "The Melody Lingers On" (1935). Born into a prominent theatrical family, she was the eldest of two daughters born unto actress Leona Roberts. While attending the Cornish School, she was given an arranged interview with screenwriter Frances Marion per her mother's connections in the motion picture industry. Impressed by her charm, youthful grace, and sunny disposition, he took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing in a major supporting role in "The Little Princess" (1917). From there, she would go on to enjoy a fruitful career as a recognizable character actress appearing in over 75 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, white-collared workers, love interests, nurses, housekeepers, secretaries, retail clerks, businesswomen, reporters, columnists, historical figures, clergywomen, historical figures, educators, dowagers, aristocrats, doctors, librarians, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "Happiness Ahead" (1934), "Oil for the Lamps of China" (1935), "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936), "Mountain Justice" (1937), "The Crime of Doctor Hallet" (1938), "Son of Frankenstein" (1939), "My Son, My Son!" (1940), "Her First Beau" (1941), "Somewhere in the Night" (1946), "Cass Timberlaine" (1947), "The Tender Years" (1948), "Adventures in Baltimore" (1949), "Ruby Gentry" (1952), "Many Rivers to Cross" (1955), "Miracle in the Rain" (1956), "Gun for a Coward" (1957), "Step Down to Terror" (1958), "North by Northwest" (1959), "Walk Like a Dragon" (1960), "Baby the Rain Must Fall" (1965), "Nevada Smith" (1966), and "Rabbit, Run" (1970). During the advent of television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse," "Your Play Time," "Lux Video Theatre," "Schlitz Playhouse," "Whirlybirds," "The 20th-Century Fox Hour," "The Lineup," "Wagon Train," "The Rifleman," "General Electric Theatre," "The Deputy," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "The Barbara Stanwyck Show," "Rawhide," "The Real McCoys," "Perry Mason," "The Twilight Zone," "Kraft Suspense Theatre," "The Law and Mrs. Jones," "Burke's Law," "Dr. Kildare," "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," "Mod Squad," "Longstreet," "Mannix," "The Sixth Sense," "Little House on the Prairie," and "The Partridge Family". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a theatrical instructor for Columbia Studios, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been a well-known lover of stage actress Eva Le Gallienne, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the March of Dimes, had been a model for glamour photographer George Hurrell, was accoladed as the 1938 Max Factor Star of the Year, had been an advocate for the LGBT community, and she was married to stage director Robert Bell from 1924 to 1930, press agent James Franklin Townsend from 1935 to 1970, and actor Staats Cotsworth from 1972 to 1979 (her first union ended in divorce, her second upon Townsend's death, and her third upon Cotsworth's death. All three unions produced no children). Upon her 1974 retirement, Hutchinson spent the remainder of her life dividing time between her homes in New York and Oregon, had been a generous benefactor for several public libraries and schools, and was involved in charitable and religious causes, until her death.