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24
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Actor
Kay Johnson
Acting
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Movies: 24Series: 0
TMDB ID: 19021
IMDb ID: nm0425512
Known for: Acting
Born: November 29, 1904
Died: November 17, 1975
Age: 70
Place of birth: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1929 - 1954
Years active: 26
Average TMDB rating: 6.5
Wikidata: Q1750491
Also known as
Catherine Townsend Johnson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Catherine Townsend "Kay" Johnson (November 29, 1904 – November 17, 1975) was an American stage and film actress. Johnson was signed to a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by Cecil B. DeMille following a performance of The Silver Cord at the Repertory Theater in Los Angeles, California. The play was produced by Simeon Gest of the Figueroa Playhouse. Her film debut came in Dynamite (1929), written by Jeanie Macpherson and featuring Charles Bickford and Conrad Nagel. Production was delayed while Johnson recovered from an appendectomy. She went on to appear in The Ship from Shanghai (1930), This Mad World (1930), Billy the Kid (1930), The Spoilers (1930) with Gary Cooper and Betty Compson, DeMille's Madam Satan (1930), Passion Flower (1930), Capra's American Madness (1932), Thirteen Women (1932), Of Human Bondage (which starred Leslie Howard and Bette Davis), Jalna (1935) and Mr. Lucky (1943). Johnson was cast opposite Warner Baxter in a screen adaptation of Such Men Are Dangerous by Elinor Glyn. The story was adapted to the screen by Fox Film. Johnson's final film appearance came in the 1954 British film Jivaro (also known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon).
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5.2
Jivaro
as Umari
1954 Movie
7.0
Mr. Lucky
as Mrs. Mary Ostrander
1943 Movie
7.3
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Helena
1942 Movie
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar
1941 Movie
6.3
The Real Glory
as Mrs. Manning
1939 Movie
5.8
White Banners
as Marcia Ward
1938 Movie
6.2
Call of the Wild
as Show Girl (uncredited)
1935 Movie
4.0
Jalna
as Alayne Whiteoaks
1935 Movie
4.5
Village Tale
as Janet Stevenson
1935 Movie
3.8
Their Big Moment
as Eve Farrington
1934 Movie
6.5
Of Human Bondage
as Norah
1934 Movie
5.5
This Man Is Mine
as Bee McCrae
1934 Movie
Eight Girls in a Boat
as Hannah
1934 Movie
6.2
Thirteen Women
as Helen Dawson Frye
1932 Movie
6.8
American Madness
as Phyllis Dickson
1932 Movie
The Spy
as Anna Turin
1931 Movie
The Single Sin
as Kate Adams
1931 Movie
5.1
Passion Flower
as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'
1930 Movie
4.3
Billy the Kid
as Claire
1930 Movie
5.8
Madam Satan
as Angela Brooks
1930 Movie
6.0
The Spoilers
as Helen Chester
1930 Movie
7.0
This Mad World
as Victoria
1930 Movie
5.7
The Ship from Shanghai
as Dorothy Daley
1930 Movie
6.4
Dynamite
as Cynthia Crothers
1929 Movie