Kay Johnson
ActingAlso 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).
Movies
(24 total)
Of Human Bondage
as Norah
Hellzapoppin'
as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar
Call of the Wild
as Show Girl (uncredited)
American Madness
as Phyllis Dickson
Mr. Lucky
as Mrs. Mary Ostrander
Thirteen Women
as Helen Dawson Frye
Madam Satan
as Angela Brooks
The Real Glory
as Mrs. Manning
Dynamite
as Cynthia Crothers
Billy the Kid
as Claire
Jivaro
as Umari
Passion Flower
as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'
This Man Is Mine
as Bee McCrae
White Banners
as Marcia Ward
Their Big Moment
as Eve Farrington
Jalna
as Alayne Whiteoaks
The Ship from Shanghai
as Dorothy Daley
Village Tale
as Janet Stevenson
This Mad World
as Victoria