Kay Johnson
Born November 29, 1904 (Age: 121)
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Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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).
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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Filmography
Jivaro
1954
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as Umari
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Age: 49
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
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as Helena
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Age: 37
Hellzapoppin'
1941
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as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar
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Age: 37
Thirteen Women
1932
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as Helen Dawson Frye
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Age: 27
American Madness
1932
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as Phyllis Dickson
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Age: 27
The Spy
1931
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as Anna Turin
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Age: 26
The Single Sin
1931
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as Kate Adams
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Age: 26
Passion Flower
1930
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as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'
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Age: 26
Billy the Kid
1930
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as Claire
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Age: 25
The Spoilers
1930
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as Helen Chester
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Age: 25
Madam Satan
1930
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as Angela Brooks
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Age: 25
This Mad World
1930
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as Victoria
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Age: 25
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
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as Dorothy Daley
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Age: 25