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Actor
Katie Johnson
- Born November 18, 1878 in Clayton, Sussex, England, UK
- Died May 4, 1957
Katie Johnson (18 November 1878 in Clayton, Sussex, England - 4 May 1957, Elham, Kent), born Bessie Kate Johnson, was an English actress who appeared on stage from the 1890s and on screen from the 1930s to the 1950s. In 1908 she was married to the actor Frank Goodenough Bayley who predeceased her. She first appeared in a film at age 55, in 1932, but never received critical acclaim for her performances until 1955, when she starred, aged 77, in the Ealing Studios comedy The Ladykillers as Mrs. Louisa Wilberforce. The role earned her a British Film Academy award for best British actress.
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She died less than two years afterwards having only appeared in a single further film. She also appeared in the BBC science fiction serial The Quatermass Experiment (1953) and played a spy in I See a Dark Stranger (1946). Description above from the Wikipedia article Katie Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Ladykillers1955
Gaslight1940
I See a Dark Stranger1946
The Shop at Sly Corner1947
I Believe in You1952
How to Murder a Rich Uncle1957
Three Steps In The Dark1953
The Delavine Affair1955
Filmography
- 1957How to Murder a Rich UncleFilmAlice
- 1955The LadykillersFilmMrs. Wilberforce
- 1955The Delavine AffairFilmMrs. Bissett
- 1955John and JulieFilmOld Lady
- 1953Three Steps In The DarkFilmMrs Riddle
- 1953The Large RopeFilmGrandmother
- 1953The Passionate PilgrimFilmAunt Eugenie
- 1952I Believe in YouFilmMiss Macklin
- 1952Lady in the FogFilmMad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene
- 1952Death of an AngelFilmSarah Oddy
- 1950Sunday Night TheatreSeriesMartie Craven
- 1947The Shop at Sly CornerFilmWoman in Shop
- 1946I See a Dark StrangerFilmOld Lady on Train
- 1946The Years BetweenFilmOld Man's Wife
- 1944Tawny PipitFilmMiss Pyman
- 1942The Black Sheep of WhitehallFilmTrain Passenger
- 1942Talk About JacquelineFilmEthel the Housekeeper
- 1941Freedom RadioFilmGranny Schmidt
- 1940GaslightFilmAlice Barlow's Maid
- 1938MarigoldFilmMiss Sarita Dunlop
- 1938The Dark StairwayFilm
- 1937Farewell AgainFilmMother of soldier in hospital
- 1936Dusty ErmineFilmEmily Kent
- 1936Laburnum GroveFilmMrs. Radfern
- 1935A Glimpse of ParadiseFilmMrs Fielding