Kay Johnson
Actor
Biography
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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).
Filmography
Hellzapoppin'
as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar 1941
Call of the Wild
as Show Girl (uncredited) 1935
American Madness
as Phyllis Dickson 1932
Mr. Lucky
as Mrs. Mary Ostrander 1943
Thirteen Women
as Helen Dawson Frye 1932
Madam Satan
as Angela Brooks 1930
The Real Glory
as Mrs. Manning 1939
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Helena 1942
Dynamite
as Cynthia Crothers 1929
Billy the Kid
as Claire 1930
Jivaro
as Umari 1954
Passion Flower
as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy' 1930
This Man Is Mine
as Bee McCrae 1934
White Banners
as Marcia Ward 1938
Their Big Moment
as Eve Farrington 1934
Jalna
as Alayne Whiteoaks 1935