Katie Johnson
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. 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.
The Ladykillers
as Mrs. WilberforceFive oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian...
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Gaslight
as Alice Barlow's MaidTwenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds...
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I See a Dark Stranger
as Old Lady on TrainDetermined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are...
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Farewell Again
as Mother of soldier in hospitalFarewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people...
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Lady in the Fog
as Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder SceneIn this murder mystery, a woman's brother is killed in a freak accident, or so she believes....
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I Believe in You
as Miss MacklinA drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue...
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Freedom Radio
as Granny SchmidtHitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be...
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The Shop at Sly Corner
as Woman in ShopThe French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, (Oskar Homolka) has become disillusioned with...
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The Years Between
as Old Man's WifeMichael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and...
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How to Murder a Rich Uncle
as AliceA broke British nobleman targets his Canadian uncle, but other relatives get in the way.
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Dusty Ermine
as Emily KentA forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by...
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Laburnum Grove
as Mrs. RadfernTo rid himself of his sponging relatives a man tells them he is really a forger which causes...
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Train PassengerA professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to...
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John and Julie
as Old LadyThe adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
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The Delavine Affair
as Mrs. BissettPeter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down...
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Death of an Angel
as Sarah OddyThe angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in...
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The Large Rope
as GrandmotherAfter being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time...
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Tawny Pipit
as Miss PymanJimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of...
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Three Steps In The Dark
as Mrs RiddleA rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the...
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Marigold
as Miss Sarita DunlopMarigold is a 1938 British drama film set in Scotland in the Victorian era. It was filmed in...
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The Quatermass Experiment
as uncreditedThe story of the first manned flight into space, supervised by Professor Bernard Quatermass of...
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