Kay Johnson

Born: 1904-11-29

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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Of Human Bondage

as Norah
Released: 1934-07-20

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy...

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Hellzapoppin'

as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar
Released: 1941-12-25

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...

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Call of the Wild

as Show Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-09

Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska...

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Mr. Lucky

as Mrs. Mary Ostrander
Released: 1943-07-01

A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his...

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American Madness

as Phyllis Dickson
Released: 1932-08-15

Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of...

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Thirteen Women

as Helen Dawson Frye
Released: 1932-09-16

Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive...

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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Helena
Released: 1942-01-29

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew...

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The Real Glory

as Mrs. Manning
Released: 1939-09-29

Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers...

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Billy the Kid

as Claire
Released: 1930-10-16

Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is...

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Jivaro

as Umari
Released: 1954-02-12

At Rio Galdez's remote Brazilian trading post live assorted outcast Americans and Europeans,...

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Madam Satan

as Angela Brooks
Released: 1930-09-20

A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a...

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Dynamite

as Cynthia Crothers
Released: 1929-12-13

Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is...

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This Man Is Mine

as Bee McCrae
Released: 1934-04-13

The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative,...

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White Banners

as Marcia Ward
Released: 1938-06-23

A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small...

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Their Big Moment

as Eve Farrington
Released: 1934-08-17

Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.

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The Ship from Shanghai

as Dorothy Daley
Released: 1930-01-31

On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac...

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Village Tale

as Janet Stevenson
Released: 1935-06-15

The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love...

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Passion Flower

as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'
Released: 1930-12-06

A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born...

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The Single Sin

as Kate Adams
Released: 1931-02-23

A lady-bootlegger does her 90 days in jail, gets released and becomes the secretary for a...

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The Spy

as Anna Turin
Released: 1931-04-26

1931 picture starring Kay Johnson.

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Jalna

as Alayne Whiteoaks
Released: 1935-08-09

A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.

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The Spoilers

as Helen Chester
Released: 1930-09-20

On a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is...

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This Mad World

as Victoria
Released: 1930-04-11

Parisot, a French spy in World War 1, returns home on a secret mission to visit his mother, and...

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Eight Girls in a Boat

as Hannah
Released: 1934-01-05

In an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers she is going to have a...

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