Katie Johnson
Born: 1878-11-18 in Clayton, Sussex, England, UK
Died: 1957-05-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1957
- How to Murder a Rich Uncle as Alice
1955
- The Ladykillers as Mrs. Wilberforce
- The Delavine Affair as Mrs. Bissett
- John and Julie as Old Lady
1953
- The Large Rope as Grandmother
- Three Steps In The Dark as Mrs Riddle
- The Passionate Pilgrim as Aunt Eugenie
1952
- Lady in the Fog as Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene
- I Believe in You as Miss Macklin
- Death of an Angel as Sarah Oddy
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Martie Craven
1947
- The Shop at Sly Corner as Woman in Shop
1946
- The Years Between as Old Man's Wife
- I See a Dark Stranger as Old Lady on Train
1944
- Tawny Pipit as Miss Pyman
1942
- The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Train Passenger
- Talk About Jacqueline as Ethel the Housekeeper
1941
- Freedom Radio as Granny Schmidt
1940
- Gaslight as Alice Barlow's Maid
1938
- The Dark Stairway
- Marigold as Miss Sarita Dunlop
1937
- Farewell Again as Mother of soldier in hospital
1936
- Laburnum Grove as Mrs. Radfern
- Dusty Ermine as Emily Kent
1935
- A Glimpse of Paradise as Mrs Fielding