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Emilie Johnson (June 3, 1867 β September 23, 1941) was a Swedish-American author, scenarist, and movie producer. She was the mother of American actor, director, producer, and writer Emory Johnson. In 1912, Emory Johnson dropped out of college and embarked upon a career in the movie business, starting as an assistant camera operator at Essanay Studios.
In 1913, Emilie Johnson and her husband moved from San Francisco, California to Essanay company bungalows in Niles, California to support their son. In 1915, she began writing stories for the screen.
In the 1920s, Johnson and her son became famous as Hollywood's only mother-son directing/writing team. She wrote all of the stories and screenplays her son used for his successful career directing melodramas. The Johnson team continued producing melodramas until the late 1920s. By the early 1930s, their string of successes had ended. Emilie Johnson died in Los Angeles in 1941. She was living with her son at the time of her death.
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The Sea Lion (1921)
Blind Hearts (1921)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1867-06-03
Deathday1941-09-23 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceGothenburg, Sweden
ChildrenEmory Johnson
RelativesElla Hall, Ellen Hall, Richard Emory
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