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Catherine Townsend "Kay" Johnson (November 29, 1904 β 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
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Movies 24
Jivaro (1954)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
The Real Glory (1939)
White Banners (1938)
Jalna (1935)
Call of the Wild (1935)
Village Tale (1935)
Their Big Moment (1934)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
This Man Is Mine (1934)
Eight Girls in a Boat (1934)
Thirteen Women (1932)
American Madness (1932)
The Spy (1931)
The Single Sin (1931)
Passion Flower (1930)
Billy the Kid (1930)
The Spoilers (1930)
Madam Satan (1930)
This Mad World (1930)
The Ship from Shanghai (1930)
Dynamite (1929)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1904-11-29
Deathday1975-11-17 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceMount Vernon, United States
RelationshipsJohn Cromwell (1928-10-01 - 1946-01-01)
ChildrenJames Cromwell
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsCatherine Townsend Johnson
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