
Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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).

as Mary Ostrander

as Umari
1954

as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar
1941

as Mary Ostrander
1943

as Cynthia Crothers
1929

as Phyllis Dickson
1932

as Janet Stevenson
1935

as Helen Chester
1930

as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'
1930

as Show Girl (uncredited)
1935

as Alayne Whiteoaks
1935

as Norah
1934

as Mrs. Manning
1939
as Helena
1942

as Umari
1954

as Mary Ostrander
1943

as Helena
1942

as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar
1941

as Mrs. Manning
1939

as Marcia Ward
1938

as Show Girl (uncredited)
1935

as Alayne Whiteoaks
1935

as Janet Stevenson
1935

as Eve Farrington
1934

as Norah
1934

as Bee McCrae
1934

as Hannah
1934

as Helen Dawson Frye
1932

as Phyllis Dickson
1932

as Anna Turin
1931

as Kate Adams
1931

as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'
1930

as Claire
1930

as Angela Brooks
1930

as Helen Chester
1930

as Victoria
1930

as Dorothy Daley
1930

as Cynthia Crothers
1929