Kay Johnson
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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).
Acting
Movie
Of Human Bondage
as Norah
1934
Movie
Hellzapoppin'
as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar
1941
Movie
Call of the Wild
as Show Girl (uncredited)
1935
Movie
American Madness
as Phyllis Dickson
1932
Movie
Mr. Lucky
as Mary Ostrander
1943
Movie
Thirteen Women
as Helen Dawson Frye
1932
Movie
Madam Satan
as Angela Brooks
1930
Movie
The Real Glory
as Mrs. Manning
1939
Movie
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Helena
1942
Movie
Dynamite
as Cynthia Crothers
1929
Movie
Billy the Kid
as Claire
1930
Movie
Jivaro
as Umari
1954
Movie
Passion Flower
as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'
1930
Movie
This Man Is Mine
as Bee McCrae
1934
Movie
White Banners
as Marcia Ward
1938
Movie
Their Big Moment
as Eve Farrington
1934
Movie
Jalna
as Alayne Whiteoaks
1935
Movie
The Ship from Shanghai
as Dorothy Daley
1930
Movie
Village Tale
as Janet Stevenson
1935
Movie
This Mad World
as Victoria
1930
Movie
The Spoilers
as Helen Chester
1930
Movie
The Single Sin
as Kate Adams
1931
Movie
Eight Girls in a Boat
as Hannah
1934
Movie
The Spy
as Anna Turin
1931