Acting
Katie Johnson
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Born
18 November 1878
Died
4 May 1957 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Clayton, Sussex, England, UK
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Ladykillers
as Mrs. Wilberforce
The Delavine Affair
as Mrs. Bissett
John and Julie
as Old Lady
Three Steps In The Dark
as Mrs Riddle
The Large Rope
as Grandmother
Lady in the Fog
as Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene
Death of an Angel
as Sarah Oddy
I Believe in You
as Miss Macklin
The Shop at Sly Corner
as Woman in Shop
I See a Dark Stranger
as Old Lady on Train
The Years Between
as Old Man's Wife
Tawny Pipit
as Miss Pyman
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Train Passenger
Talk About Jacqueline
as Ethel the Housekeeper
Freedom Radio
as Granny Schmidt
Gaslight
as Alice Barlow's Maid
Marigold
as Miss Sarita Dunlop
Farewell Again
as Mother of soldier in hospital
Dusty Ermine
as Emily Kent
Laburnum Grove
as Mrs. Radfern
A Glimpse of Paradise
1935
A Glimpse of Paradise
as Mrs Fielding