Katie Johnson
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.
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- 1957 ·How to Murder a Rich Uncleas Alice
- 1955 ·The Ladykillersas Mrs. Wilberforce
- 1955 ·John and Julieas Old Lady
- 1955 ·The Delavine Affairas Mrs. Bissett
- 1953 ·The Large Ropeas Grandmother
- 1953 ·Three Steps In The Darkas Mrs Riddle
- 1953 ·The Quatermass Experimentas
- 1953 ·The Passionate Pilgrimas Aunt Eugenie
- 1952 ·Lady in the Fogas Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene
- 1952 ·I Believe in Youas Miss Macklin
- 1952 ·Death of an Angelas Sarah Oddy
- 1947 ·The Shop at Sly Corneras Woman in Shop
- 1946 ·The Years Betweenas Old Man's Wife
- 1946 ·I See a Dark Strangeras Old Lady on Train
- 1944 ·Tawny Pipitas Miss Pyman
- 1942 ·Talk About Jacquelineas Ethel the Housekeeper
- 1942 ·The Black Sheep of Whitehallas Train Passenger
- 1941 ·Freedom Radioas Granny Schmidt
- 1940 ·Gaslightas Alice Barlow's Maid
- 1938 ·Marigoldas Miss Sarita Dunlop
- 1938 ·The Dark Stairwayas
- 1937 ·Farewell Againas Mother of soldier in hospital
- 1936 ·Dusty Ermineas Emily Kent
- 1936 ·Laburnum Groveas Mrs. Radfern
- 1935 ·A Glimpse of Paradiseas Mrs Fielding