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Katie Johnson

Acting Born Nov 18, 1878 Clayton, Sussex, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

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).

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Known for

Film

The Ladykillers

as Mrs. Wilberforce

Vampirina

as Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene

Full filmography

  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Martie Craven
  • The Ladykillers (1955) as Mrs. Wilberforce
  • Gaslight (1940) as Alice Barlow's Maid
  • Marigold (1938) as Miss Sarita Dunlop
  • I See a Dark Stranger (1946) as Old Lady on Train
  • Farewell Again (1937) as Mother of soldier in hospital
  • The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) as Woman in Shop
  • Lady in the Fog (1952) as Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene
  • Death of an Angel (1952) as Sarah Oddy
  • Laburnum Grove (1936) as Mrs. Radfern
  • John and Julie (1955) as Old Lady
  • Dusty Ermine (1936) as Emily Kent
  • The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) as Train Passenger
  • Tawny Pipit (1944) as Miss Pyman
  • The Large Rope (1953) as Grandmother
  • How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) as Alice
  • Three Steps In The Dark (1953) as Mrs Riddle
  • I Believe in You (1952) as Miss Macklin
  • The Years Between (1946) as Old Man's Wife
  • The Passionate Pilgrim (1953) as Aunt Eugenie
  • Freedom Radio (1941) as Granny Schmidt
  • The Delavine Affair (1955) as Mrs. Bissett
  • Talk About Jacqueline (1942) as Ethel the Housekeeper
  • The Dark Stairway (1938)