Actor
Kay Johnson
November 29, 1904 · Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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.
Often works with
Reginald Owen
3 titles together
Of Human Bondage, Call of the Wild, The Real Glory
Charles Bickford
3 titles together
Mr. Lucky, Dynamite, Passion Flower
Reginald Denny
2 titles together
Of Human Bondage, Madam Satan
Wade Boteler
2 titles together
Call of the Wild, Dynamite
Constance Cummings
2 titles together
American Madness, This Man Is Mine
Harry Holman
2 titles together
American Madness, Jalna
Full filmography · 24
Jivaro
as Umari
1954
Mr. Lucky
as Mary Ostrander
19437.2
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Helena
1942
Hellzapoppin'
as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar
19417.2
The Real Glory
as Mrs. Manning
19396.3
White Banners
as Marcia Ward
1938
Call of the Wild
as Show Girl (uncredited)
19356.3
Jalna
as Alayne Whiteoaks
1935
Village Tale
as Janet Stevenson
1935
Their Big Moment
as Eve Farrington
1934
Of Human Bondage
as Norah
19346.5
This Man Is Mine
as Bee McCrae
1934