Katie Johnson

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article  Katie Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Ladykillers (1955) — Mrs. Wilberforce
2. Gaslight (1940) — Alice Barlow's Maid
3. I See a Dark Stranger (1946) — Old Lady on Train
4. The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) — Woman in Shop
5. I Believe in You (1952) — Miss Macklin
6. How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) — Alice
7. Three Steps In The Dark (1953) — Mrs Riddle
8. The Delavine Affair (1955) — Mrs. Bissett
9. John and Julie (1955) — Old Lady
10. Dusty Ermine (1936) — Emily Kent
11. The Large Rope (1953) — Grandmother
12. Lady in the Fog (1952) — Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene
13. The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) — Train Passenger
14. The Years Between (1946) — Old Man's Wife
15. Freedom Radio (1941) — Granny Schmidt
16. Tawny Pipit (1944) — Miss Pyman
17. Laburnum Grove (1936) — Mrs. Radfern
18. Farewell Again (1937) — Mother of soldier in hospital
19. Sunday Night Theatre (1950) — Martie Craven
20. Marigold (1938) — Miss Sarita Dunlop
21. Death of an Angel (1952) — Sarah Oddy
22. The Dark Stairway (1938)
23. A Glimpse of Paradise (1935) — Mrs Fielding
24. Talk About Jacqueline (1942) — Ethel the Housekeeper
25. The Passionate Pilgrim (1953) — Aunt Eugenie