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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Character:Alice
Release Date:01/06/1957
The Ladykillers
Character:Mrs. Wilberforce
Release Date:08/12/1955
John and Julie
Character:Old Lady
Release Date:26/07/1955
The Delavine Affair
Character:Mrs. Bissett
Release Date:03/01/1955
The Large Rope
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:01/12/1953
Three Steps In The Dark
Character:Mrs Riddle
Release Date:10/08/1953
The Passionate Pilgrim
Character:Aunt Eugenie
Release Date:31/05/1953
Lady in the Fog
Character:Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene
Release Date:13/10/1952
I Believe in You
Character:Miss Macklin
Release Date:05/03/1952
Death of an Angel
Character:Sarah Oddy
Release Date:01/01/1952
The Shop at Sly Corner
Character:Woman in Shop
Release Date:10/03/1947
The Years Between
Character:Old Man's Wife
Release Date:08/07/1946
I See a Dark Stranger
Character:Old Lady on Train
Release Date:04/07/1946
Tawny Pipit
Character:Miss Pyman
Release Date:28/04/1944
Talk About Jacqueline
Character:Ethel the Housekeeper
Release Date:30/11/1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Character:Train Passenger
Release Date:23/02/1942
Freedom Radio
Character:Granny Schmidt
Release Date:04/02/1941
Gaslight
Character:Alice Barlow's Maid
Release Date:31/08/1940
Marigold
Character:Miss Sarita Dunlop
Release Date:03/11/1938
The Dark Stairway
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1938
Farewell Again
Character:Mother of soldier in hospital
Release Date:05/01/1937
Dusty Ermine
Character:Emily Kent
Release Date:01/12/1936
Laburnum Grove
Character:Mrs. Radfern
Release Date:16/11/1936
A Glimpse of Paradise
Character:Mrs Fielding
Release Date:08/04/1935
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