From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCatherine 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, DeMilles Madam Satan (1930), Passion Flower (1930), Capras 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.Johnsons final film appearance came in the 1954 British film Jivaro (also known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon).

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American Madness

Phyllis Dickson

Movie 1932

Of Human Bondage

Norah

Movie 1934

Madam Satan

Angela Brooks

Movie 1930

Thirteen Women

Helen Dawson Frye

Movie 1932

Jivaro

Umari

Movie 1954

The Real Glory

Mrs. Manning

Movie 1939

Village Tale

Janet Stevenson

Movie 1935

Dynamite

Cynthia Crothers

Movie 1929

Passion Flower

Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'

Movie 1930

This Man Is Mine

Bee McCrae

Movie 1934

The Ship from Shanghai

Dorothy Daley

Movie 1930

White Banners

Marcia Ward

Movie 1938

Call of the Wild

Show Girl (uncredited)

Movie 1935

The Single Sin

Kate Adams

Movie 1931

This Mad World

Victoria

Movie 1930

Their Big Moment

Eve Farrington

Movie 1934

The Spoilers

Helen Chester

Movie 1930

Eight Girls in a Boat

Hannah

Movie 1934

Hellzapoppin'

Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar

Movie 1941

The Spy

Anna Turin

Movie 1931