Kay Johnson

Kay Johnson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Johnson's final film appearance came in the 1954 British film Jivaro (also known as Lost Treasure of the Amazon).

  • Title: Kay Johnson
  • Popularity: 2.395
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1904-11-29
  • Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Catherine Townsend Johnson
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Kay Johnson Movies

  • 1932
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    American Madness

    American Madness

    7.1 1932 HD

    Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery...

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  • 1934
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    Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

    6.472 1934 HD

    A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.

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  • 1943
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    Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky

    6.9 1943 HD

    A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.

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  • 1930
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    Madam Satan

    Madam Satan

    5.8 1930 HD

    A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.

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    Thirteen Women

    Thirteen Women

    6.3 1932 HD

    Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.

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  • 1954
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    Jivaro

    Jivaro

    5.2 1954 HD

    At Rio Galdez's remote Brazilian trading post live assorted outcast Americans and Europeans, including Jerry Russell, ex-engineer who became obsessed...

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  • 1939
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    The Real Glory

    The Real Glory

    6.3 1939 HD

    Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous...

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  • 1935
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    Village Tale

    Village Tale

    4.5 1935 HD

    The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.

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  • 1930
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    Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

    4.2 1930 HD

    Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is hunted down and captured by his friend, Sheriff Pat...

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  • 1929
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    Dynamite

    Dynamite

    6.2 1929 HD

    Wealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will...

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  • 1930
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    Passion Flower

    Passion Flower

    5.6 1930 HD

    A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.

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  • 1934
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    This Man Is Mine

    This Man Is Mine

    5.5 1934 HD

    The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, seductive former fiancee visits.

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    The Ship from Shanghai

    The Ship from Shanghai

    5.7 1930 HD

    On a yacht sailing from Shanghai to the United States, the sailors, led by the megalomaniac steward, revolt and take control.

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  • 1938
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    White Banners

    White Banners

    5.8 1938 HD

    A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook...

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  • 1935
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    Call of the Wild

    Call of the Wild

    6.3 1935 HD

    Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for...

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  • 1931
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    The Single Sin

    The Single Sin

    1 1931 HD

    A lady-bootlegger does her 90 days in jail, gets released and becomes the secretary for a prominent millionaire. The magnate falls madly in love with...

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  • 1930
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    This Mad World

    This Mad World

    7 1930 HD

    Parisot, a French spy in World War 1, returns home on a secret mission to visit his mother, and finds that Victoria, the wife of a German general, is...

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  • 1942
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    Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    7.2 1942 HD

    Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While...

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  • 1934
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    Their Big Moment

    Their Big Moment

    4.5 1934 HD

    Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.

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  • 1935
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    Jalna

    Jalna

    4.8 1935 HD

    A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm.

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  • 1930
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    The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

    6 1930 HD

    On a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is captivated by Helen Chester, while he both fascinates and...

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  • 1934
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    Eight Girls in a Boat

    Eight Girls in a Boat

    1 1934 HD

    In an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers she is going to have a baby, and keeps the secret from everyone but her lover,...

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  • 1941
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    Hellzapoppin'

    Hellzapoppin'

    7.1 1941 HD

    Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the...

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  • 1931
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    The Spy

    The Spy

    1 1931 HD

    Sweethearts pitted against lovers, wives against husbands, sons against mothers, in a frantic struggle to escape the clutch and claw of the 'Tcheka,'...

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