Katie Johnson (English actress)

This article is about the British actress. For American model/actress, see Katie Johnson (American actress). For the personal secretary to Barack Obama, see Katie Johnson (personal secretary).

Katie Johnson
Katie Johnson in trailer for "Three Steps in the Dark" (1953)
Born	Bessie Kate Johnson 18 November 1878 Clayton, Sussex, England
Died	4 May 1957 (1957-05-05) (aged 78) Elham, Kent, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1894−1957
Spouse(s)	Frank Goodenough Bayly (1908 - 1923) (his death)
Awards	Best British Actress 1955 The Ladykillers

Bessie Kate "Katie" Johnson (18 November 1878 in Clayton, Sussex, – 4 May 1957 in Elham, Kent) was an English actress who appeared on stage from 1894^[1] and on screen from the 1930s to the 1950s. In 1908 she married the actor Frank Goodenough Bayly (1873 – 28 November 1923, Newcastle upon Tyne).^[2]

She first appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but never received critical acclaim for her performances until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, 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).

Selected filmography

After Office Hours (1932) - Miss Wilesden
A Glimpse of Paradise (1934) - Mrs. Fielding
Laburnum Grove (1936) - Mrs. Radfern
Dusty Ermine (1936) - Emily Kent
Farewell Again (1937) - Mother of soldier in hospital (uncredited)
The Last Adventures (1937) - (uncredited)
Sunset in Vienna (1937) - Woman in Café (uncredited)
The Dark Stairway (1938) - (uncredited)
Marigold (1938) - Santa Dunlop
Gaslight (1940) - Alice Barlow's Maid (uncredited)
Two for Danger (1940) - (uncredited)
Freedom Radio (1941) - Granny Schmidt
Jeannie (1941) - Mathilda
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) - Train Passenger (uncredited)
Talk About Jacqueline (1942) - Ethel
Tawny Pipit (1944) - Miss Pyman
He Snoops to Conquer (1944) - Ma - George's Landlady (uncredited)
Love Letters (1945) - Nurse (uncredited)
The Years Between (1946) - Old Man's Wife
I See a Dark Stranger (1946) - Old Lady on Train
Meet Me at Dawn (1947) - Henriette - Mme. Vermomel's Housekeeper
Code of Scotland Yard (1947) - Music Box Seller. (uncredited)
Death of an Angel (1952) - Sarah Oddy
I Believe in You (1952) - Miss Mackiln
Lady in the Fog (1952) - 'Mary Stuart' - Old Inmate at Murder Scene
The Large Rope (1953) - Grandmother
Three Steps in the Dark (1953) - Mrs. Riddle
The Rainbow Jacket (1954) - (uncredited)
Delavine Affair (1954) - Mrs. Bissett
Out of the Clouds (1955) - Passenger (uncredited)
John and Julie (1955) - Old Lady
The Ladykillers (1955) - Mrs. Wilberforce (The Old Lady)
How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) - Alice (Last appearance)

References

Film academy awards, The Times, February 13, 1956, pg. 5
Obituary, The Times, May 9, 1957, pg. 12
Will, The Times, July 29, 1957, pg. 10

Notes

↑ Johnson on the British Film Institute website
↑ BFI Film & TV Database BAYLY, Frank G

External links

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

1952–1967	Vivien Leigh British, Simone Signoret Foreign (1952) Audrey Hepburn British, Leslie Caron Foreign (1953) Yvonne Mitchell British, Cornell Borchers Foreign (1954) Katie Johnson British, Betsy Blair Foreign (1955) Virginia McKenna British, Anna Magnani Foreign (1956) Heather Sears British, Simone Signoret Foreign (1957) Irene Worth British, Simone Signoret Foreign (1958) Audrey Hepburn British, Shirley MacLaine Foreign (1959) Rachel Roberts British, Shirley MacLaine Foreign (1960) Dora Bryan British, Sophia Loren Foreign (1961) Leslie Caron British, Anne Bancroft Foreign (1962) Rachel Roberts British, Patricia Neal Foreign (1963) Audrey Hepburn British, Anne Bancroft Foreign (1964) Julie Christie British, Patricia Neal Foreign (1965) Elizabeth Taylor British, Jeanne Moreau Foreign (1966) Edith Evans British, Anouk Aimée Foreign (1967)

1968–present	Katharine Hepburn (1968) Maggie Smith (1969) Katharine Ross (1970) Glenda Jackson (1971) Liza Minnelli (1972) Stéphane Audran (1973) Joanne Woodward (1974) Ellen Burstyn (1975) Louise Fletcher (1976) Diane Keaton (1977) Jane Fonda (1978) Jane Fonda (1979) Judy Davis (1980) Meryl Streep (1981) Katharine Hepburn (1982) Julie Walters (1983) Maggie Smith (1984) Peggy Ashcroft (1985) Maggie Smith (1986) Anne Bancroft (1987) Maggie Smith (1988) Pauline Collins (1989) Jessica Tandy (1990) Jodie Foster (1991) Emma Thompson (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Susan Sarandon (1994) Emma Thompson (1995) Brenda Blethyn (1996) Judi Dench (1997) Cate Blanchett (1998) Annette Bening (1999) Julia Roberts (2000) Judi Dench (2001) Nicole Kidman (2002) Scarlett Johansson (2003) Imelda Staunton (2004) Reese Witherspoon (2005) Helen Mirren (2006) Marion Cotillard (2007) Kate Winslet (2008) Carey Mulligan (2009) Natalie Portman (2010) Meryl Streep (2011) Emmanuelle Riva (2012) Cate Blanchett (2013) Julianne Moore (2014) Brie Larson (2015)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 18701503 ISNI: 0000 0000 8361 8308

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