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.

Known For

The Ladykillers

as Mrs. Wilberforce

Gaslight

as Alice Barlow's Maid

I See a Dark Stranger

as Old Lady on Train

The Quatermass Experiment

The Shop at Sly Corner

as Woman in Shop

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

as Alice

The Delavine Affair

as Mrs. Bissett

John and Julie

as Old Lady

I Believe in You

as Miss Macklin

Three Steps In The Dark

as Mrs Riddle