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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

6.7

Alice

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

1957

7.3

Mrs. Wilberforce

The Ladykillers

1955

4.6

Old Lady

John and Julie

1955

5.0

Mrs. Bissett

The Delavine Affair

1955

5.5

Grandmother

The Large Rope

1953

5.9

Mrs Riddle

Three Steps In The Dark

1953

6.7

The Quatermass Experiment

1953

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Aunt Eugenie

The Passionate Pilgrim

1953

5.8

Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene

Lady in the Fog

1952

6.4

Miss Macklin

I Believe in You

1952

Credits

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

as Alice

1957

6.7

The Ladykillers

as Mrs. Wilberforce

1955

7.3

John and Julie

as Old Lady

1955

4.6

The Delavine Affair

as Mrs. Bissett

1955

5.0

The Large Rope

as Grandmother

1953

5.5

Three Steps In The Dark

as Mrs Riddle

1953

5.9

The Quatermass Experiment

1953

6.7

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The Passionate Pilgrim

as Aunt Eugenie

1953

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Lady in the Fog

as Mad Mary - Old Inmate at Murder Scene

1952

5.8

I Believe in You

as Miss Macklin

1952

6.4

Death of an Angel

as Sarah Oddy

1952

6.0

The Shop at Sly Corner

as Woman in Shop

1947

6.2

The Years Between

as Old Man's Wife

1946

6.2

I See a Dark Stranger

as Old Lady on Train

1946

6.3

Tawny Pipit

as Miss Pyman

1944

6.2

Talk About Jacqueline

as Ethel the Housekeeper

1942

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The Black Sheep of Whitehall

as Train Passenger

1942

7.8

Freedom Radio

as Granny Schmidt

1941

6.3

Gaslight

as Alice Barlow's Maid

1940

7.1

Marigold

as Miss Sarita Dunlop

1938

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The Dark Stairway

1938

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Farewell Again

as Mother of soldier in hospital

1937

5.0

Dusty Ermine

as Emily Kent

1936

6.1

Laburnum Grove

as Mrs. Radfern

1936

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A Glimpse of Paradise

as Mrs Fielding

1935

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