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Acting

Kay Johnson

Career: Active from 1929 to 1939, busiest in 1930 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Of Human Bondage
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Kay Johnson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.1, average 5.4
Tech & Humanity
0.3, average 1.6
Coming of Age
2.0, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.9, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 2
Character-Driven 2
Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1950s

1 title · average score 55

Jivaro

55

as Umari

1940s

3 titles · average score 76

Mr. Lucky

85

as Mary Ostrander

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

67

as Helena

Hellzapoppin'

77

as Lena - Lady Looking for Oscar

1930s

19 titles · average score 61

The Real Glory

68

as Mrs. Manning

Jalna

56

as Alayne Whiteoaks

Village Tale

as Janet Stevenson

Of Human Bondage

77

as Norah

Eight Girls in a Boat

as Hannah

American Madness

74

as Phyllis Dickson

Thirteen Women

57

as Helen Dawson Frye

Passion Flower

57

as Katherine Pringle Wallace 'Cassy'

Madam Satan

47

as Angela Brooks

Billy the Kid

53

as Claire

The Ship from Shanghai

as Dorothy Daley

This Mad World

as Victoria

1920s

1 title · average score 66

Dynamite

66

as Cynthia Crothers