Portrait of Mary Johnson

Mary Johnson

Acting

Biography

Mary Johnson, born Carlsson, was a Swedish international actress. She made her acting debut as a teenager in 1910. Her first appearance in a film was three years later in "Mannekängen/The Model" (1913) where she met Karl Gerhard Johnson. That film directed by Mauritz Ztiller was never finished. Karl Gerhard Johnson and Mary Carlsson married the same year. She was later married to the Norwegian actor Einar Rød (1920-1931), and the well known German actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge( 1932-1955). Mary Johnson made about 40 feature films during her artistically active years 1913 to 1931.

Born: May 11, 1896

Place of Birth: Fors, Södermanland, Sweden

Filmography

1935
Do You Remember?

as (archive footage)

1928
Sex in Chains

as Helene - Sommers Frau

1928
Manege

as Eve Garay

1926
1926
1924
Die Stimme des Herzens

as Helga Petersen

1923
1923
1921
A Fortune Hunter

as Gertrud Wulffsdotter

1919
1918
Puss in Boots

as Helga Anthon, "Pips"

1918
Nobelpristagaren

as Violet Starford

1918
Storstadsfaror

as Inga Gregor

1917
Reveille

as Marianne

1917
The Suburban Vicar

as Elin von Prangen

1917
1917
1916
Children of the Night

as Violet Holmes