Mary Johnson

Mary Johnson

Born: May 11, 1896
Died: May 7, 1975
in Fors, Södermanland, Sweden
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.

Movies for Mary Johnson...

Do You Remember?
Title: Do You Remember?
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Compilation film with scenes from different Swedish silent films, many of the films have since been lost and the only surviving fragments can be found in this film.
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You have to forgive a woman everything
Title: You have to forgive a woman everything
Released: November 3, 1931
Type: Movie
"A woman must forgive everything"- Brunhilde's parents expects her to marry Mr. Kuhn. To avoid this Brunhilde makes plans with her lover and piano teacher. She will wear the ugliest possible dress and sing horribly when she meets with Kuhn.
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Sex in Chains
Title: Sex in Chains
Character: Helene - Sommers Frau
Released: October 24, 1928
Type: Movie
A young man is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term in prison. There he forms a close relationship with his cellmate. Upon his release his wife is concerned as to how prison has changed the man she married.
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Artisten - Im Zauber der Manege
Title: Artisten - Im Zauber der Manege
Character: Helga Hardt
Released: January 26, 1928
Type: Movie
The magic of the circus stables. Controversies and small private conflicts between the artists, clowns and entertainers.
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The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
Title: The Strange Case of Captain Ramper
Released: January 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Paul Wegener gives one of his most active performances here as Captain Ramper, a heroic aviator who makes a pioneering flight across the Arctic accompanied only by Ippling, his faithful mechanic (Kurt Gerron). Near the North Pole, their plane develops engine failure and crashes in the desolate wastes. Ippling dies straight off but Ramper finds a supply base containing food which has been left behind by a previous expedition. After fifteen years in the Arctic wastes, Ramper has considerably mutated.
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Manege
Title: Manege
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
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Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins
Title: Die raffinierteste Frau Berlins
Character: Lilly Halm
Released: November 22, 1927
Type: Movie
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Die Ausgestoßenen
Title: Die Ausgestoßenen
Released: November 1, 1927
Type: Movie
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Was die Kinder ihren Eltern verschweigen
Title: Was die Kinder ihren Eltern verschweigen
Character: Else
Released: May 1, 1927
Type: Movie
What the children conceal from their parents. Banned at first in Europe. Released in the U.S.
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Dagfin
Title: Dagfin
Released: December 20, 1926
Type: Movie
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Staatsanwalt Jordan
Title: Staatsanwalt Jordan
Released: December 2, 1926
Type: Movie
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The House of Lies
Title: The House of Lies
Character: Hedwig
Released: January 22, 1926
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Ibsen's play Vildanden.
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Die Stimme des Herzens
Title: Die Stimme des Herzens
Character: Helga Petersen
Released: October 30, 1924
Type: Movie
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Johan Ulfstjerna
Title: Johan Ulfstjerna
Character: Agda
Released: December 2, 1923
Type: Movie
The story of a man who makes a great sacrifice for his country and for his son. Based on the play of the same title by Tor Hedberg.
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Gunnar Hede's Saga
Title: Gunnar Hede's Saga
Character: Ingrid
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Gunnar Hede is raised by a strict mother, who wants him to become respectable to match his family’s wealth. He is more interested in his grandfather, who started as an itinerant violin player, but got rich by leading a herd of wild reindeer south to market. He falls for a violinist working with a married couple of traveling performers and renounces his fortune to go with them. He then tries to earn a fortune by driving reindeer to market, but it doesn’t work out and he goes insane. He is finally restored to sanity by the violinist when she returns with the performers.
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A Fortune Hunter
Title: A Fortune Hunter
Character: Gertrud Wulffsdotter
Released: March 14, 1921
Type: Movie
Historical drama which features Gösta Ekman as the dashing rogue who steals the heart of the ethereal Mary Johnson.
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Familjens traditioner
Title: Familjens traditioner
Character: Inga
Released: December 6, 1920
Type: Movie
"Family Traditions" - The young Baron Robert falls in love with his distant relative Helga.
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A Modern Robinson
Title: A Modern Robinson
Released: November 15, 1920
Type: Movie
The Silfverdahl sisters goes sailing. One of them married, the other one, Brita, not. After a short journey Brita's sweetheart Einar secretly climbs aboard. Agathon, her prospective husband, get seasick and choose to leave the party.
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Sir Arne's Treasure
Title: Sir Arne's Treasure
Character: Elsalill
Released: September 18, 1919
Type: Movie
Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There she meets a charming young officer- Sir Archi- and she soon understands that he was one of the murderers.
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Puss in Boots
Title: Puss in Boots
Character: Helga Anthon, "Pips"
Released: November 18, 1918
Type: Movie
Young Jörgen Steenfeld is the heir of it over the chimney-indebted estate Steensgaard and unable to clear up its finances. He is being looked after by his old friend, "Mästerkatten", ie the enterprising, charming but somewhat irreplaceable Karl Konstantin Kattrup, who has been relegated from the university. Kattrup, involved as a manager at Steensgaard. Steenfeld receives visits by county governor Markdanner and her daughter Rose. The Countess is planning a marriage between Rose and Jörgen, but Jörgen is secretly in love with the orphan Helga Anthon, called Pips. The conditions are further complicated by the appearance of Kattrup and Rose.
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The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter
Title: The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter
Character: Awa
Released: April 1, 1918
Type: Movie
"The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter". The film premiered on April 2 1918 at Brunkeberg Theatre in Stockholm . The film was to be the last feature film that was released from Hasselblad film before it went up in the newly founded Film Industry Skandia. Filming took place at the Hasselblad Studio in Otterhällan with exteriors from Böttö lighthouse outside Gothenburg by Gösta Stäring.
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Nobelpristagaren
Title: Nobelpristagaren
Character: Violet Starford
Released: April 1, 1918
Type: Movie
"The Nobel Prize Winner" - Dr. Henry Arel and his fiancee, Violet Starford, joins the war as paramedics. During a flight attack, Violet is badly hurt. The doctor makes a very bold intervention in the hope that Violet will survive.
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Storstadsfaror
Title: Storstadsfaror
Character: Inga Gregor
Released: March 4, 1918
Type: Movie
"Big City Dangers" - About two orphanages children's upbringing in the countryside. Brynolf travels to his father in America. Inga moves to Stockholm for work. In the city lurks many dangers.
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Reveille
Title: Reveille
Character: Marianne
Released: July 14, 1917
Type: Movie
Countess Hedvig von Wärnfelt (born Wärnfelt), receives her orphan's granddaughter Marianne to educate her in tukt and her reverence. Marianne is an iron and vibrant young girl, who also carries theater grills. The Countess is staggered over her uneducated facials and treats her severely, hard and joyless.
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The Suburban Vicar
Title: The Suburban Vicar
Character: Elin von Prangen
Released: July 9, 1917
Type: Movie
"Suburban Priest". The film premiered on September 3 1917 at cinema Sture and Brunkeberg Theatre in Stockholm . The film was shot at the Hasselblad studio on Otterhällan in Gothenburg with exteriors from Gothenburg by Carl Gustaf Florin.
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The Mystery of the Night of the 25th
Title: The Mystery of the Night of the 25th
Character: Marie de Valincourt
Released: April 30, 1917
Type: Movie
A private investigator is invited to come to an address. He realizes that it is a trap and take some precautions before going there. Once in place, he is overpowered and tied to a chair with a time bomb.
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Between Life and Death
Title: Between Life and Death
Character: Elsa Warren
Released: February 19, 1917
Type: Movie
"Between life and death" - Dr Brinck and his assistant Inger Holm spend days and nights in his laboratory to experiment with a revolutionary medical cure for poisoning. Inger Holm is deeply in love with his boss. When the two scientists one day go to bed and visit an outdoor server, Brinck's manufacturer will meet Warren and his daughter Elsa and get an opportunity to help Elsa with a damaged foot. Thanks to him, he is invited to a party in the manufacturer's luxurious home...
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Calles nya kläder
Title: Calles nya kläder
Released: January 22, 1917
Type: Movie
Calle has to go on the run.
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Children of the Night
Title: Children of the Night
Character: Violet Holmes
Released: October 30, 1916
Type: Movie
Violet, employed as a maid of Count Berkow, is wrongly accused of burglary of the Count. After an unjust prison sentence Violet travels to America.
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The Victory of Love
Title: The Victory of Love
Released: September 25, 1916
Type: Movie
Farm girl Olga Ström is seduced by the Hans Brandt, who soon abandons her, even though she carries their child.
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Ministerpresidenten
Title: Ministerpresidenten
Character: Guest
Released: September 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Jean Bazard (Carl Barcklind) and the lawyer Alphonse Carrel (Arvid Hammarlund) are rivals of the beautiful Rose Legrange (Maja Cassel), but Bazard wins her love. Carrel is more successful in his shameful economic speculations together with banker Leroux (Manne Göthson), who is Roses's uncle.
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Aktiebolaget Hälsans gåva
Title: Aktiebolaget Hälsans gåva
Released: December 5, 1915
Type: Movie
A travelling circus experience bad times and starts to produce a miracle cure based on cake flour and sugar.
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The Mannequin
Title: The Mannequin
Released: May 13, 1913
Type: Movie
Lili is a young and courageous woman. She does things that create confusion. She suddenly begin to act in a film's plot in a movie theater, or take a mannequin from a shop.