• BIRTHDAY: venerdì 5 ottobre 1923
• BIRTHPLACE: Pretoria, Union of South Africa
• BIRTH SIGN: Libra
• DIES AT: giovedì 4 gennaio 2024
• AGE: 100

About

was a British actress. In a career spanning eight decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays.

Before Fame

Johns made her screen debut in 1938 with Victor Saville''s film adaptation of the Winifred Holtby novel South Riding, in which she played Midge Carne, the daughter of aspiring politician Robert Carne (played by Ralph Richardson).

Trivia

Johns was married four times. She met her first husband, Anthony Forwood, while rehearsing for Quiet Wedding (1941). A year after they met, Forwood asked her on a date and they were married within a month on 29 August 1942 in Westminster

Family Life

Johns was born into a theatrical family. Her mother was Alyce Steele-Wareham, an Australian-born concert pianist who had studied in London and Vienna.