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Winnie Johnson(1917-1980)

  • Actress
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Winnie Johnson was born on 3 December 1917 in Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Play! Girls (1937), Pudgy Boy (1942) and Some of These Days (1942). She was married to Middleton H. Lambright, Jr., Stepin Fetchit and George Lee. She died in October 1980 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
BornDecember 3, 1917
DiedOctober 1980
BornDecember 3, 1917
DiedOctober 1980
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Known for

June Earle and Joe May in Play! Girls (1937)
Play! Girls
6.0
Short
  • Dancer
  • 1937
Winnie Johnson in Pudgy Boy (1942)
Pudgy Boy
Short
  • Girl
  • 1942
Maxine Sullivan in Some of These Days (1942)
Some of These Days
Short
  • Dancer
  • 1942

Credits

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Actress



  • Let's Scuffle
    6.0
    Short
    • Patron (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Winnie Johnson in Pudgy Boy (1942)
    Pudgy Boy
    Short
    • Girl
    • 1942
  • Maxine Sullivan in Some of These Days (1942)
    Some of These Days
    Short
    • Dancer
    • 1942
  • Take Me Back, Baby
    6.1
    Short
    • Jimmy Rushing's Girl (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Air Mail Special (1941)
    Air Mail Special
    6.9
    Short
    • Lindy Hop Dancer with Jimmy Rushing (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Four or Five Times
    6.6
    Short
    • Lindy Hop Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • The Joint Is Jumpin'
    6.9
    Short
    • Fats' Girl (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Your Feet's Too Big
    6.4
    Short
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • The Lonesome Road
    7.3
    Short
    • Dance Team (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • I Want a Big Fat Mama
    7.1
    Short
    • Dancer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Rocco Blues
    Short
    • Girl (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • June Earle and Joe May in Play! Girls (1937)
    Play! Girls
    6.0
    Short
    • Dancer
    • 1937

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Wini Johnson
  • Born
    • December 3, 1917
    • Orange, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    • October 1980
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Spouses
      Middleton H. Lambright, Jr.1945 - ? (divorced)
  • Relatives
      Bobby Johnson(Sibling)
  • Other works
    New Faces of 1936. Musical revue. Music by Alexander Fogarty, Irvin Graham [earliest Broadway credit] and Joseph Meyer. Sketches by Mindret Lord, Everett Marcy and Edwin Gilbert. Lyrics by June Carroll[credited as June Sillman], Edwin Gilbert, Bickley Reichner and Edward Heyman. Musical Director: Ray Cavanaugh. Music orchestrated by David Raksin. Choreographed by Ned McGurn. Directed by Leonard Sillman. Vanderbilt Theatre: 19 May 1936- 7 Nov 1936 (193 performances). Cast: Imogene Coca, Charles Kemper, Cliff Allen, Robert Bard, Jean Bellows, Jack Blair, Ralph Blane, Robert Burton, William Chandler, Dorothy Chilton, Ray Clarke, Frank Gagen, Billie Haywood, Indus Hollingsworth, Stretch Johnson, Van Johnson (as "Performer") [Broadway debut], Winnie Johnson, Patricia Mallinson, Marian Martin, Katherine Mayfield, Grace Milliman, Irene Moore, Gerry Probst, Ione Reed, Edna Russell, Tom Rutherfurd, Bea Thrift, Mildred Todd, Nancy Weatherill, Elizabeth Wilde, Joyce Worth, Dorothy Young. Produced by Leonard Sillman.

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