Kay Cousins Johnson’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American actress and screenwriter
Was Actor 
Screenwriter 
From United States of America 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender female
Birth 1923
Death 20 January 1980
(aged 57 years)

Kay Cousins Johnson (May 28, 1923 – January 20, 1980) was an American actress and screenwriter born in Los Angeles, California. Born Kay Levy, she is known for her appearances in television series such as The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train, and I Led 3 Lives, in addition to writing the 1978 horror film Jennifer.

Acting work

  • Climax! (1956) (TV)
  • Private Secretary (1956) (TV)
  • I Led 3 Lives (1956) (TV)
  • Studio 57 (1958) (TV)
  • Wagon Train (1958) (TV)
  • M Squad (1958) (TV)
  • The Rifleman (1959) (TV)
  • The Twilight Zone (1960) (TV)
  • Ben Casey (1964) (TV)
  • The Restless Ones (1965)
  • The Wild Wild West (1967) (TV)

Writing work

  • ABC Afterschool Specials (1976 episode: “Mighty Moose and the Quarterback Kid”)
  • Jennifer (1978)

Personal life

Cousins studied at the Actors’ Lab in Hollywood, where she met and married Russell Johnson, the actor who played the Professor on Gilligan’s Island. The couple had two children together, a daughter Kim and a son David.

On October 27, 1994, David died of AIDS-related complications after David’s longtime partner had died of similar causes in 1986.

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