Georgann Johnson

Georgann Johnson was an American actress of stage, film, and television who began acting in 1952 after growing up in Decorah, Iowa, and studying at Luther College and Northwestern University. She was cast in a 1953 Broadway revival of Room Service with Jack Lemmon, and her other stage work included Reclining Figure (1954), Drink to Me Only (1958), and Critic's Choice (1960). Her films included Short Cut to Hell (1957), Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Front (1976), HealtH (1980), The Day After (1983), The Slugger's Wife (1985), Murphy's Romance (1985), and Quicksilver (1986). On television she began in commercials, then played Lois Carter and later Laura Craig on The Fugitive, Marge Weskitt on Mister Peepers, Alice Snowden on Archie Bunker's Place, and Katherine McKay on Our Family Honor. From November 1993 she played Mrs. Elizabeth Quinn on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. She died in 2018.