Actress Besedka Johnson has died at the age of 87. She passed away in Los Angeles on Thursday (04Apr13). Johnson spent much of her life as an aspiring actress, and her first and only film role was in ...

Besedka Johnson, who co-starred in Sean Baker’s Starlet in her first and only film role, died today in Los Angeles. She was 87. Johnson nabbed her first feature role as Starlet‘s Sadie at the age of ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Besedka Johnson, who became an actress at age 85 and won praise for last year’s movie “Starlet,” has died. She was 87. Johnson died on April 4 at Glendale Memorial Hospital of ...

At 85, Besedka Johnson was discovered by Hollywood in the locker room of a Los Angeles gym. An executive producer of the movie “Starlet” was also working out at the YWCA when “she recognized some sort ...

LOS ANGELES — Besedka Johnson, who became an actress at age 85 and won praise for last year’s movie “Starlet,” has died. She was 87. Ms. Johnson died April 4 at Glendale Memorial Hospital of ...

STARLET, a film by Sean Baker starring Dree Hemingway and Besedka Johnson, will be released by Music Box Films in New York and Los Angeles on November 9th, 2012. An Official Selection for the SXSW ...

Sadie, the surly and reclusive octogenarian widow played by Besedka Johnson in the indie drama, Starlet, doesn’t know what to make of Jane (Dree Hemingway) when the inquisitive young blonde begins to ...

Marty Blake, 86, longtime director of scouting for the National Basketball Association, died April 7 in Alpharetta, Ga. The NBA announced his death but did not provide a cause. Mr. Blake, who worked ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – An actress who was discovered at the age of 85 and won praise for last year’s movie “Starlet” has died. Besedka Johnson was 87. Her son ...

LOS ANGELES -- Besedka Johnson, who became an actress at age 85 and won praise for last year's movie "Starlet," has died. She was 87. Johnson died on April 4 at Glendale Memorial Hospital of ...