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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CUTLINES - Besedka Johnson, who became an actress at age 85 and won praise for last year's movie "Starlet," died April 4 in Los Angeles of complications following surgery for a bacterial infection.

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, Jim ...