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Van Johnson: The Luckiest Guy in the World

September 1, 2016

Today Van Johnson may seem like an odd choice for the subject of a children's biography if you are too young to remember him in anything besides the 1985 production of "La Cage Aux Folles" but, in the mid-1940's, he was a huge celebrity. He appeared to be cheerful in public even though he was constantly being mobbed by the teenage girls who were his biggest fans. He even made a point of turning down movie roles if the script contained unsuitable language. Unlike some other stars of that era, Johnson did not rebel against the restrictions of the studio system and was reportedly easy to get along with on the set and well-liked by his fellow actors.

Pro: Generally accurate [with a couple of odd exceptions noted]. All names of his classmates, friends, and teachers during his childhood in Newport, Rhode Island, are real and check out in yearbooks, city directories, and vital records. The book includes the information that his mother & father were divorced, that his mother left him with his father and that his father was

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Van Johnson: The Gay Boy Next Door

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If you live in the Los Angeles area, you may be wondering why the American Cinematheque’s Aero Theatre will devote the evening of Feb. 26 to screen two movies as a tribute to someone called Van Johnson, an old-time actor who died at 92 in Nyack, NY, last Dec. 13.

Well, though hardly remembered nowadays, the tall, red-headed, freckle-faced Van Johnson was a major box office attraction in the United States in the second half of the 1940s. In mid-decade, while MGM’s Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, James Stewart, Robert Montgomery, and others were embroiled in the war overseas, Johnson rose from the ranks of MGM’s B-unit to (briefly) become the studio’s biggest male attraction.

His meteoric rise almost didn’t happen. A serious car accident as he and best friends Keenan and Evie (Abbott) Wynn were on their way to a screening at MGM was to leave the former Broadway chorus boy away from the studio for months (and out of World War II for good). Among other injuries, Johnson suffered a fractured skull and had bone fragments piercing his brain. He wa

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Van Johnson

American actor (1916–2008)

For the American racing driver, see Van Johnson (racing driver). For the American politician, see Van R. Johnson.

Van Johnson
Johnson in 1947
Born	Charles Van Dell Johnson (1916-08-25)August 25, 1916 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	December 12, 2008(2008-12-12) (aged 92) Nyack, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1935–1992
Spouse	Eve Lynn Abbott Wynn (m. 1947; div. 1968)
Children	1
Relatives	Tracy Keenan Wynn (stepson)^[1]

Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916^[2] – December 12, 2008) was an American actor and dancer. He had a prolific career in film, television, theatre and radio, which spanned over 50 years, from 1940 to 1992. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II, known for his upbeat and "all-American" screen persona, often playing young military servicemen,^[3] or in musicals.

Originally a Broadway dancer, Johnson achieved his breakt