In 1953, Johnson was cast with her future husband, actor Stanley Prager, in the Broadway revival of Room Service starring Jack Lemmon.

Johnson later appeared in two films directed by Martin Ritt, who had been caught in the Hollywood blacklist as well: The Front (1976) and Murphy’s Romance (1985).

In films, Johnson had roles in Short Cut to Hell (1957), Midnight Cowboy (1969), From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs.

[8] She played the blind love interest to Charles Bronson, who used his unexpected fortune to pay for surgery to restore her sight, in an episode of The Millionaire.

She went on to play Alice Snowden in Archie Bunker's Place,[9] Dorothy Jarvis in Cutter to Houston,[9]: 226  Marge Weskitt on Mister Peepers,[9]: 702-703  and Katherine McKay on Our Family Honor.