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Osa Johnson, widow of Martin Johnson, African explorer who died in a plane crash near Hollywood four years ago, was married at City Hall yesterday to her manager, Clark Hallan Getts, by Mayor...
Johnson, Osa (1894–1953) American explorer, film producer, author, and big game hunter. Born Osa Helen Leighty on March 14, 1894, in Chanute, Kansas; died on January 7, 1953, in New York, New York; daughter of Ruby (Holman) Leighty and William Leighty; attended Chanute High School; married Martin Johnson, on May 15, 1910 (killed, January 13 ...
Martin and Osa Johnson were the namesake, inspiration and background story for the 2006-2010 Martin + Osa clothing line and national chain of 28 Martin + Osa stores launched by American Eagle Outfitters. Martin + Osa used references to the Johnsons on their clothing and accessories.
Photographers, explorers, naturalists, authors, and entrepreneurs, Martin and Osa Johnson captured and presented tens of thousands of images in their twenty-one films, eighteen books, hundreds of magazine articles, and many vaudeville presentations across America.
March 14, 1894. Osa Leighty Johnson was an American explorer and film maker. She collaborated on fourteen feature films, thirty-seven educational short films, eleven books, and many lectures with her husband Martin Johnson. Their expeditions to the South Pacific, Africa, and Borneo were captured over 27 years in photography and film.
14 Μαρ 2010 · A museum dedicated to Martin and Osa Johnson — explorers and household names in the 1920s and ’30s — is finding relevance today.
Osa did not simply accompany her husband on his explorations—she was the heroine and the heart of those adventures. “I have had the right sort of woman to take along with me into the desert and jungle,” said Martin. “If ever a wife were a partner to a man, it is Osa Johnson.”
