Marilyn Johnson
Marilyn Kinsman Johnson was an American bridge player from Houston, Texas. She won three world championships, one at women pairs and two at women teams, all in partnership with Mary Jane Farell. Farell and Johnson also won the North American von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs in 1978, which no other pair of women has done.
Johnson, a native of Rutland, Vermont, majored in chemistry at Wellesley College and worked 33 years for Shell Oil. She died in Houston, aged 79.
Bridge accomplishments
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships
- * von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs 1978
- * Rockwell Mixed Pairs 1968, 1973
- * Hilliard Mixed Pairs 1957
- * Wagar Women's Knockout Teams 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976