---
name: "Monica Johnson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/monica-johnson"
fi1m_id: "monica-johnson"
imdb_id: "nm0569606"
tmdb_id: 11368
wikidata_id: "Q512967"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 February 1946"
died: "1 November 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:36:30.831150+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Monica Johnson

## Identity

Monica Johnson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/monica-johnson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** monica-johnson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0569606
- **TMDB ID:** 11368
- **Wikidata ID:** Q512967
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512967, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11368

Writer. Born 21 February 1946 in Colorado, USA. Died 1 November 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 February 1946, Colorado, USA
- **Died:** 1 November 2010
- **Also known as:** Monica McGowan, Monica McGowan Johnson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512967, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11368

## Biography

Monica Johnson (also credited as Monica McGowan Johnson) was an American screenwriter. She began her career writing for television series including *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1973–1974) and *Laverne & Shirley* (1977–1982).

Johnson formed a long-term writing partnership with Albert Brooks. Their credits together include *Real Life* (1979), *Modern Romance* (1981), *Lost in America* (1985), *The Scout* (1994), *Mother* (1996) and *The Muse* (1999). She also wrote the screenplay for *Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again* (1982) with her brother Jerry Belson.

Johnson was born in Colorado in 1946 and died in Los Angeles in 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Real Life* (1979), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/real-life.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Muse* (1999), Writer
- *Mother* (1996), Writer
- *The Scout* (1994), Screenplay
- *Lost in America* (1985), Writer
- *Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again* (1982), Screenplay
- *Modern Romance* (1981), Screenplay
- *Americathon* (1979), Screenplay
- *Real Life* (1979), Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/real-life.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/monica-johnson