Rita Johnson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 13, 1913
- Died
- October 31, 1965 (aged 52)
- Birthplace
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Rita Ann Johnson (August 13, 1913 – October 31, 1965) was an American actress. Early in her career, Johnson was busy in radio. Johnson began acting on Broadway in 1935 and started her film career two years later. She played a murderer in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and a doomed wife in the RKO film noir They Won't Believe Me (1947). In an incident that was never fully explained, Johnson suffered a head trauma on September 6, 1948 that required brain surgery. Unsubstantiated rumors promulgated by gossip columnists such as Walter Winchell suggested she might have been abused by a boyfriend, but the only explanation she offered was that a large, industrial-grade hair dryer at her apartment had fallen on her. She was in a coma for two weeks and it was reported it took her a year to recover. Her left side was paralyzed temporarily and for a while she couldn't walk. The injury put a virtual halt to her film career. Her screen time in movies after that was limited due to her reduced mobility and powers of concentration. Johnson suffered from alcoholism from the time of her injuries until her death of a brain hemorrhage at age 52. From Wikipedia.
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All Mine to Give
Movie · as Katie Tyler
Emergency Hospital
Movie · as Head Nurse Norma Mullen
Susan Slept Here
Movie · as Dr. Rawley
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 1 ep
The Second Face
Movie · as Claire Elwood
The Art Director
Movie · as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Clock
Movie · as Pauline York
Sleep, My Love
Movie · as Barby
Family Honeymoon
Movie · as Minna Fenster
An Innocent Affair
Movie · as Eve Lawrence
They Won't Believe Me
Movie · as Greta Ballentine
The Perfect Marriage
Movie · as Mabel Manning
Michigan Kid
Movie · as Sue Dawson
The Naughty Nineties
Movie · as Bonita Farrow
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Movie · as Nelle McLaughlin
The Affairs of Susan
Movie · as Mona Kent
Pardon My Past
Movie · as Mary Pemberton
My Friend Flicka
Movie · as Nell McLaughlin
The Major and the Minor
Movie · as Pamela Hill
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Movie · as Julia Farnsworth
Appointment for Love
Movie · as Nancy Benson
Edison, the Man
Movie · as Mary Stilwell
Congo Maisie
Movie · as Kay McWade
Forty Little Mothers
Movie · as Marian Edwards
The Golden Fleecing
Movie · as Mary Blake
Within the Law
Movie · as Agnes Lynch
Honolulu
Movie · as Cecelia Grayson
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie · as Lou Farnsby
Broadway Serenade
Movie · as Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
Stronger Than Desire
Movie · as Barbara Winter
They All Come Out
Movie · as Kitty
6,000 Enemies
Movie · as Anne Barry
Man-Proof
Movie · as Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
Smashing the Rackets
Movie · as Leticia "Letty" Lane
The Girl Downstairs
Movie · as Rosalind Brown
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Movie · as Sally Harrison
Letter of Introduction
Movie · as Honey
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Movie · as Ellen Warfield
London by Night
Movie · as Patricia Herrick