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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 13, 1913
Died
October 31, 1965
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Рита Джонсон
- Rita Ann Johnson
Rita Johnson
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.2
Katie Tyler
All Mine to Give
1957
6.5
Head Nurse Norma Mullen
Emergency Hospital
1956
6.2
Dr. Rawley
Susan Slept Here
1954
4.3
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
6.8
Claire Elwood
The Second Face
1950
0.0
Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Art Director
1949
5.7
Minna Fenster
Family Honeymoon
1948
3.8
Eve Lawrence
An Innocent Affair
1948
7.3
Pauline York
The Big Clock
1948
6.4
Barby
Sleep, My Love
1948
Credits
All Mine to Give
as Katie Tyler
1957
6.2
Emergency Hospital
as Head Nurse Norma Mullen
1956
6.5
Susan Slept Here
as Dr. Rawley
1954
6.2
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
The Second Face
as Claire Elwood
1950
6.8
The Art Director
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
0.0
Family Honeymoon
as Minna Fenster
1948
5.7
An Innocent Affair
as Eve Lawrence
1948
3.8
The Big Clock
as Pauline York
1948
7.3
Sleep, My Love
as Barby
1948
6.4
Michigan Kid
as Sue Dawson
1947
6.0
They Won't Believe Me
as Greta Ballentine
1947
6.6
The Perfect Marriage
as Mabel Manning
1947
4.0
Pardon My Past
as Mary Pemberton
1945
6.0
The Affairs of Susan
as Mona Kent
1945
6.1
The Naughty Nineties
as Bonita Farrow
1945
6.8
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Nelle McLaughlin
1945
6.7
My Friend Flicka
as Nell McLaughlin
1943
6.0
The Major and the Minor
as Pamela Hill
1942
7.0
Appointment for Love
as Nancy Benson
1941
5.7
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Julia Farnsworth
1941
7.0
The Golden Fleecing
as Mary Blake
1940
5.3
Edison, the Man
as Mary Stilwell
1940
6.6
Forty Little Mothers
as Marian Edwards
1940
6.2
Congo Maisie
as Kay McWade
1940
4.2
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Lou Farnsby
1939
5.7
They All Come Out
as Kitty
1939
5.6
Stronger Than Desire
as Barbara Winter
1939
5.8
6,000 Enemies
as Anne Barry
1939
6.0
Broadway Serenade
as Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
1939
6.2
Within the Law
as Agnes Lynch
1939
6.0
Honolulu
as Cecelia Grayson
1939
6.1
The Girl Downstairs
as Rosalind Brown
1938
4.5
Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Sally Harrison
1938
5.9
Smashing the Rackets
as Leticia "Letty" Lane
1938
5.5
Letter of Introduction
as Honey
1938
5.7
Man-Proof
as Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
1938
4.8
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Ellen Warfield
1937
6.1
London by Night
as Patricia Herrick
1937
5.9