- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 13, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- October 31, 1965
Rita Johnson
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 virtua…
Filmography
movieAll Mine to Give
1957 · Katie Tyler
movieEmergency Hospital
1956 · Head Nurse Norma Mullen
movieSusan Slept Here
1954 · Dr. Rawley
tvMr. & Mrs. North
1952
movieThe Second Face
1950 · Claire Elwood
movieThe Art Director
1949 · Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieFamily Honeymoon
1948 · Minna Fenster
movieAn Innocent Affair
1948 · Eve Lawrence
movieThe Big Clock
1948 · Pauline York
movieSleep, My Love
1948 · Barby
movieMichigan Kid
1947 · Sue Dawson
movieThey Won't Believe Me
1947 · Greta Ballentine
movieThe Perfect Marriage
1947 · Mabel Manning
moviePardon My Past
1945 · Mary Pemberton
movieThe Affairs of Susan
1945 · Mona Kent
movieThe Naughty Nineties
1945 · Bonita Farrow
movieThunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945 · Nelle McLaughlin
movieMy Friend Flicka
1943 · Nell McLaughlin
movieThe Major and the Minor
1942 · Pamela Hill
movieAppointment for Love
1941 · Nancy Benson
movieHere Comes Mr. Jordan
1941 · Julia Farnsworth
movieThe Golden Fleecing
1940 · Mary Blake
movieEdison, the Man
1940 · Mary Stilwell
movieForty Little Mothers
1940 · Marian Edwards
movieCongo Maisie
1940 · Kay McWade
movieNick Carter, Master Detective
1939 · Lou Farnsby
movieThey All Come Out
1939 · Kitty
movieStronger Than Desire
1939 · Barbara Winter
movie6,000 Enemies
1939 · Anne Barry
movieBroadway Serenade
1939 · Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
movieWithin the Law
1939 · Agnes Lynch
movieHonolulu
1939 · Cecelia Grayson
movieThe Girl Downstairs
1938 · Rosalind Brown
movieRich Man, Poor Girl
1938 · Sally Harrison
movieSmashing the Rackets
1938 · Leticia "Letty" Lane
movieLetter of Introduction
1938 · Honey
movieMan-Proof
1938 · Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
movieMy Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 · Ellen Warfield
movieLondon by Night
1937 · Patricia Herrick