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39
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Rita Johnson
Acting
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Movies: 38Series: 1
TMDB ID: 85358
IMDb ID: nm0426089
Known for: Acting
Born: August 13, 1913
Died: October 31, 1965
Age: 52
Place of birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1937 - 1957
Years active: 21
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q1703957
Also known as
Rita Ann Johnson
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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Movie credits linked with Rita Johnson.
6.2
All Mine to Give
as Katie Tyler
1957 Movie
6.5
Emergency Hospital
as Head Nurse Norma Mullen
1956 Movie
6.0
Susan Slept Here
as Dr. Rawley
1954 Movie
6.8
The Second Face
as Claire Elwood
1950 Movie
6.0
The Art Director
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949 Movie
5.7
Family Honeymoon
as Minna Fenster
1948 Movie
3.8
An Innocent Affair
as Eve Lawrence
1948 Movie
7.3
The Big Clock
as Pauline York
1948 Movie
6.3
Sleep, My Love
as Barby
1948 Movie
6.0
Michigan Kid
as Sue Dawson
1947 Movie
6.5
They Won't Believe Me
as Greta Ballentine
1947 Movie
4.0
The Perfect Marriage
as Mabel Manning
1947 Movie
6.0
Pardon My Past
as Mary Pemberton
1945 Movie
6.1
The Affairs of Susan
as Mona Kent
1945 Movie
6.6
The Naughty Nineties
as Bonita Farrow
1945 Movie
6.7
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Nelle McLaughlin
1945 Movie
6.0
My Friend Flicka
as Nell McLaughlin
1943 Movie
7.0
The Major and the Minor
as Pamela Hill
1942 Movie
5.4
Appointment for Love
as Nancy Benson
1941 Movie
7.0
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Julia Farnsworth
1941 Movie
5.3
The Golden Fleecing
as Mary Blake
1940 Movie
6.8
Edison, the Man
as Mary Stilwell
1940 Movie
6.4
Forty Little Mothers
as Marian Edwards
1940 Movie
3.7
Congo Maisie
as Kay McWade
1940 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rita Johnson.
