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person_profile-Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson Died at age: 52

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Rita Johnson

Date of Birth:

Aug 13, 1913

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 31, 1965

Biography of

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 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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Rita Johnson

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Filmography of

Rita Johnson

Found 37 Movies in total

All Mine to Give

Katie Tyler ( Actor )

... 1957

Emergency Hospital

Head Nurse Norma Mullen ( Actor )

... 1956

Susan Slept Here

Dr. Rawley ( Actor )

... 1954

The Second Face

Claire Elwood ( Actor )

... 1950

Family Honeymoon

Minna Fenster ( Actor )

... 1948

An Innocent Affair

Eve Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1948

The Big Clock

Pauline York ( Actor )

... 1948

Sleep, My Love

Barby ( Actor )

... 1948

Michigan Kid

Sue Dawson ( Actor )

... 1947

They Won't Believe Me

Greta Ballentine ( Actor )

... 1947

The Perfect Marriage

Mabel Manning ( Actor )

... 1947

Pardon My Past

Mary Pemberton ( Actor )

... 1945

The Affairs of Susan

Mona Kent ( Actor )

... 1945

The Naughty Nineties

Bonita Farrow ( Actor )

... 1945

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

Nelle McLaughlin ( Actor )

... 1945

My Friend Flicka

Nell McLaughlin ( Actor )

... 1943

The Major and the Minor

Pamela Hill ( Actor )

... 1942

Appointment for Love

Nancy Benson ( Actor )

... 1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Julia Farnsworth ( Actor )

... 1941

The Golden Fleecing

Mary Blake ( Actor )

... 1940

Edison, the Man

Mary Stilwell ( Actor )

... 1940

Forty Little Mothers

Marian Edwards ( Actor )

... 1940

Congo Maisie

Kay McWade ( Actor )

... 1940

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Lou Farnsby ( Actor )

... 1939

They All Come Out

Kitty ( Actor )

... 1939

Stronger Than Desire

Barbara Winter ( Actor )

... 1939

6,000 Enemies

Anne Barry ( Actor )

... 1939

Broadway Serenade

Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell ( Actor )

... 1939

Within the Law

Agnes Lynch ( Actor )

... 1939

Honolulu

Cecelia Grayson ( Actor )

... 1939

The Girl Downstairs

Rosalind Brown ( Actor )

... 1938

Rich Man, Poor Girl

Sally Harrison ( Actor )

... 1938

Smashing the Rackets

Leticia "Letty" Lane ( Actor )

... 1938

Letter of Introduction

Honey ( Actor )

... 1938

Man-Proof

Florence (dialogue scenes deleted) ( Actor )

... 1938

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Ellen Warfield ( Actor )

... 1937

London by Night

Patricia Herrick ( Actor )

... 1937