Rita Johnson
Age: N/A | From: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Рита Джонсон , Rita Ann Johnson
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Movie Involvements: 20
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Big Clock
(1948) Pauline York
Sleep, My Love
(1948) Barby
Thunderhead - Son of Flicka
(1945) Nelle McLaughlin
They Won't Believe Me
(1947) Greta Ballentine
Edison, the Man
(1940) Mary Stilwell
They All Come Out
(1939) Kitty
All Mine to Give
(1957) Katie Tyler
Emergency Hospital
(1956) Head Nurse Norma MullenActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Katie Tyler | |
| 1956 | Head Nurse Norma Mullen | |
| 1954 | Dr. Rawley | |
| N/A | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| 1950 | Claire Elwood | |
| 1949 | Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Minna Fenster | |
| Eve Lawrence | ||
| Pauline York | ||
| Barby | ||
| 1947 | Sue Dawson | |
| Greta Ballentine | ||
| Mabel Manning | ||
| 1945 | Mary Pemberton | |
| Mona Kent | ||
| Bonita Farrow | ||
| Nelle McLaughlin | ||
| 1943 | Nell McLaughlin | |
| 1942 | Pamela Hill | |
| 1941 | Nancy Benson | |
| Julia Farnsworth | ||
| 1940 | Mary Blake | |
| Mary Stilwell | ||
| Marian Edwards | ||
| Kay McWade | ||
| 1939 | Lou Farnsby | |
| Kitty | ||
| Barbara Winter | ||
| Anne Barry | ||
| Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell | ||
| Agnes Lynch | ||
| Cecelia Grayson | ||
| 1938 | Rosalind Brown | |
| Sally Harrison | ||
| Leticia "Letty" Lane | ||
| Honey | ||
| Florence (dialogue scenes deleted) | ||
| 1937 | Ellen Warfield | |
| Patricia Herrick | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
