Rita Johnson
Birthday
1913/08/13
Day of death
1965/10/31 (52 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
Рита Джонсон, 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 promulgate...Read more
Acting
(1938) Man-Proof
as Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
(1945) The Naughty Nineties
as Bonita Farrow
(1947) They Won't Believe Me
as Greta Ballentine
(1939) Within the Law
as Agnes Lynch
(1940) Edison, the Man
as Mary Stilwell
(1939) Honolulu
as Cecelia Grayson
(1941) Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Julia Farnsworth
(1939) Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Lou Farnsby
(1942) The Major and the Minor
as Pamela Hill
(1943) My Friend Flicka
as Nell McLaughlin
(1948) The Big Clock
as Pauline York
(1940) Congo Maisie
as Kay McWade
(1957) All Mine to Give
as Katie Tyler
(1954) Susan Slept Here
as Dr. Rawley
(1945) Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Nelle McLaughlin
(1948) Sleep, My Love
as Barby
(1948) Family Honeymoon
as Minna Fenster
(1940) Forty Little Mothers
as Marian Edwards
(1950) The Second Face
as Claire Elwood
(1939) Broadway Serenade
as Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Mary Blake
(1937) My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Ellen Warfield
(1945) The Affairs of Susan
as Mona Kent
(1939) Stronger Than Desire
as Barbara Winter
(1938) Smashing the Rackets
as Leticia "Letty" Lane
(1938) The Girl Downstairs
as Rosalind Brown
(1945) Pardon My Past
as Mary Pemberton
(1938) Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Sally Harrison
(1939) They All Come Out
as Kitty
(1937) London by Night
as Patricia Herrick
(1948) An Innocent Affair
as Eve Lawrence
(1941) Appointment for Love
as Nancy Benson
(1938) Letter of Introduction
as Honey
(1939) 6,000 Enemies
as Anne Barry
(1956) Emergency Hospital
as Head Nurse Norma Mullen
(1947) The Perfect Marriage
as Mabel Manning
(1949) The Art Director
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1947) Michigan Kid
as Sue Dawson
(1952) Mr. & Mrs. North
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