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Rita Johnson

Actor • Born 1913

Rita Johnson

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About

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...

Known for

Mr. & Mrs. North posterMr. & Mrs. NorthSeries • 1952Here Comes Mr. Jordan posterHere Comes Mr. JordanMovie • 1941The Major and the Minor posterThe Major and the MinorMovie • 1942They Won't Believe Me posterThey Won't Believe MeMovie • 1947Susan Slept Here posterSusan Slept HereMovie • 1954All Mine to Give posterAll Mine to GiveMovie • 1957The Big Clock posterThe Big ClockMovie • 1948Sleep, My Love posterSleep, My LoveMovie • 1948Edison, the Man posterEdison, the ManMovie • 1940My Friend Flicka posterMy Friend FlickaMovie • 1943The Naughty Nineties posterThe Naughty NinetiesMovie • 1945