Rita Johnson

Known for ActingBorn 1913-08-13Died 1965-10-31Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Michigan Kid

Emergency Hospital

The Big Clock

The Major and the Minor

The Second Face

The Art Director

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Edison, the Man

Pardon My Past

The Naughty Nineties

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

Smashing the Rackets

They Won't Believe Me

Broadway Serenade

All Mine to Give

Forty Little Mothers

The Affairs of Susan

Within the Law

Honolulu

Sleep, My Love

Family Honeymoon

Susan Slept Here

My Dear Miss Aldrich

6,000 Enemies

London by Night

Rich Man, Poor Girl

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Letter of Introduction

My Friend Flicka

They All Come Out

The Golden Fleecing

Appointment for Love

The Perfect Marriage

Stronger Than Desire

Mr. & Mrs. North

Man-Proof

An Innocent Affair

The Girl Downstairs

Congo Maisie