Rita Johnson
Acting
Born August 13, 1913 · Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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,…
Known For · 39 titles
Mr. & Mrs. North
Emergency Hospital
Sleep, My Love
Susan Slept Here
The Big Clock
Pardon My Past
They Won't Believe Me
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
My Friend Flicka
Family Honeymoon
The Major and the Minor
The Naughty Nineties
The Girl Downstairs
Appointment for Love
Letter of Introduction
Broadway Serenade
Edison, the Man
They All Come Out
The Affairs of Susan
The Perfect Marriage
Honolulu
All Mine to Give
An Innocent Affair
Stronger Than Desire
Within the Law
Smashing the Rackets
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Congo Maisie
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Nick Carter, Master Detective
The Golden Fleecing
London by Night
Man-Proof
6,000 Enemies
Forty Little Mothers
The Art Director
Michigan Kid
The Second Face