Birth Day: 1913-08-13
Place of birth: Worcester, 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.
Credits
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As Katie Tyler -
As Head Nurse Norma Mullen -
As Dr. Rawley -
As Claire Elwood -
As Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Pauline York -
As Eve Lawrence -
As Minna Fenster -
As Barby -
As Sue Dawson -
As Greta Ballentine -
As Mabel Manning -
As Mary Pemberton -
As Nelle McLaughlin -
As Bonita Farrow -
As Mona Kent -
As Nell McLaughlin -
As Pamela Hill -
As Julia Farnsworth -
As Nancy Benson -
As Kay McWade -
As Marian Edwards -
As Mary Stilwell -
As Mary Blake -
As Anne Barry -
As Kitty -
As Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell -
As Barbara Winter -
As Lou Farnsby -
As Cecelia Grayson -
As Agnes Lynch -
As Sally Harrison -
As Rosalind Brown -
As Leticia "Letty" Lane -
As Honey -
As Florence (dialogue scenes deleted) -
As Patricia Herrick -
As Ellen Warfield