Rita Johnson
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
All Mine to Give
Film • 1957
jako Katie Tyler
Emergency Hospital
Film • 1956
jako Head Nurse Norma Mullen
Mąż dla Susan
Film • 1954
jako Dr. Rawley
Mr. & Mrs. North
Serial • 1952
The Second Face
Film • 1950
jako Claire Elwood
The Art Director
Film • 1949
jako Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon
Film • 1948
jako Minna Fenster
An Innocent Affair
Film • 1948
jako Eve Lawrence
The Big Clock
Film • 1948
jako Pauline York
Sleep, My Love
Film • 1948
jako Barby
Michigan Kid
Film • 1947
jako Sue Dawson
They Won't Believe Me
Film • 1947
jako Greta Ballentine
The Perfect Marriage
Film • 1947
jako Mabel Manning
Pardon My Past
Film • 1945
jako Mary Pemberton
The Affairs of Susan
Film • 1945
jako Mona Kent
Abbott i Costello Szulerzy na Pokładzie
Film • 1945
jako Bonita Farrow
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Film • 1945
jako Nelle McLaughlin
My Friend Flicka
Film • 1943
jako Nell McLaughlin
The Major and the Minor
Film • 1942
jako Pamela Hill
Appointment for Love
Film • 1941
jako Nancy Benson
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Film • 1941
jako Julia Farnsworth
The Golden Fleecing
Film • 1940
jako Mary Blake
Edison, the Man
Film • 1940
jako Mary Stilwell
Forty Little Mothers
Film • 1940
jako Marian Edwards
Congo Maisie
Film • 1940
jako Kay McWade
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Film • 1939
jako Lou Farnsby
They All Come Out
Film • 1939
jako Kitty
Stronger Than Desire
Film • 1939
jako Barbara Winter
6,000 Enemies
Film • 1939
jako Anne Barry
Broadway Serenade
Film • 1939
jako Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
Within the Law
Film • 1939
jako Agnes Lynch
Honolulu
Film • 1939
jako Cecelia Grayson
The Girl Downstairs
Film • 1938
jako Rosalind Brown
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Film • 1938
jako Sally Harrison
Smashing the Rackets
Film • 1938
jako Leticia "Letty" Lane
Letter of Introduction
Film • 1938
jako Honey
Man-Proof
Film • 1938
jako Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Film • 1937
jako Ellen Warfield
London by Night
Film • 1937
jako Patricia Herrick