1913-08-13 ( 111 years old ) in 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.
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Movies
All Mine to Give
1957-11-13
Emergency Hospital
1956-11-02
Susan Slept Here
1954-07-28
The Second Face
1950-12-01
The Art Director
1949-11-12
Family Honeymoon
1948-12-06
An Innocent Affair
1948-10-15
The Big Clock
1948-03-18
Sleep, My Love
1948-02-18
Michigan Kid
1947-08-11
They Won't Believe Me
1947-07-16
The Perfect Marriage
1947-01-24
Pardon My Past
1945-12-24
The Affairs of Susan
1945-07-08
The Naughty Nineties
1945-06-20
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945-03-15
My Friend Flicka
1943-05-26
The Major and the Minor
1942-09-16
Appointment for Love
1941-10-31
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941-08-07
The Golden Fleecing
1940-08-16
Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
Forty Little Mothers
1940-04-26
Congo Maisie
1940-01-19
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939-12-13
They All Come Out
1939-08-04
Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30
6,000 Enemies
1939-06-09
Broadway Serenade
1939-04-07
Within the Law
1939-03-17
Honolulu
1939-02-03
The Girl Downstairs
1938-12-23
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938-08-12
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05
Man-Proof
1938-01-07
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17
London by Night
1937-07-30
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