Personal Info
Rita Ann Johnson
Rita Johnson
Acting
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
Filmography
Movies
All Mine to Give
as Katie Tyler
Emergency Hospital
as Head Nurse Norma Mullen
Susan Slept Here
as Dr. Rawley
The Second Face
as Claire Elwood
The Art Director
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Clock
as Pauline York
Sleep, My Love
as Barby
An Innocent Affair
as Eve Lawrence
Family Honeymoon
as Minna Fenster
They Won't Believe Me
as Greta Ballentine
