Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1913-08-13
- Day of Death1965-10-31 (52 years)
- Place of BirthWorcester, Massachusetts, USA
- Also Known AsРита ДжонсонRita Ann Johnson
Rita Johnson
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1957
All Mine to Give
As: Katie Tyler
- 1956
Emergency Hospital
As: Head Nurse Norma Mullen
- 1954
Susan Slept Here
As: Dr. Rawley
- 1950
The Second Face
As: Claire Elwood
- 1948
Family Honeymoon
As: Minna Fenster
- 1948
An Innocent Affair
As: Eve Lawrence
- 1948
The Big Clock
As: Pauline York
- 1948
Sleep, My Love
As: Barby
- 1947
Michigan Kid
As: Sue Dawson
- 1947
They Won't Believe Me
As: Greta Ballentine
- 1947
The Perfect Marriage
As: Mabel Manning
- 1945
Pardon My Past
As: Mary Pemberton
- 1945
The Affairs of Susan
As: Mona Kent
- 1945
The Naughty Nineties
As: Bonita Farrow
- 1945
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
As: Nelle McLaughlin
- 1943
My Friend Flicka
As: Nell McLaughlin
- 1942
The Major and the Minor
As: Pamela Hill
- 1941
Appointment for Love
As: Nancy Benson
- 1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
As: Julia Farnsworth
- 1940
The Golden Fleecing
As: Mary Blake
- 1940
Edison, the Man
As: Mary Stilwell
- 1940
Forty Little Mothers
As: Marian Edwards
- 1940
Congo Maisie
As: Kay McWade
- 1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective
As: Lou Farnsby
- 1939
They All Come Out
As: Kitty
- 1939
Stronger Than Desire
As: Barbara Winter
- 1939
6,000 Enemies
As: Anne Barry
- 1939
Broadway Serenade
As: Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
- 1939
Within the Law
As: Agnes Lynch
- 1939
Honolulu
As: Cecelia Grayson
- 1938
The Girl Downstairs
As: Rosalind Brown
- 1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl
As: Sally Harrison
- 1938
Smashing the Rackets
As: Leticia "Letty" Lane
- 1938
Letter of Introduction
As: Honey
- 1938
Man-Proof
As: Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
- 1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
As: Ellen Warfield
- 1937
London by Night
As: Patricia Herrick