Rita Johnson

Personal Info

Birthday

August 13, 1913

Day of Death

1965-10-31

(52 years old)

Place of Birth

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Рита Джонсон

Rita 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).

Known For

The Golden Fleecing

The Major and the Minor

The Big Clock

Sleep, My Love

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

My Friend Flicka

All Mine to Give

The Perfect Marriage

Filmography

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
1949
The Art Director
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1948
Family Honeymoon
as Minna Fenster
An Innocent Affair
as Eve Lawrence
The Big Clock
as Pauline York
Sleep, My Love
as Barby
1947
Michigan Kid
as Sue Dawson
They Won't Believe Me
as Greta Ballentine
The Perfect Marriage
as Mabel Manning
1945
Pardon My Past
as Mary Pemberton
The Affairs of Susan
as Mona Kent
The Naughty Nineties
as Bonita Farrow
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
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Julia Farnsworth
1940
The Golden Fleecing
as Mary Blake
Edison, the Man
as Mary Stilwell
Forty Little Mothers
as Marian Edwards
Congo Maisie
as Kay McWade
1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Lou Farnsby
They All Come Out
as Kitty
Stronger Than Desire
as Barbara Winter
6,000 Enemies
as Anne Barry
Broadway Serenade
as Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
Within the Law
as Agnes Lynch
Honolulu
as Cecelia Grayson
1938
The Girl Downstairs
as Rosalind Brown
Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Sally Harrison
Smashing the Rackets
as Leticia "Letty" Lane
Letter of Introduction
as Honey
Man-Proof
as Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Ellen Warfield
London by Night
as Patricia Herrick