Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

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.

  • Title: Rita Johnson
  • Popularity: 3.004
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1913-08-13
  • Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Also Known As: Рита Джонсон, Rita Ann Johnson
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Rita Johnson Movies

  • 1938
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    Man-Proof

    Man-Proof

    4.8 1938 HD

    A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

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  • 1945
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    The Naughty Nineties

    The Naughty Nineties

    6.8 1945 HD

    In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating...

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  • 1947
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    They Won't Believe Me

    They Won't Believe Me

    6.6 1947 HD

    On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but...

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  • 1939
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    Within the Law

    Within the Law

    6 1939 HD

    A wrongly convicted woman studies law and seeks her revenge.

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  • 1940
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    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

    6.6 1940 HD

    In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New...

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  • 1939
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    Honolulu

    Honolulu

    6.1 1939 HD

    Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.

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  • 1941
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    Here Comes Mr. Jordan

    Here Comes Mr. Jordan

    6.937 1941 HD

    Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his...

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  • 1939
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    Nick Carter, Master Detective

    Nick Carter, Master Detective

    5.7 1939 HD

    Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.

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  • 1942
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    The Major and the Minor

    The Major and the Minor

    7 1942 HD

    Returning to her hometown from New York, Susan Applegate learns that she hasn't enough for the train fare and disguises herself as a twelve-year-old...

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  • 1943
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    My Friend Flicka

    My Friend Flicka

    6 1943 HD

    Ken McLaughlin is a precocious 10-year-old who lives with his family on a remote Wyoming ranch. When Ken returns home from school with failing...

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  • 1948
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    The Big Clock

    The Big Clock

    7.3 1948 HD

    Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned...

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  • 1940
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    Congo Maisie

    Congo Maisie

    4.2 1940 HD

    Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle...

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  • 1957
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    All Mine to Give

    All Mine to Give

    6.2 1957 HD

    This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850s. They work very hard and become...

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  • 1954
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    Susan Slept Here

    Susan Slept Here

    6.1 1954 HD

    On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant...

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  • 1945
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    Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

    Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

    6.7 1945 HD

    A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.

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  • 1948
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    Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love

    6.4 1948 HD

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

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  • 1948
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    Family Honeymoon

    Family Honeymoon

    5.7 1948 HD

    Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on...

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  • 1940
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    Forty Little Mothers

    Forty Little Mothers

    6.2 1940 HD

    An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an...

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  • 1950
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    The Second Face

    The Second Face

    6.8 1950 HD

    A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has...

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  • 1939
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    Broadway Serenade

    Broadway Serenade

    6.2 1939 HD

    A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer...

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  • 1940
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    The Golden Fleecing

    The Golden Fleecing

    5.3 1940 HD

    A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

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  • 1937
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    My Dear Miss Aldrich

    My Dear Miss Aldrich

    6.1 1937 HD

    A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.

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  • 1945
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    The Affairs of Susan

    The Affairs of Susan

    6.1 1945 HD

    Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different...

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  • 1939
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    Stronger Than Desire

    Stronger Than Desire

    5.8 1939 HD

    An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

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  • 1938
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    Smashing the Rackets

    Smashing the Rackets

    5.5 1938 HD

    Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office....

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  • 1938
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    The Girl Downstairs

    The Girl Downstairs

    4.5 1938 HD

    A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid...

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  • 1945
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    Pardon My Past

    Pardon My Past

    6 1945 HD

    Eddie York (MacMurray) is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.

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  • 1938
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    Rich Man, Poor Girl

    Rich Man, Poor Girl

    5.9 1938 HD

    A millionaire courts a working-class woman.

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  • 1939
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    They All Come Out

    They All Come Out

    5.6 1939 HD

    A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of...

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  • 1937
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    London by Night

    London by Night

    6 1937 HD

    A newspaperman, his canine companion, and an adventurous socialite investigate an umbrella-wielding murderer who is terrorizing a London neighborhood.

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  • 1948
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    An Innocent Affair

    An Innocent Affair

    4.7 1948 HD

    Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more...

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  • 1941
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    Appointment for Love

    Appointment for Love

    5.2 1941 HD

    Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her...

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  • 1938
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    Letter of Introduction

    Letter of Introduction

    5.9 1938 HD

    An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also...

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  • 1939
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    6,000 Enemies

    6,000 Enemies

    6 1939 HD

    A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

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  • 1956
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    Emergency Hospital

    Emergency Hospital

    6.5 1956 HD

    About the lives and loves of the staff of an emergency hospital as reflected in a single frenetic night of business-as-usual.

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  • 1947
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    The Perfect Marriage

    The Perfect Marriage

    4 1947 HD

    A couple celebrate their tenth anniversary by quarreling their way to divorce court.

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  • 1949
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    The Art Director

    The Art Director

    1 1949 HD

    A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors'...

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  • 1947
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    Michigan Kid

    Michigan Kid

    6 1947 HD

    A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.

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  • 1952
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    Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

    4.8 1952 HD

    Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry...

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