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Rita Johnson

1913-08-13

The 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, 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.

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The Big Clock

7.3 average rating
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The Major and the Minor

7.012 average rating
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Sleep, My Love

6.385 average rating
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They Won't Believe Me

6.6 average rating
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan

6.937 average rating
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Edison, the Man

6.6 average rating
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The Naughty Nineties

6.8 average rating
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All Mine to Give

6.196 average rating
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My Friend Flicka

6 average rating
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The Golden Fleecing

5.3 average rating
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Susan Slept Here

6.1 average rating
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Congo Maisie

4.2 average rating
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Appointment for Love

5.2 average rating
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Nick Carter, Master Detective

5.7 average rating
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The Second Face

6.8 average rating
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Emergency Hospital

6.5 average rating
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6,000 Enemies

6 average rating
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Letter of Introduction

5.9 average rating
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London by Night

6 average rating
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Honolulu

6.1 average rating