Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson
Born	Rita McSean August 13, 1912(1912-08-13) Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died	October 31, 1965(1965-10-31) (aged 52) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California
Years active	1937–1957
Spouse	Stanley Kahn (1940-1943) Edwin Hutzler (1943-1946)

Rita Johnson (August 13, 1912 – October 31, 1965) was an American actress.

Career

She was born Rita McSean in Worcester, Massachusetts and attended the New England Conservatory of Music. Johnson began acting on Broadway in 1935 and started her film career two years later. She played a murderess in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and a doomed wife in the RKO film noir They Won't Believe Me (1947).

Her film career came almost to a complete stop after a 1948 accident (a hair dryer fell on her head) that required delicate brain surgery. Her screen time in movies after that was limited due to her reduced mobility and powers of concentration. She also suffered from alcoholism from the time of her injuries until her death of a brain hemorrhage on October 31, 1965.

Selected filmography

• Letter of Introduction (1938)
• Honolulu (1939)
• Broadway Serenade (1939)
• Congo Maisie (1940)
• Edison, the Man (1940)
• Forty Little Mothers (1940)
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
• Appointment for Love (1941)
• The Major and the Minor (1942)
• My Friend Flicka (1943)
• Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945)
• The Affairs of Susan (1945)
• The Naughty Nineties (1945)
• Pardon My Past (1945)
• They Won't Believe Me (1947)
• Sleep, My Love (1948)
• The Big Clock (1948)
• Family Honeymoon (1949)
• Susan Slept Here (1954)
• All Mine to Give (1957)

External links

• Rita Johnson at the Internet Movie Database
• Rita Johnson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Rita Johnson at AllRovi
• Rita Johnson at Find a Grave