
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.
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Emergency Hospital
1956 · as Head Nurse Norma Mullen

Sleep, My Love
1948 · as Barby

Family Honeymoon
1948 · as Minna Fenster

The Big Clock
1948 · as Pauline York

The Major and the Minor
1942 · as Pamela Hill

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1941 · as Julia Farnsworth

Susan Slept Here
1954 · as Dr. Rawley

Edison, the Man
1940 · as Mary Stilwell

The Naughty Nineties
1945 · as Bonita Farrow

All Mine to Give
1957 · as Katie Tyler

They All Come Out
1939 · as Kitty

Appointment for Love
1941 · as Nancy Benson

My Friend Flicka
1943 · as Nell McLaughlin

Within the Law
1939 · as Agnes Lynch

They Won't Believe Me
1947 · as Greta Ballentine

Pardon My Past
1945 · as Mary Pemberton

An Innocent Affair
1948 · as Eve Lawrence

The Girl Downstairs
1938 · as Rosalind Brown