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Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

A former pianist and radio actress, Rita Johnson was on Broadway from 1935 and in films from 1937. An extraordinarily versatile performer, Johnson managed to play virtually every sort of role open to an actress of above-average beauty and intelligence in the 1940s. Portraying standard heroines in such films as Edison the Man (1940) and My Friend Flicka (1943), Johnson brought far more warmth and humanity to the parts than the scripts provided. She was equally as persuasive as haughty murderess Julia Farnsworth in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and as the hissable "other woman" in films like The Major and the Minor (1944). It is positively criminal that no Academy Award came Johnson's way for her astonishing portrayal of the born-to-be-killed wife of unscrupulous Robert Young in 1947's They Won't Believe Me. Johnson's film career came to a screeching halt after a 1948 accident that required delicate brain surgery; thereafter, her screen time was extremely limited, in keeping with her radically reduced mobility and powers of concentration. Fifty-three-year-old Rita Johnson died of a brain hemorhage in her Hollywood home in 1965. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Filmography of Rita Johnson:

Thunderhead, Son of Flicka with Roddy McDowall , Preston S. Foster , Ralph Sanford

My Friend Flicka with Roddy McDowall , Preston S. Foster , Jeff Corey

Here Comes Mr. Jordan with Robert Montgomery , Evelyn Keyes , Claude Rains , Edward Everett Horton , James Gleason , John Emery , Benny Rubin , Lloyd Bridges , William Forrest , John Ince

The Major and the Minor with Ginger Rogers , Ray Milland , Diana Lynn , Robert Benchley , Norma Varden , Frankie Thomas , Boyd Irwin , Stanley Andrews , Ethel Clayton , Edward Sr. Peil , Archie Twitchell , Will Wright , Mary Field , Tom Dugan

A Letter of Introduction with Adolphe Menjou , Andrea Leeds , Edgar Bergen , George Murphy , Ann Sheridan , Eve Arden , Don "Red" Barry , William "Wild Bill" Elliott , Dorothy Granger , Armand Kaliz , Alphonse Martell , Charlie the Dummy McCarthy , Esther Ralston , Kane Richmond , Rolfe Sedan , Charles Sherlock , Claire Whitney , Dick Winslow

The Big Clock with Ray Milland , Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Sullivan , George MacReady , Elsa Lanchester , Richard Webb , Lloyd Corrigan , Philip vanZandt , Bess Flowers , Edna M. Holland , Norman Leavitt , Bert Moorhouse , Frances Morris , Joey Ray , Ruth Roman , Bobby Watson , Charlie Hall

All Mine to Give with Glynis Johns , Cameron Mitchell , Patty McCormack , Ernest Truex , Hope Emerson , Alan Jr. Hale , Royal Dano , Reta Shaw , Ellen Corby

Rita Johnson Trivia

When was Rita Johnson born?

Rita Johnson date of birth: August 13, 1913

What role did Rita Johnson portray in Thunderhead, Son of Flicka?

Rita Johnson played Nelle in Thunderhead, Son of Flicka

Who did Rita Johnson portray in My Friend Flicka?

Rita Johnson was Nell in My Friend Flicka

What role did Rita Johnson play in Here Comes Mr. Jordan?

Rita Johnson played Julia Farnsworth in Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Who did Rita Johnson play in The Major and the Minor?

Rita Johnson was Pamela Hill in The Major and the Minor

Who did Rita Johnson portray in A Letter of Introduction?

Rita Johnson was Honey in A Letter of Introduction

Who did Rita Johnson play in The Big Clock?

Rita Johnson was Pauline York in The Big Clock

Who did Rita Johnson play in All Mine to Give?

Rita Johnson was Katie Tyler in All Mine to Give

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