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name: "Rita Johnson"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 August 1913"
died: "31 October 1965"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Rita Johnson

Actor. Born 13 August 1913 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Died 31 October 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 August 1913, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 31 October 1965
- **Also known as:** Rita Ann Johnson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Johnson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1703957, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85358

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Here Comes Mr. Jordan*](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md) (77)

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## Biography

Rita Ann Johnson (13 August 1913 – 31 October 1965) was an American actress. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she began her career on Broadway in 1935 and entered films two years later after early work in radio, including the lead role in the serial Joyce Jordan, M.D.

She appeared in supporting roles in films such as Edison, the Man (1940), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) as Julia Farnsworth, The Major and the Minor (1942), They Won't Believe Me (1947) and The Big Clock (1948). Johnson was married twice, to Stanley Kahn (1940–1943) and Edwin Hutzler (1943–1946).

In 1948 she suffered a serious head injury that required brain surgery and interrupted her career; she continued in smaller film and television parts until the mid-1950s.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Fi1m 77, as Julia Farnsworth — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *All Mine to Give* (1957), as Katie Tyler
- *Emergency Hospital* (1956), as Head Nurse Norma Mullen
- *Susan Slept Here* (1954), as Dr. Rawley
- *Mr. & Mrs. North* (1952), series, Actor
- *The Second Face* (1950), as Claire Elwood
- *Family Honeymoon* (1948), as Minna Fenster
- *An Innocent Affair* (1948), as Eve Lawrence
- *The Big Clock* (1948), as Pauline York
- *Sleep, My Love* (1948), as Barby
- *Michigan Kid* (1947), as Sue Dawson
- *They Won't Believe Me* (1947), as Greta Ballentine
- *The Perfect Marriage* (1947), as Mabel Manning
- *Pardon My Past* (1945), as Mary Pemberton
- *The Affairs of Susan* (1945), as Mona Kent
- *The Naughty Nineties* (1945), as Bonita Farrow
- *Thunderhead: Son of Flicka* (1945), as Nelle McLaughlin
- *My Friend Flicka* (1943), as Nell McLaughlin
- *The Major and the Minor* (1942), as Pamela Hill
- *Appointment for Love* (1941), as Nancy Benson
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), as Julia Farnsworth — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)
- *The Golden Fleecing* (1940), as Mary Blake
- *Edison, the Man* (1940), as Mary Stilwell
- *Forty Little Mothers* (1940), as Marian Edwards
- *Congo Maisie* (1940), as Kay McWade
- *Nick Carter, Master Detective* (1939), as Lou Farnsby
- *They All Come Out* (1939), as Kitty
- *Stronger Than Desire* (1939), as Barbara Winter
- *6,000 Enemies* (1939), as Anne Barry
- *Broadway Serenade* (1939), as Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
- *Within the Law* (1939), as Agnes Lynch
- *Honolulu* (1939), as Cecelia Grayson
- *The Girl Downstairs* (1938), as Rosalind Brown
- *Rich Man, Poor Girl* (1938), as Sally Harrison
- *Smashing the Rackets* (1938), as Leticia "Letty" Lane
- *Letter of Introduction* (1938), as Honey
- *Man-Proof* (1938), as Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)
- *My Dear Miss Aldrich* (1937), as Ellen Warfield
- *London by Night* (1937), as Patricia Herrick

## Gallery

- ![Publicity photo of Rita Johnson for Argentinean Magazine. (Printed in USA) (1938)](https://film.one/media/person/1232247/gallery-1505034c25c8.jpg) Publicity photo of Rita Johnson for Argentinean Magazine. (Printed in USA) (1938) — produced by Universal pictures and supplied to "CINELANDIA" magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Rita_Johnson_Argentinean_Magazine_AD.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rita Johnson. M-G-M photo by Eric Carpenter](https://film.one/media/person/1232247/gallery-5d8de3829a71.jpg) Rita Johnson. M-G-M photo by Eric Carpenter — Photographer: Eric Carpenter (1909–1976), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Rita_Johnson._MGM_photo_by_Eric_Carpenter.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rita Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/1232247/gallery-3736b2eb91a8.jpg) Rita Johnson — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Stronger_Than_Desire_1939.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of Rita Johnson for Argentinean Magazine. (Printed in USA) (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/1232247/gallery-92981e06493f.jpg) Publicity photo of Rita Johnson for Argentinean Magazine. (Printed in USA) (1939) — produced by MGM and supplied to CINE MUNDIAL magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Rita_Johnson_Argentinean_Magazine_AD_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rita Johnson](https://film.one/media/person/1232247/gallery-d223dd755848.jpg) Rita Johnson — Image via TMDB
- ![Actress Rita Johnson shown at interview in Balboa Bay apartment (Newport Beach, California) where she is taking a rest after release from a hospital following m (1948)](https://film.one/media/person/1232247/gallery-094372dd2dc8.jpg) Actress Rita Johnson shown at interview in Balboa Bay apartment (Newport Beach, California) where she is taking a rest after release from a hospital following m (1948) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Rita_Johnson_during_interview_after_release_from_hospital.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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