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Zita Johann (born Elisabeth Johann; 14 July 1904 – 24 September 1993) was an Austrian-American actress. She is known for her role in Karl Freund's film The Mummy (1932) starring Boris Karloff.

Zita Johann
Johann in The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Born	Elisabeth Johann (1904-07-14)14 July 1904 Deutschbentschek (near Temesvar), Austria-Hungary
Died	24 September 1993(1993-09-24) (aged 89) Nyack, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1924–1993
Spouses	John Houseman ​ ​ (m. 1929; div. 1933)​ John McCormick Bernard E. Shedd[1]
Partner	John Huston

Life and career

A German-speaking Banat Swabian, Zita Johann was born Elisabeth Johann in the village of Deutschbentschek (near Timișoara), Austria-Hungary. The village is now part of Romania. Her father, a hussar officer named Stefan Johann, emigrated with his family to the United States in 1911.[2]

She debuted on Broadway in 1924 and made her first film appearance in D.W. Griffith's 1931 film The Struggle. After seven films, she quit to work in theater, collaborating with John Houseman, to whom she was married from 1929 to 1933, and with Orson Welles. She also taught acting to people with learning disorders.

She made her last film appearance in the 1986 horror film Raiders of the Living Dead.

Johann married three times. In 1962, she was a guest artist at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack, New York, where she directed Don Juan In Hell.

She died in 1993 at age 89 in Nyack, NY. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered on a family farm in upstate New York.

Theatre credits

Date	Title	Role	Notes
April 14 – June 1924	Man and the Masses	First Woman Prisoner	Garrick Theatre, New York[3]
November 24, 1924 – January 1925	Dawn	Judith	Sam H. Harris Theatre, New York[3]
June 18 – November 29, 1925	Grand Street Follies	Performer	Neighborhood Playhouse, New York[3]
January 25 – March 1926	The Goat Song	Kruna	Guild Theatre, New York[3]
September 7 – November 24, 1928	Machinal	A Young Woman	Plymouth Theatre, New York[3]
April 1 – April 1930	Troyka	Natascha	Hudson Theatre, New York[3]
September 22 – October 1930	Uncle Vanya	Sofya Alexandrovna	Booth Theatre, New York[3]
January 13 – July 1931	Tomorrow and Tomorrow	Eve Redman	Henry Miller's Theatre, New York[3]
March 14–16, 1935	Panic	Ione	Imperial Theatre, New York[3][4]: 159
May 27 – June 1935	Seven Keys to Baldpate	Mary Norton	National Theatre, New York[3]
March 1–2, 1940	The Burning Deck	Nina Brandt	Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York[3]
June 23 – July 1942	Broken Journey	Rachel Thatcher Arlen	Henry Miller's Theatre, New York[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1931	The Struggle	Florrie Wilson	[5]
1932	Tiger Shark	Quita Silva	[5]
	The Mummy	Helen Grosvenor	[6]
1933	Luxury Liner	Miss Morgan	[6]
	The Man Who Dared	Teena Pavelic	[6]
	The Sin of Nora Moran	Nora Moran	[6]
1934	Grand Canary	Suzan Tranter	[6]
1986	Raiders of the Living Dead		[5]
1993	D. W. Griffith: Father of Film	On-screen participant	[5]

References

External links

• Zita Johann at IMDb
• Zita Johann at Find a Grave
• Zita Johann papers, 1924-1954, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• Zita Johann Photo Gallery at ScienceMonster.Net
• Zita Johann biography
• Zita Johann on the Deutschbenschek website
• Zita Johann photo site

На других языках

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[de] Zita Johann

Zita Johann (* 14. Juli 1904 in Temesvár, Königreich Ungarn, Österreich-Ungarn; † 20. September 1993 in Nyack, New York) war eine ungarisch-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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