Zita Johann

Active - 1931 - 2023  |   Born - Jul 14, 1904   |   Died - Sep 24, 1993   |   Genres - Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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At age seven she moved to the U.S.; in high school she began to act in school plays. In 1924 she debuted on Broadway in a Theater Guild production, and over the next several years established herself as a prominent leading lady onstage. She debuted onscreen in D.W. Griffith's last film, The Struggle (1931); between then and 1934 she starred in several other films, then her lack of good screen roles prompted her to quit Hollywood for a return to Broadway. In 1989 she appeared as a librarian in the film Raiders of the Living Dead. She married and divorced producer-actor John Houseman.

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