Zita Johann
Acting
Biography
Zita Johann (born Elisabeth Johann) was a stage and screen actress best known for her dual role as Helen Grosvenor / Princess Ankhesenamón in the 1932 film The Mummy. Born in what is today part of Romania, Johann immigrated to the United States with her family in 1911.
Born: July 14, 1904
Place of Birth: Deutschbentschek (near Temesvar), Austria-Hungary (now Timişoara, Romania)
Known For
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (1932).
The Mummy
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
The Struggle
A young couple's marriage is jeopardized by the husband's descent into alcoholism.
Tiger Shark
A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
Luxury Liner
This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.
The Man Who Dared
An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933.
The Mummy's Hand
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb.
The Sin of Nora Moran
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
Grand Canary
Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.
Raiders of the Living Dead
In an abandoned prison, a doctor has revived executed convicts as the living dead. Teenager, Jonathan creates a laser gun from a videodisc player and pursues the walking dead, aided by his girlfriend and grandfather. Also tracking down the zombies is a tabloid reporter.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Librarian
as Princess Ananka (archive footage / uncredited)
as Suzan Tranter
as Nora Moran
as Teena Pavelic Novak
as Miss Morgan
as Helen Grosvenor / Princess Anck-es-en-Amon
as Quita Silva
as Florrie Wilson