Zita Johann

Zita Johann

Born: July 14, 1904
Died: September 24, 1993
in Deutschbentschek (near Temesvar), Austria-Hungary (now Timişoara, Romania)
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.

Movies for Zita Johann...

The Mysterious Life of Zita Johann
Title: The Mysterious Life of Zita Johann
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 28, 2020
Type: Movie
Profile of the actress Zita Johann
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Title: Bones
Character: Helen Grosvenor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Title: Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 29, 2000
Type: Movie
Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (1932).
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Raiders of the Living Dead
Title: Raiders of the Living Dead
Character: Librarian
Released: March 9, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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The Mummy's Hand
Title: The Mummy's Hand
Character: Princess Ananka (archive footage / uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1940
Type: Movie
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.
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Grand Canary
Title: Grand Canary
Character: Suzan Tranter
Released: July 20, 1934
Type: Movie
Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.
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The Sin of Nora Moran
Title: The Sin of Nora Moran
Character: Nora Moran
Released: December 13, 1933
Type: Movie
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.
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The Man Who Dared
Title: The Man Who Dared
Character: Teena Pavelic Novak
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
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.
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Luxury Liner
Title: Luxury Liner
Character: Miss Morgan
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.
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The Mummy
Title: The Mummy
Character: Helen Grosvenor / Princess Anck-es-en-Amon
Released: December 22, 1932
Type: Movie
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
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Tiger Shark
Title: Tiger Shark
Character: Quita Silva
Released: September 24, 1932
Type: Movie
A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
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The Struggle
Title: The Struggle
Character: Florrie
Released: December 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A young couple's marriage is jeopardized by the husband's descent into alcoholism.