Janis Carter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 10, 1913
- Died
- July 30, 1994 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
Janis Carter (October 10, 1913 — July 30, 1994) was a film and television actress working in the 1940s and 1950s. After attending Mather College in Cleveland, Ohio, Carter headed to New York in an attempt to start an opera career. Although unsuccessful in opera, she was working on Broadway where she was spotted on stage by Darryl F. Zanuck who signed her to a movie deal. Carter, after moving to Hollywood, appeared in over 30 films beginning in 1941 for 20th Century Fox, MGM, Columbia, and RKO. She appeared in the films Night Editor (1946) and Framed (1947) with Glenn Ford and the Flying Leathernecks (1951) with John Wayne. After leaving Los Angeles, Carter returned to New York and found work in television in comedies, dramas, and as hostess for the quiz show Feather Your Nest, opposite Bud Collyer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janis Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Sergeant and the Spy
Movie · as Gizelle
The Elgin Hour
TV · 1 ep
The Half-Breed
Movie · as Helen Dowling
Flying Leathernecks
Movie · as Joan Kirby
My Forbidden Past
Movie · as Corinne Lucas
Santa Fe
Movie · as Judith Chandler
The Woman on Pier 13
Movie · as Christine Norman
A Woman of Distinction
Movie · as Teddy Evans
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie · as Peggy Donato
And Baby Makes Three
Movie · as Wanda York
Slightly French
Movie · as Louisa Gayle
Suspense
TV · 1 ep
Lights Out
TV · 1 ep
I Love Trouble
Movie · as Mrs. Caprillo
Framed
Movie · as Paula Craig
Night Editor
Movie · as Jill Merrill
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Movie · as Carla Winter
One Way to Love
Movie · as Josie Hart
The Power of the Whistler
Movie · as Jean Lang
The Fighting Guardsman
Movie · as Christine Roualt
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie · as Harem Girl
The Missing Juror
Movie · as Alice Hill
The Mark of the Whistler
Movie · as Patricia Henley
One Mysterious Night
Movie · as Dorothy Anderson
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Movie · as Enid Turner
The Girl in the Case
Movie · as Myra Warner
Lady of Burlesque
Movie · as Janine
Swing Out the Blues
Movie · as Dena Marshall
Just Off Broadway
Movie · as Lillian Hubbard
That Other Woman
Movie · as Constance Powell
Secret Agent of Japan
Movie · as Doris Poole
I Married an Angel
Movie · as Sufi
Thunder Birds
Movie · as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Movie · as Vesta Hadden
Cadet Girl
Movie · as Mary Moore