Janis Carter
Acting
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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Movies (32)
The Sergeant and the Spy1954Gizelle
The Half-Breed1952Helen Dowling
Flying Leathernecks1951Joan Kirby
My Forbidden Past1951Corinne Lucas
Santa Fe1951Judith Chandler
The Woman on Pier 131950Christine Norman
A Woman of Distinction1950Teddy Evans
And Baby Makes Three1949Wanda York
Miss Grant Takes Richmond1949Peggy Donato
Slightly French1949Louisa Gayle
I Love Trouble1948Mrs. Caprillo
Framed1947Paula Craig
Night Editor1946Jill Merrill
The Notorious Lone Wolf1946Carla Winter
One Way to Love1946Josie Hart
A Thousand and One Nights1945Harem Girl
The Fighting Guardsman1945Christine Roualt
The Power of the Whistler1945Jean Lang
The Missing Juror1944Alice Hill
One Mysterious Night1944Dorothy Anderson
The Mark of the Whistler1944Patricia Henley
The Girl in the Case1944Myra Warner
The Ghost That Walks Alone1944Enid Turner
Swing Out the Blues1943Dena Marshall
Lady of Burlesque1943Janine
That Other Woman1942Constance Powell
Thunder Birds1942Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Just Off Broadway1942Lillian Hubbard
I Married an Angel1942Sufi
Who Is Hope Schuyler?1942Vesta Hadden
Shows (3)
- The Elgin Hour1954
Lights Out1949
Suspense1949