- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 10, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- July 30, 1994
Janis Carter
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, fu…
Filmography
The Elgin Hour
tvThe Elgin Hour
1954
movieThe Sergeant and the Spy
1954 · Gizelle
movieThe Half-Breed
1952 · Helen Dowling
movieFlying Leathernecks
1951 · Joan Kirby
movieMy Forbidden Past
1951 · Corinne Lucas
movieSanta Fe
1951 · Judith Chandler
movieThe Woman on Pier 13
1950 · Christine Norman
movieA Woman of Distinction
1950 · Teddy Evans
movieAnd Baby Makes Three
1949 · Wanda York
movieMiss Grant Takes Richmond
1949 · Peggy Donato
tvLights Out
1949
movieSlightly French
1949 · Louisa Gayle
tvSuspense
1949
movieI Love Trouble
1948 · Mrs. Caprillo
movieFramed
1947 · Paula Craig
movieNight Editor
1946 · Jill Merrill
movieThe Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 · Carla Winter
movieOne Way to Love
1946 · Josie Hart
movieA Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Harem Girl
movieThe Fighting Guardsman
1945 · Christine Roualt
movieThe Power of the Whistler
1945 · Jean Lang
movieThe Missing Juror
1944 · Alice Hill
movieOne Mysterious Night
1944 · Dorothy Anderson
movieThe Mark of the Whistler
1944 · Patricia Henley
movieThe Girl in the Case
1944 · Myra Warner
movieThe Ghost That Walks Alone
1944 · Enid Turner
movieSwing Out the Blues
1943 · Dena Marshall
movieLady of Burlesque
1943 · Janine
movieThat Other Woman
1942 · Constance Powell
movieThunder Birds
1942 · Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
movieJust Off Broadway
1942 · Lillian Hubbard
movieI Married an Angel
1942 · Sufi
movieWho Is Hope Schuyler?
1942 · Vesta Hadden
movieSecret Agent of Japan
1942 · Doris Poole
movieCadet Girl
1941 · Mary Moore