Janis Carter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 10, 1913
- Died
- July 30, 1994
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
The Sergeant and the Spy 1954
as Gizelle
The Half-Breed 1952
as Helen Dowling
Flying Leathernecks 1951
as Joan Kirby
My Forbidden Past 1951
as Corinne Lucas
Santa Fe 1951
as Judith Chandler
The Woman on Pier 13 1950
as Christine Norman
A Woman of Distinction 1950
as Teddy Evans
And Baby Makes Three 1949
as Wanda York
Miss Grant Takes Richmond 1949
as Peggy Donato
Slightly French 1949
as Louisa Gayle
I Love Trouble 1948
as Mrs. Caprillo
Framed 1947
as Paula Craig
Night Editor 1946
as Jill Merrill
The Notorious Lone Wolf 1946
as Carla Winter
One Way to Love 1946
as Josie Hart
A Thousand and One Nights 1945
as Harem Girl
The Fighting Guardsman 1945
as Christine Roualt
The Power of the Whistler 1945
as Jean Lang
The Missing Juror 1944
as Alice Hill
One Mysterious Night 1944
as Dorothy Anderson
The Mark of the Whistler 1944
as Patricia Henley
The Girl in the Case 1944
as Myra Warner
The Ghost That Walks Alone 1944
as Enid Turner
Swing Out the Blues 1943
as Dena Marshall
Lady of Burlesque 1943
as Janine
That Other Woman 1942
as Constance Powell
Thunder Birds 1942
as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Just Off Broadway 1942
as Lillian Hubbard
I Married an Angel 1942
as Sufi
Who Is Hope Schuyler? 1942
as Vesta Hadden
Secret Agent of Japan 1942
as Doris Poole
Cadet Girl 1941
as Mary Moore
Credits from TMDB.