Janis Carter
Actor
- Born
- October 10, 1913 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- July 30, 1994 (age 80)
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.
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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.
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Known for
Flying Leathernecks
August 28, 1951
Lady of Burlesque
May 1, 1943
Framed
May 25, 1947
The Woman on Pier 13
June 15, 1950
Santa Fe
April 1, 1951
Night Editor
March 29, 1946
I Love Trouble
January 15, 1948
My Forbidden Past
April 25, 1951
The Power of the Whistler
April 19, 1945
A Thousand and One Nights
July 20, 1945
The Mark of the Whistler
October 9, 1944
One Mysterious Night
October 21, 1944
Acting32
- 1954The Sergeant and the Spy as Gizelle
- 1952The Half-Breed as Helen Dowling
- 1951Flying Leathernecks as Joan Kirby
- 1951My Forbidden Past as Corinne Lucas
- 1951Santa Fe as Judith Chandler
- 1950The Woman on Pier 13 as Christine Norman
- 1950A Woman of Distinction as Teddy Evans
- 1949And Baby Makes Three as Wanda York
- 1949Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Peggy Donato
- 1949Slightly French