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