Janis Carter

Janis Carter

10/10/1913 – 7/30/1994Cleveland, 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 (35 titles)

7.0Show

The Elgin Hour

1954

The Sergeant and the Spy8.0Movie

The Sergeant and the Spy

Gizelle · 1954

The Half-Breed7.0Movie

The Half-Breed

Helen Dowling · 1952

Flying Leathernecks5.9Movie

Flying Leathernecks

Joan Kirby · 1951

My Forbidden Past5.5Movie

My Forbidden Past

Corinne Lucas · 1951

Santa Fe6.8Movie

Santa Fe

Judith Chandler · 1951

The Woman on Pier 135.3Movie

The Woman on Pier 13

Christine Norman · 1950

A Woman of Distinction7.0Movie

A Woman of Distinction

Teddy Evans · 1950

And Baby Makes Three5.1Movie

And Baby Makes Three

Wanda York · 1949

Miss Grant Takes Richmond5.2Movie

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Peggy Donato · 1949

Lights Out6.0Show

Lights Out

1949

Slightly French7.5Movie

Slightly French

Louisa Gayle · 1949

Suspense5.1Show

Suspense

1949

I Love Trouble6.5Movie

I Love Trouble

Mrs. Caprillo · 1948

Framed6.5Movie

Framed

Paula Craig · 1947

Night Editor5.5Movie

Night Editor

Jill Merrill · 1946

The Notorious Lone Wolf6.0Movie

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Carla Winter · 1946

One Way to Love7.0Movie

One Way to Love

Josie Hart · 1946

A Thousand and One Nights6.1Movie

A Thousand and One Nights

Harem Girl · 1945

The Fighting Guardsman8.5Movie

The Fighting Guardsman

Christine Roualt · 1945

The Power of the Whistler5.9Movie

The Power of the Whistler

Jean Lang · 1945

The Missing Juror6.3Movie

The Missing Juror

Alice Hill · 1944

One Mysterious Night6.2Movie

One Mysterious Night

Dorothy Anderson · 1944

The Mark of the Whistler6.2Movie

The Mark of the Whistler

Patricia Henley · 1944

The Girl in the Case6.6Movie

The Girl in the Case

Myra Warner · 1944

The Ghost That Walks Alone4.8Movie

The Ghost That Walks Alone

Enid Turner · 1944

Swing Out the Blues4.8Movie

Swing Out the Blues

Dena Marshall · 1943

Lady of Burlesque5.4Movie

Lady of Burlesque

Janine · 1943

That Other Woman6.7Movie

That Other Woman

Constance Powell · 1942

Thunder Birds6.0Movie

Thunder Birds

Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee · 1942