Janis Carter
Acting • Born 1913-10-10 – Died 1994-07-30
Biography
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 credits
Night Editor
Movie • 1946
Jill Merrill
The Missing Juror
Movie • 1944
Alice Hill
The Woman on Pier 13
Movie • 1950
Christine Norman
Framed
Movie • 1947
Paula Craig
The Power of the Whistler
Movie • 1945
Jean Lang
The Mark of the Whistler
Movie • 1944
Patricia Henley
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Movie • 1949
Peggy Donato
I Love Trouble
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy
Flying Leathernecks
Movie • 1951
Joan Kirby
One Mysterious Night
Movie • 1944
Dorothy Anderson
Lady of Burlesque
Movie • 1943
Janine
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Movie • 1946
Carla Winter
My Forbidden Past
Movie • 1951
Corinne Lucas
Just Off Broadway
Movie • 1942
Lillian Hubbard
A Woman of Distinction
Movie • 1950
Teddy Evans
Santa Fe
Movie • 1951
Judith Chandler
And Baby Makes Three
Movie • 1949
Wanda York
The Half-Breed
Movie • 1952
Helen Dowling
Slightly French
Movie • 1949
Louisa Gayle
That Other Woman
Movie • 1942
Constance Powell
One Way to Love
Movie • 1946
Josie Hart
Secret Agent of Japan
Movie • 1942
Doris Poole
The Fighting Guardsman
Movie • 1945
Christine Roualt
I Married an Angel
Movie • 1942
Sufi
Thunder Birds
Movie • 1942
Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Swing Out the Blues
Movie • 1943
Dena Marshall
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Movie • 1944
Enid Turner
The Girl in the Case
Movie • 1944
Myra Warner
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Movie • 1942
Vesta Hadden
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie • 1945
Harem Girl
Cadet Girl
Movie • 1941
Mary Moore
The Sergeant and the Spy
Movie • 1954
Gizelle
Suspense
TV • 1949
Lights Out
TV • 1949
The Elgin Hour
TV • 1954