Janis Carter

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Janis Carter

Acting October 10, 1913

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…

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Suspense

Suspense

5.1 1949 TV Show
Lights Out

Lights Out

6.0 1949 TV Show
Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks

5.8 1951 Movie
Lady of Burlesque

Lady of Burlesque

5.4 1943 Movie
Framed

Framed

6.5 1947 Movie
The Woman on Pier 13

The Woman on Pier 13

5.3 1950 Movie
Santa Fe

Santa Fe

6.8 1951 Movie
A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights

6.1 1945 Movie
I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble

6.5 1948 Movie
Night Editor

Night Editor

5.5 1946 Movie
The Power of the Whistler

The Power of the Whistler

5.9 1945 Movie
The Mark of the Whistler

The Mark of the Whistler

6.2 1944 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1954
    The Elgin Hour

    TV show

  2. 1954
    The Sergeant and the Spy

    Movie Gizelle

  3. 1952
    The Half-Breed

    Movie Helen Dowling

  4. 1951
    Flying Leathernecks

    Movie Joan Kirby

  5. 1951
    My Forbidden Past

    Movie Corinne Lucas

  6. 1951
    Santa Fe

    Movie Judith Chandler

  7. 1950
    The Woman on Pier 13

    Movie Christine Norman

  8. 1950
    A Woman of Distinction

    Movie Teddy Evans

  9. 1949
    And Baby Makes Three

    Movie Wanda York

  10. 1949
    Miss Grant Takes Richmond

    Movie Peggy Donato

  11. 1949
    Lights Out

    TV show

  12. 1949
    Slightly French

    Movie Louisa Gayle

  13. 1949
    Suspense

    TV show

  14. 1948
    I Love Trouble

    Movie Mrs. Caprillo

  15. 1947
    Framed

    Movie Paula Craig

  16. 1946
    Night Editor

    Movie Jill Merrill

More credits
  1. 1946
    The Notorious Lone Wolf

    Movie Carla Winter

  2. 1946
    One Way to Love

    Movie Josie Hart

  3. 1945
    A Thousand and One Nights

    Movie Harem Girl

  4. 1945
    The Fighting Guardsman

    Movie Christine Roualt

  5. 1945
    The Power of the Whistler

    Movie Jean Lang

  6. 1944
    The Missing Juror

    Movie Alice Hill

  7. 1944
    One Mysterious Night

    Movie Dorothy Anderson

  8. 1944
    The Mark of the Whistler

    Movie Patricia Henley

  9. 1944
    The Girl in the Case

    Movie Myra Warner

  10. 1944
    The Ghost That Walks Alone

    Movie Enid Turner

  11. 1943
    Swing Out the Blues

    Movie Dena Marshall

  12. 1943
    Lady of Burlesque

    Movie Janine

  13. 1942
    That Other Woman

    Movie Constance Powell

  14. 1942
    Thunder Birds

    Movie Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee

  15. 1942
    Just Off Broadway

    Movie Lillian Hubbard

  16. 1942
    I Married an Angel

    Movie Sufi

  17. 1942
    Who Is Hope Schuyler?

    Movie Vesta Hadden

  18. 1942
    Secret Agent of Japan

    Movie Doris Poole

  19. 1941
    Cadet Girl

    Movie Mary Moore