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Janis Carter
Actor

Janis Carter

10 Oct 1913Born
30 Jul 1994Died
80Age at death
35Credits

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.

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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

Filmography

  1. 1954The Elgin HourSeries (1 episode)
  2. 1954The Sergeant and the SpyFilm: Gizelle
  3. 1952The Half-BreedFilm: Helen Dowling
  4. 1951Flying LeathernecksFilm: Joan Kirby
  5. 1951My Forbidden PastFilm: Corinne Lucas
  6. 1951Santa FeFilm: Judith Chandler
  7. 1950The Woman on Pier 13Film: Christine Norman
  8. 1950A Woman of DistinctionFilm: Teddy Evans
  9. 1949And Baby Makes ThreeFilm: Wanda York
  10. 1949Miss Grant Takes RichmondFilm: Peggy Donato
  11. 1949Lights OutSeries (1 episode)
  12. 1949Slightly FrenchFilm: Louisa Gayle
  13. 1949SuspenseSeries (1 episode)
  14. 1948I Love TroubleFilm: Mrs. Caprillo
  15. 1947FramedFilm: Paula Craig
  16. 1946Night EditorFilm: Jill Merrill
  17. 1946The Notorious Lone WolfFilm: Carla Winter
  18. 1946One Way to LoveFilm: Josie Hart
  19. 1945A Thousand and One NightsFilm: Harem Girl
  20. 1945The Fighting GuardsmanFilm: Christine Roualt
  21. 1945The Power of the WhistlerFilm: Jean Lang
  22. 1944The Missing JurorFilm: Alice Hill
  23. 1944One Mysterious NightFilm: Dorothy Anderson
  24. 1944The Mark of the WhistlerFilm: Patricia Henley
  25. 1944The Girl in the CaseFilm: Myra Warner
  26. 1944The Ghost That Walks AloneFilm: Enid Turner
  27. 1943Swing Out the BluesFilm: Dena Marshall
  28. 1943Lady of BurlesqueFilm: Janine
  29. 1942That Other WomanFilm: Constance Powell
  30. 1942Thunder BirdsFilm: Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
  31. 1942Just Off BroadwayFilm: Lillian Hubbard
  32. 1942I Married an AngelFilm: Sufi
  33. 1942Who Is Hope Schuyler?Film: Vesta Hadden
  34. 1942Secret Agent of JapanFilm: Doris Poole
  35. 1941Cadet GirlFilm: Mary Moore

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