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