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Janis Carter

Janis Carter

Acting1913Cleveland, 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.

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Acting History

1952
The Half-Breed
as Helen Dowling
1951
Santa Fe
as Judith Chandler
My Forbidden Past
as Corinne Lucas
1950
1949
Slightly French
as Louisa Gayle
1948
I Love Trouble
as Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy
1947
Framed
as Paula Craig
1946
Night Editor
as Jill Merrill
One Way to Love
as Josie Hart
1945
1944
One Mysterious Night
as Dorothy Anderson
The Missing Juror
as Alice Hill
The Mark of the Whistler
as Patricia Henley
The Girl in the Case
as Myra Warner
1943
Swing Out the Blues
as Dena Marshall
1942
Just Off Broadway
as Lillian Hubbard
Thunder Birds
as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
That Other Woman
as Constance Powell
Secret Agent of Japan
as Doris Poole
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
as Vesta Hadden
1941
Cadet Girl
as Mary Moore

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
10/10/1913
Day of Death
7/30/1994
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA