About

Known credits:
31
Birthday:
1913-10-10
Place of birth:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Janis Carter

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1952 The Half-Breed Actor Helen Dowling 59
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1951 Flying Leathernecks Actor Joan Kirby 58
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1951 My Forbidden Past Actor Corinne Lucas 59
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1951 Santa Fe Actor Judith Chandler 59
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1950 The Woman on Pier 13 Actor Christine Norman 58
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1950 A Woman of Distinction Actor Teddy Evans 59
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1949 And Baby Makes Three Actor Wanda York 58
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1949 Miss Grant Takes Richmond Actor Peggy Donato 59
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1949 Slightly French Actor Louisa Gayle 59
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1948 I Love Trouble Actor Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy 59
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1947 Framed Actor Paula Craig 59
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1946 Night Editor Actor Jill Merrill 58
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1946 The Notorious Lone Wolf Actor Carla Winter 59
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1946 One Way to Love Actor Josie Hart 59
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1946 The Fighting Guardsman Actor Christine Roualt N/A
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1945 A Thousand and One Nights Actor Harem Girl 58
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1945 The Power of the Whistler Actor Jean Lang 59
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1944 The Missing Juror Actor Alice Hill 59
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1944 One Mysterious Night Actor Dorothy Anderson 59
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1944 The Mark of the Whistler Actor Patricia Henley 58
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1944 The Girl in the Case Actor Myra Warner 59
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1944 The Ghost That Walks Alone Actor Enid Turner 58
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1943 Swing Out the Blues Actor Dena Marshall 58
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1943 Lady of Burlesque Actor Janine 58
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1942 That Other Woman Actor Constance Powell 59
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1942 Thunder Birds Actor Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee 59
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1942 Just Off Broadway Actor Lillian Hubbard 58
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1942 I Married an Angel Actor Sufi 59
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1942 Who Is Hope Schuyler? Actor Vesta Hadden 58
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1942 Secret Agent of Japan Actor Doris Poole 58
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1941 Cadet Girl Actor Mary Moore N/A
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