Janis Carter
Known for ActingBorn 1913-10-10 — died 1994-07-30Cleveland, 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 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.
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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
I Love Trouble
1948 · as Mrs. Caprillo
Lady of Burlesque
1943 · as Janine
Thunder Birds
1942 · as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Flying Leathernecks
1951 · as Joan Kirby
The Half-Breed
1952 · as Helen Dowling
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · as Harem Girl
My Forbidden Past
1951 · as Corinne Lucas
Santa Fe
1951 · as Judith Chandler
The Missing Juror
1944 · as Alice Hill
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949 · as Peggy Donato
Night Editor
1946 · as Jill Merrill
Framed
1947 · as Paula Craig
The Woman on Pier 13
1950 · as Christine Norman
Slightly French
1949 · as Louisa Gayle
And Baby Makes Three
1949 · as Wanda York
That Other Woman
1942 · as Constance Powell
A Woman of Distinction
1950 · as Teddy Evans
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 · as Patricia Henley