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Janis Carter

Janis Carter

Birthday: 1913-10-10 | Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1952
The Half-Breed

as    Helen Dowling

1951
My Forbidden Past

as    Corinne Lucas

1951
Flying Leathernecks

as    Joan Kirby

1951
Santa Fe

as    Judith Chandler

1950
The Woman on Pier 13

as    Christine Norman

1949
Slightly French

as    Louisa Gayle

1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond

as    Peggy Donato

1949
And Baby Makes Three

as    Wanda York

1948
I Love Trouble

as    Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy

1947
Framed

as    Paula Craig

1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf

as    Carla Winter

1946
The Fighting Guardsman

as    Christine Roualt

1945
The Power of the Whistler

as    Jean Lang

1944
The Missing Juror

as    Alice Hill

1944
The Ghost That Walks Alone

as    Enid Turner

1943
Swing Out the Blues

as    Dena Marshall

1942
Thunder Birds

as    Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee

1942
Secret Agent of Japan

as    Doris Poole

1942
Just Off Broadway

as    Lillian Hubbard

1942
I Married an Angel

as    Sufi