Portrait of Janis Carter

Janis Carter

Acting

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.

Born: October 10, 1913

Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Filmography

1952
The Half-Breed

as Helen Dowling

1951
Flying Leathernecks

as Joan Kirby

1951
My Forbidden Past

as Corinne Lucas

1951
Santa Fe

as Judith Chandler

1950
The Woman on Pier 13

as Christine Norman

1950
1949
1949
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

1946
1946
One Way to Love

as Josie Hart

1945
1945
The Fighting Guardsman

as Christine Roualt

1944
The Missing Juror

as Alice Hill

1944
One Mysterious Night

as Dorothy Anderson

1944
The Mark of the Whistler

as Patricia Henley

1944
The Girl in the Case

as Myra Warner

1944
1943
Swing Out the Blues

as Dena Marshall

1943
1942
That Other Woman

as Constance Powell

1942
Thunder Birds

as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee

1942
Just Off Broadway

as Lillian Hubbard

1942
Who Is Hope Schuyler?

as Vesta Hadden

1942
Secret Agent of Japan

as Doris Poole

1941
Cadet Girl

as Mary Moore