Janis Carter

Personal Info

Known ForActing
Born1913-10-10
BirthplaceCleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

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Filmography

Acting (32)

8.0
1952
The Half-Breedas Helen Dowling
7.0
1951
Flying Leathernecksas Joan Kirby
5.8
1951
My Forbidden Pastas Corinne Lucas
5.5
1951
Santa Feas Judith Chandler
6.8
1950
The Woman on Pier 13as Christine Norman
5.3
1950
7.0
1949
5.1
1949
5.6
1949
Slightly Frenchas Louisa Gayle
7.5
1948
I Love Troubleas Mrs. Caprillo
6.5
1947
Framedas Paula Craig
6.5
1946
Night Editoras Jill Merrill
5.5
1946
6.0
1946
One Way to Loveas Josie Hart
7.0
1945
6.1
1945
The Fighting Guardsmanas Christine Roualt
8.5
5.9
1944
The Missing Juroras Alice Hill
6.3
1944
One Mysterious Nightas Dorothy Anderson
6.2
1944
The Mark of the Whistleras Patricia Henley
6.2
1944
The Girl in the Caseas Myra Warner
6.6
1944
4.8
1943
Swing Out the Bluesas Dena Marshall
4.8
1943
5.4
1942
That Other Womanas Constance Powell
6.7
1942
Thunder Birdsas Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
6.0
1942
Just Off Broadwayas Lillian Hubbard
5.8
6.0
1942
Who Is Hope Schuyler?as Vesta Hadden
4.5
1942
Secret Agent of Japanas Doris Poole
5.5
1941
Cadet Girlas Mary Moore
8.0