Janis Carter

Known for ActingBorn 1913-10-10Died 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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Fighting Guardsman

The Sergeant and the Spy

Cadet Girl

Slightly French

The Elgin Hour

The Half-Breed

A Woman of Distinction

One Way to Love

Santa Fe

That Other Woman

The Girl in the Case

I Love Trouble

Framed

The Missing Juror

The Mark of the Whistler

One Mysterious Night

A Thousand and One Nights

Lights Out

The Notorious Lone Wolf

I Married an Angel

Thunder Birds

The Power of the Whistler

Flying Leathernecks

Just Off Broadway

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

My Forbidden Past

Night Editor

Secret Agent of Japan

Lady of Burlesque

The Woman on Pier 13

And Baby Makes Three

Suspense

The Ghost That Walks Alone

Swing Out the Blues

Who Is Hope Schuyler?