Acting · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · Born October 10, 1913
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.
The Elgin Hour
1954
MovieThe Sergeant and the Spy
1954
as Gizelle
MovieThe Half-Breed
1952
as Helen Dowling
MovieFlying Leathernecks
1951
as Joan Kirby
MovieMy Forbidden Past
1951
as Corinne Lucas
MovieSanta Fe
1951
as Judith Chandler
MovieThe Woman on Pier 13
1950
as Christine Norman
MovieA Woman of Distinction
1950
as Teddy Evans
MovieAnd Baby Makes Three
1949
as Wanda York
MovieMiss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
as Peggy Donato
TVLights Out
1949
MovieSlightly French
1949
as Louisa Gayle
TVSuspense
1949
MovieI Love Trouble
1948
as Mrs. Caprillo
MovieFramed
1947
as Paula Craig
MovieNight Editor
1946
as Jill Merrill
MovieThe Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
as Carla Winter
MovieOne Way to Love
1946
as Josie Hart
MovieA Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Harem Girl
MovieThe Fighting Guardsman
1945
as Christine Roualt
MovieThe Power of the Whistler
1945
as Jean Lang
MovieThe Missing Juror
1944
as Alice Hill
MovieOne Mysterious Night
1944
as Dorothy Anderson
MovieThe Mark of the Whistler
1944
as Patricia Henley
MovieThe Girl in the Case
1944
as Myra Warner
MovieThe Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
as Enid Turner
MovieSwing Out the Blues
1943
as Dena Marshall
MovieLady of Burlesque
1943
as Janine
MovieThat Other Woman
1942
as Constance Powell
MovieThunder Birds
1942
as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
MovieJust Off Broadway
1942
as Lillian Hubbard
MovieI Married an Angel
1942
as Sufi
MovieWho Is Hope Schuyler?
1942
as Vesta Hadden
MovieSecret Agent of Japan
1942
as Doris Poole
MovieCadet Girl
1941
as Mary Moore
