Janis Carter

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.

Known For

Lights Out

Suspense

Flying Leathernecks

I Love Trouble

Lady of Burlesque

Framed

Thunder Birds

The Notorious Lone Wolf

All Movies (32)

• The Sergeant and the Spy1954 · as Gizelle
• The Half-Breed1952 · as Helen Dowling
• Flying Leathernecks1951 · as Joan Kirby
• My Forbidden Past1951 · as Corinne Lucas
• Santa Fe1951 · as Judith Chandler
• The Woman on Pier 131950 · as Christine Norman
• A Woman of Distinction1950 · as Teddy Evans
• And Baby Makes Three1949 · as Wanda York
• Miss Grant Takes Richmond1949 · as Peggy Donato
• Slightly French1949 · as Louisa Gayle
• I Love Trouble1948 · as Mrs. Caprillo
• Framed1947 · as Paula Craig
• Night Editor1946 · as Jill Merrill
• The Notorious Lone Wolf1946 · as Carla Winter
• One Way to Love1946 · as Josie Hart
• A Thousand and One Nights1945 · as Harem Girl
• The Fighting Guardsman1945 · as Christine Roualt
• The Power of the Whistler1945 · as Jean Lang
• The Missing Juror1944 · as Alice Hill
• One Mysterious Night1944 · as Dorothy Anderson
• The Mark of the Whistler1944 · as Patricia Henley
• The Girl in the Case1944 · as Myra Warner
• The Ghost That Walks Alone1944 · as Enid Turner
• Swing Out the Blues1943 · as Dena Marshall
• Lady of Burlesque1943 · as Janine
• That Other Woman1942 · as Constance Powell
• Thunder Birds1942 · as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
• Just Off Broadway1942 · as Lillian Hubbard
• I Married an Angel1942 · as Sufi
• Who Is Hope Schuyler?1942 · as Vesta Hadden
• Secret Agent of Japan1942 · as Doris Poole
• Cadet Girl1941 · as Mary Moore

All TV Shows (3)

• The Elgin Hour1954
• Lights Out1949
• Suspense1949