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Janet Shaw

Actor

Janet Shaw

Born January 23, 1919Died October 15, 200151 films

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Shadow of a Doubt posterFirst watchShadow of a Doubt19437.5as Louise FinchIn sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit.View film

Essential films

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Waterloo Bridge poster7.5Waterloo Bridge1940Jezebel poster7.0Jezebel1938Hold That Ghost poster6.8Hold That Ghost1941It Happened Tomorrow poster6.8It Happened Tomorrow1944The Old Maid poster7.0The Old Maid1939They Won't Believe Me poster6.5They Won't Believe Me1947The Mummy's Tomb poster5.5The Mummy's Tomb1942Johnny Eager poster6.2Johnny Eager1941

Filmography

51 films as actor
  1. 1984PoppySally Forth
  2. 1947They Won't Believe MeSusan Haines (uncredited)
  3. 1947Time Out of MindPenny
  4. 1946NocturneGrace Andrews (uncredited)
  5. 1946Dark AlibiMiss Petrie
  6. 1946The Scarlet HorsemanElise Halliday
  7. 1945Sensation HuntersKatie Rogers
  8. 1945Jungle RaidersAnn Reed
  9. 1945I'll Tell the WorldSwitchboard Operator
  10. 1945The Scarlet ClueGloria Bayne
  11. 1944Follow the BoysPhone Operator (uncredited)
  12. 1944It Happened Tomorrow
  13. 1943Arizona TrailMartha Brooks
  14. 1943False FacesDiana Harding
  15. 1943Bad Men of Thunder GapMartha Stewart
  16. 1943Keep 'Em SluggingYoung Girl
  17. 1943Shadow of a DoubtLouise Finch
  18. 1942The Mummy's TombGirl in Car (uncredited)
  19. 1942Night MonsterMillie Carson
  20. 1941Honolulu LuDebutante
  21. 1941Johnny EagerAlice (uncredited)
  22. 1941Unfinished RainbowsJulia Hall
  23. 1941Hold That GhostAlderman's Girl (uncredited)
  24. 1941Gambling DaughtersKatherine Thompson
  25. 1941You're Out of LuckJoyce Dayton
  26. 1941Lucky DevilsWendy
  27. 1940EscapeGreta a Student (uncredited)
  28. 1940Hired WifeLucy - the Bride (uncredited)
  29. 1940Waterloo BridgeMaureen
  30. 1940Alias the DeaconMildred Gregory
  31. 1940Blondie on a BudgetAnniversary Cake Usherette (uncredited)
  32. 1939The Old MaidDee
  33. 1939The Rookie CopGerry Lane
  34. 1939Torchy Blane in ChinatownJanet Baldwin
  35. 1939They Made Me a CriminalGirl Entering Locker Room (uncredited)
  36. 1939King of the UnderworldBlonde Nurse (uncredited)
  37. 1938Going PlacesYoung Lady at Party
  38. 1938Comet Over BroadwayJanet's Dining Companion (uncredited)
  39. 1938Girls on ProbationPrison Inmate
  40. 1938The SistersStella Johnson
  41. 1938Broadway MusketeersHospital Nurse (uncredited)
  42. 1938Many Sappy ReturnsFlorist
  43. 1938Gold Diggers in ParisGolddigger
  44. 1938Accidents Will HappenMary Tarlton
  45. 1938JezebelMolly Allen
  46. 1938Sergeant MurphyJoan Furse
  47. 1937She Loved a FiremanGirl at Dance
  48. 1937Expensive HusbandsTelephone Operator
  49. 1937Alcatraz IslandSally Carruthers
  50. 1937It's Love I'm AfterAutograph Seeker (uncredited)
  51. 1937Prairie ThunderJoan Temple