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Janis Carter

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Janis Carter

Born October 10, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio, USADied July 30, 199432 films

Janis Carter (October 10, 1913 — July 30, 1994) was a film and television actress working in the 1940s and 1950s.

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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

32 films as actor
  1. 1954The Sergeant and the SpyGizelle
  2. 1952The Half-BreedHelen Dowling
  3. 1951Flying LeathernecksJoan Kirby
  4. 1951My Forbidden PastCorinne Lucas
  5. 1951Santa FeJudith Chandler
  6. 1950The Woman on Pier 13Christine Norman
  7. 1950A Woman of DistinctionTeddy Evans
  8. 1949And Baby Makes ThreeWanda York
  9. 1949Miss Grant Takes RichmondPeggy Donato
  10. 1949Slightly FrenchLouisa Gayle
  11. 1948I Love TroubleMrs. Caprillo
  12. 1947FramedPaula Craig
  13. 1946Night EditorJill Merrill
  14. 1946The Notorious Lone WolfCarla Winter
  15. 1946One Way to LoveJosie Hart
  16. 1945A Thousand and One NightsHarem Girl
  17. 1945The Fighting GuardsmanChristine Roualt
  18. 1945The Power of the WhistlerJean Lang
  19. 1944The Missing JurorAlice Hill
  20. 1944One Mysterious NightDorothy Anderson
  21. 1944The Mark of the WhistlerPatricia Henley
  22. 1944The Girl in the CaseMyra Warner
  23. 1944The Ghost That Walks AloneEnid Turner
  24. 1943Swing Out the BluesDena Marshall
  25. 1943Lady of BurlesqueJanine
  26. 1942That Other WomanConstance Powell
  27. 1942Thunder BirdsBlonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
  28. 1942Just Off BroadwayLillian Hubbard
  29. 1942I Married an AngelSufi
  30. 1942Who Is Hope Schuyler?Vesta Hadden
  31. 1942Secret Agent of JapanDoris Poole
  32. 1941Cadet GirlMary Moore