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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Night Editor
as Jill Merrill
1946
The Missing Juror
as Alice Hill
1944
The Woman on Pier 13
as Christine Norman
1950
Framed
as Paula Craig
1947
The Power of the Whistler
as Jean Lang
1945
The Mark of the Whistler
as Patricia Henley
1944
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Peggy Donato
1949
I Love Trouble
as Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy
1948
Flying Leathernecks
as Joan Kirby
1951
One Mysterious Night
as Dorothy Anderson
1944
Lady of Burlesque
as Janine
1943
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Carla Winter
1946
My Forbidden Past
as Corinne Lucas
1951
Just Off Broadway
as Lillian Hubbard
1942
A Woman of Distinction
as Teddy Evans
1950
Santa Fe
as Judith Chandler
1951
And Baby Makes Three
as Wanda York
1949
The Half-Breed
as Helen Dowling
1952
Slightly French
as Louisa Gayle
1949
That Other Woman
as Constance Powell
1942
