Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1913-10-10
Day of Death
1994-07-30
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography (32)
The Sergeant and the Spy
1954
The Half-Breed
1952
Flying Leathernecks
1951
My Forbidden Past
1951
Santa Fe
1951
The Woman on Pier 13
1950
A Woman of Distinction
1950
And Baby Makes Three
1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Slightly French
1949
I Love Trouble
1948
Framed
1947
Night Editor
1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
