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.
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Filmography
all 36
Movies 32
TV Shows 4
self 1
The Elgin Hour (1954)
Feather Your Nest (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)
The Eternal Melody (1949)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Lights Out (1949)
Slightly French (1949)
Suspense (1949)
I Love Trouble (1948)
Framed (1947)
Night Editor (1946)
The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
One Way to Love (1946)
The Fighting Guardsman (1946)
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
The Power of the Whistler (1945)
The Missing Juror (1944)
One Mysterious Night (1944)
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
The Girl in the Case (1944)
The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)
Swing Out the Blues (1943)
Lady of Burlesque (1943)
That Other Woman (1942)
Thunder Birds (1942)
Just Off Broadway (1942)
I Married an Angel (1942)
Who Is Hope Schuyler? (1942)
Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
Cadet Girl (1941)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1913-10-10
Deathday1994-07-30 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceCleveland, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJanis Elinore Dremann
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