Janis Carter
Known for Acting · 35 credits
- Born
- 1913-10-10
- Died
- 1994-07-30
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Janis Elinore Dremann
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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Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (32)
Flying Leathernecks
1951
as Joan Kirby
Night Editor
1946
as Jill Merrill
Framed
1947
as Paula Craig
I Married an Angel
1942
as Sufi
Lady of Burlesque
1943
as Janine
I Love Trouble
1948
as Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy
And Baby Makes Three
1949
as Wanda York
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Harem Girl
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
as Peggy Donato
Santa Fe
1951
as Judith Chandler
Thunder Birds
1942
as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
My Forbidden Past
1951
as Corinne Lucas
The Half-Breed
1952
as Helen Dowling
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
as Patricia Henley
Cadet Girl
1941
as Mary Moore
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
as Carla Winter
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942
as Vesta Hadden
Just Off Broadway
1942
as Lillian Hubbard
The Missing Juror
1944
as Alice Hill
Slightly French
1949
as Louisa Gayle
The Power of the Whistler
1945
as Jean Lang
A Woman of Distinction
1950
as Teddy Evans
The Woman on Pier 13
1950
as Christine Norman
The Fighting Guardsman
1945
as Christine Roualt
Swing Out the Blues
1943
as Dena Marshall
One Way to Love
1946
as Josie Hart
The Sergeant and the Spy
1954
as Gizelle
That Other Woman
1942
as Constance Powell
The Girl in the Case
1944
as Myra Warner
Secret Agent of Japan
1942
as Doris Poole
One Mysterious Night
1944
as Dorothy Anderson
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
as Enid Turner
About Janis Carter
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… With 35 credits spanning from 1941 to 1954, Janis Carter has appeared in 32 films and 3 TV shows.
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- Flying Leathernecks (1951) — as Joan Kirby
- Night Editor (1946) — as Jill Merrill
- Framed (1947) — as Paula Craig
- I Married an Angel (1942) — as Sufi
- Lady of Burlesque (1943) — as Janine
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