Janis Carter
Acting
Born October 10, 1913 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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 Leat…
Known For · 35 titles
Suspense
Lights Out
The Elgin Hour
Thunder Birds
Flying Leathernecks
Lady of Burlesque
My Forbidden Past
I Love Trouble
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
The Woman on Pier 13
The Half-Breed
Framed
A Thousand and One Nights
The Missing Juror
Night Editor
Santa Fe
One Way to Love
Just Off Broadway
That Other Woman
A Woman of Distinction
And Baby Makes Three
Slightly French
The Power of the Whistler
The Mark of the Whistler
Secret Agent of Japan
The Notorious Lone Wolf
I Married an Angel
The Fighting Guardsman
One Mysterious Night
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Cadet Girl
The Sergeant and the Spy
The Girl in the Case
Swing Out the Blues
The Ghost That Walks Alone