Acting
Janis Carter
EN cinema · 32 credits
Born
10 October 1913
Died
30 July 1994 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also known as Janis Elinore Dremann
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Sergeant and the Spy
as Gizelle
The Half-Breed
as Helen Dowling
Flying Leathernecks
as Joan Kirby
My Forbidden Past
as Corinne Lucas
Santa Fe
as Judith Chandler
The Woman on Pier 13
as Christine Norman
A Woman of Distinction
as Teddy Evans
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Peggy Donato
And Baby Makes Three
as Wanda York
Slightly French
as Louisa Gayle
I Love Trouble
as Mrs. Caprillo
Framed
as Paula Craig
Night Editor
as Jill Merrill
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Carla Winter
One Way to Love
as Josie Hart
The Power of the Whistler
as Jean Lang
The Fighting Guardsman
as Christine Roualt
A Thousand and One Nights
as Harem Girl
The Missing Juror
as Alice Hill
The Mark of the Whistler
as Patricia Henley
One Mysterious Night
as Dorothy Anderson
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Enid Turner
The Girl in the Case
as Myra Warner
Lady of Burlesque
as Janine
Swing Out the Blues
as Dena Marshall
Just Off Broadway
as Lillian Hubbard
That Other Woman
as Constance Powell
Secret Agent of Japan
as Doris Poole
Thunder Birds
as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
as Vesta Hadden
Cadet Girl
as Mary Moore