
Known for
Acting
Born
October 10, 1913
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
July 30, 1994 (aged 80)
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 w...
1954
1954
as Gizelle
1952
as Helen Dowling
1951
as Joan Kirby
1951
as Corinne Lucas
1951
as Judith Chandler
1950
as Christine Norman
1950
as Teddy Evans
1949
as Wanda York
1949
as Peggy Donato
1949
1949
as Louisa Gayle
1949
1948
as Mrs. Caprillo
1947
as Paula Craig
1946
as Jill Merrill
1946
as Carla Winter
1946
as Josie Hart
1945
as Harem Girl
1945
as Christine Roualt
1945
as Jean Lang
1944
as Alice Hill
1944
as Dorothy Anderson
1944
as Patricia Henley
1944
as Myra Warner