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Janis Carter
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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…
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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.
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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
And Baby Makes Three
as Wanda York
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Peggy Donato
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
A Thousand and One Nights
as Harem Girl
The Fighting Guardsman
as Christine Roualt
The Power of the Whistler
as Jean Lang
The Missing Juror
as Alice Hill
One Mysterious Night
as Dorothy Anderson
The Mark of the Whistler
as Patricia Henley
The Girl in the Case
as Myra Warner
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Enid Turner
Swing Out the Blues
as Dena Marshall
Lady of Burlesque
as Janine
That Other Woman
as Constance Powell
Thunder Birds
as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
Just Off Broadway
as Lillian Hubbard
I Married an Angel
as Sufi
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
as Vesta Hadden
Secret Agent of Japan
as Doris Poole
Cadet Girl
as Mary Moore