Janis Carter
ActingAlso 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janis Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
(32 total)
Flying Leathernecks
as Joan Kirby
Framed
as Paula Craig
Lady of Burlesque
as Janine
The Woman on Pier 13
as Christine Norman
Night Editor
as Jill Merrill
Santa Fe
as Judith Chandler
I Love Trouble
as Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy
My Forbidden Past
as Corinne Lucas
The Power of the Whistler
as Jean Lang
A Thousand and One Nights
as Harem Girl
The Mark of the Whistler
as Patricia Henley
One Mysterious Night
as Dorothy Anderson
The Missing Juror
as Alice Hill
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
as Peggy Donato
Thunder Birds
as Blonde Red Cross Nurse Trainee
And Baby Makes Three
as Wanda York
Slightly French
as Louisa Gayle
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Carla Winter
Just Off Broadway
as Lillian Hubbard
A Woman of Distinction
as Teddy Evans
