Janis Carter
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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.217 |
Birthday | 1913-10-10 |
Place of Birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Also Known As | Janis Elinore Dremann, |
1946
Night Editor
5.5/21
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
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Night Editor
1944
The Missing Juror
5.9/7
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
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The Missing Juror
1950
The Woman on Pier 13
5.3/23
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
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The Woman on Pier 13
1947
Framed
6.368/38
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous...
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Framed
1944
The Mark of the Whistler
5.9/14
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, w...
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The Mark of the Whistler
1945
The Power of the Whistler
5.8/17
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on item...
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The Power of the Whistler
1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
5.4/6
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secr...
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1948
I Love Trouble
6.206/17
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
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I Love Trouble
1951
Flying Leathernecks
6/58
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds...
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Flying Leathernecks
1943
Lady of Burlesque
5.4/37
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike a...
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Lady of Burlesque
1944
One Mysterious Night
5.9/8
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Al...
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One Mysterious Night
1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf
5.5/4
Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.
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The Notorious Lone Wolf
1951
My Forbidden Past
5.7/18
An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.
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My Forbidden Past
1942
Just Off Broadway
5/4
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out o...
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Just Off Broadway
1950
A Woman of Distinction
6.2/4
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touri...
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A Woman of Distinction
1951
Santa Fe
6.8/22
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
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Santa Fe
1949
And Baby Makes Three
4.2/3
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
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And Baby Makes Three
1952
The Half-Breed
5/1
An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.
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The Half-Breed
1949
Slightly French
6.5/4
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new dis...
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Slightly French
1942
That Other Woman
5.5/2
A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her which backfires after some bad advice.
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That Other Woman
1946
One Way to Love
7/1
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.
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One Way to Love
1942
Secret Agent of Japan
4.5/2
World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.
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Secret Agent of Japan
1946
The Fighting Guardsman
0/0
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.
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The Fighting Guardsman
1942
I Married an Angel
5/3
A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.
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I Married an Angel
1942
Thunder Birds
5.3/6
On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Sta...
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Thunder Birds
1943
Swing Out the Blues
4.5/2
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your proble...
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Swing Out the Blues
1944
The Ghost That Walks Alone
4/3
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.
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The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
The Girl in the Case
5.5/2
William Warner is a lawyer who is famous for his skill at opening any kind of lock, making him a valuable commodity. William is unknowingly enlisted b...
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The Girl in the Case
1942
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
4/1
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed atte...
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Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1945
A Thousand and One Nights
5.6/14
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it...
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A Thousand and One Nights
1941
Cadet Girl
0/0
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
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