Janis Carter

Acting

Janis Carter

Born 1913-10-10 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

Acting credits

That Other Woman poster
6.7

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.

That Other Woman

1942

Flying Leathernecks poster
5.8

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 them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.

Flying Leathernecks

1951

The Power of the Whistler poster
5.9

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 items in his pockets.

The Power of the Whistler

1945

Lady of Burlesque poster
5.4

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 again.

Lady of Burlesque

1943

Slightly French poster
7.5

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 discovery.

Slightly French

1949

Thunder Birds poster
6.0

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 Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.

Thunder Birds

1942

A Woman of Distinction poster
7.0

Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.

A Woman of Distinction

1950

A Thousand and One Nights poster
6.1

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 to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.

A Thousand and One Nights

1945

I Love Trouble poster
6.5

A wealthy man hires a private detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

I Love Trouble

1948

Framed poster
6.5

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 seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

Framed

1947

The Half-Breed poster
7.0

An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.

The Half-Breed

1952

Santa Fe poster
6.8

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

Santa Fe

1951

The Notorious Lone Wolf poster
6.0

Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.

The Notorious Lone Wolf

1946

My Forbidden Past poster
5.5

An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.

My Forbidden Past

1951

Secret Agent of Japan poster
5.5

World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.

Secret Agent of Japan

1942

The Missing Juror poster
6.3

A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.

The Missing Juror

1944

One Mysterious Night poster
6.2

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. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.

One Mysterious Night

1944

Night Editor poster
5.5

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

Night Editor

1946

The Ghost That Walks Alone poster
4.8

Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.

The Ghost That Walks Alone

1944

Miss Grant Takes Richmond poster
5.6

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 secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949

And Baby Makes Three poster
5.1

A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.

And Baby Makes Three

1949

Cadet Girl poster
8.0

A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

Cadet Girl

1941

The Fighting Guardsman poster
8.5

A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.

The Fighting Guardsman

1945

The Woman on Pier 13 poster
5.3

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

The Woman on Pier 13

1950