Actor

Janis Carter

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Movies: 32Series: 2

TMDB ID: 96300

IMDb ID: nm0141681

Known for: Acting

Born: October 10, 1913

Died: July 30, 1994

Age: 80

Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1941 - 1954

Years active: 14

Average TMDB rating: 5.88

Wikidata: Q3162026

Also known as

Janis Elinore Dremann

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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.