Janis Carter
Biography
Janis Carter was an American actress of stage and film who worked from the 1940s into the 1950s. Born Janis Elinore Dremann in Cleveland, Ohio, she took her grandmother's maiden name as a stage name. Trained first as a pianist, she switched to singing at eight and went to New York hoping for an opera career before finding work on Broadway in Virginia (1937), Du Barry Was a Lady (1939), and Panama Hattie (1940). Darryl F. Zanuck spotted her onstage and signed her to films. She appeared in more than 30 movies from 1941 for studios such as 20th Century Fox, Columbia, MGM, and RKO, among them Night Editor (1946) and Framed (1947) with Glenn Ford and Flying Leathernecks (1951) with John Wayne. She returned to New York for television and co-hosted the quiz show Feather Your Nest with Bud Collyer. She made her last appearance in an episode of The Elgin Hour in January 1955.
80years old at death
- Born Cleveland
- Died Durham
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Janis Dremann
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 8 years1943 to 1951
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Big break
After college, Carter went to New York hoping to begin an opera career. That did not work out, so she performed on Broadway, where Darryl F. Zanuck saw her on stage and gave her a movie contract.
Janis Carter movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Stevenson directed two of these films. Paul E. Burns appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Paul E. Burns's page
Robert Ryan's page
Iris Adrian's page
Jeff Donnell's page
Kenneth MacDonald's page
Barry Brooks2 films together, 1951
Barry Brooks's page
Robert StevensonDirector, 2 films, 1950 to 1951
All films by Robert Stevenson
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