Tanis Chandler
Biography
Tanis Chandler was a French-born American film actress who became known for ingenue parts in low-budget features and incidental roles in Warner Bros. pictures. Born in Nantes, she was tutored in Paris and, after moving to the United States in 1936, attended the Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. She acted at the Troupers theater in a 1940 production of Prison Without Bars and made her film debut in Devotion (1943). Later credits included Cinderella Jones, George White's Scandals and Wanderer of the Wasteland, and she dubbed parts in French and Spanish for foreign versions of roughly 30 films. She won a role in The Desert Song by pretending to be a man, Robert Archer, then joined RKO in 1945 for a year of budget features, usually as hostesses, waitresses and showgirls, before Monogram gave her larger B roles. Her best-known film was The Big Sleep (1946).
81years old at death
- Born Nantes
- Died Sedona
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 2 years1945 to 1947
Every film, newest first
- 1947LuredIMDb rating 7.0
- 1946The Big SleepIMDb rating 7.9
- 1945CorneredIMDb rating 6.7
- 1945Dick TracyIMDb rating 5.9
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Getting ready for a role
Chandler won a part in The Desert Song by posing as a man named Robert Archer, and the casting office later sent Archer to another film, My Reputation, until a shirtless lawn-mowing scene forced her to admit she was female.
Languages
Chandler spoke both French and Spanish fluently, and she put those skills to use dubbing parts for foreign-language versions of approximately 30 films.
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Worked with
Tanis Chandler shares three films with Jack Chefe, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Edward DmytrykDirector, 1 film, 1945
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