Janis Carter
| Janis Carter | |
|---|---|
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in My Forbidden Past (1951) | |
| Born |
Janis Dremann October 10, 1913 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died |
July 30, 1994 (aged 80) Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Years active | 1941-1956 |
| Spouse(s) |
Carl Prager (1942-1951) (divorced) Julius Stulman (1956-1994) (her death) |
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 when she was spotted on stage by Darryl F. Zanuck, who signed her to a movie deal.
After moving to Hollywood, she 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 Flying Leathernecks (1951) with John Wayne.
After leaving Los Angeles, Carter returned to New York and found work in television in comedies and dramas and as hostess for the quiz show Feather Your Nest opposite Bud Collyer.[1]
Personal life
She was married to Carl Prager from 1942 to 1951, but the couple divorced. In 1956, she quit show business after marrying Julius Stulman, a New York lumber and shipping tycoon, that year. They remained together until her death.
Death
She died from a heart attack, on July 30, 1994, aged 80, in Durham, North Carolina.[2]
Partial filmography
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- Cadet Girl (1941)
- Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
- I Married an Angel (1942)
- Who is Hope Schuyler? (1942)
- Just Off Broadway (1942)
- Girl Trouble (1942)
- Thunder Birds (1942)
- That Other Woman (1942)
- Swing out the Blues (1943)
- Lady of Burlesque (1943)
- Together Again (1944)
- Mark of the Whistler (1944) (aka The Marked Man)
- Girl in the Case (1944) (aka The Silver Key)
- The Ghost that Walks Alone (1944)
- One Mysterious Night (1944)
- The Fighting Guardsman (1945)
- The Missing Juror (1945)
- The Power of the Whistler (1945)
- Night Editor (1946) (aka The Trespasser)
- The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
- One Way to Love (1946)
- Framed (1947)
- Her Wonderful Lie (1948)
- I Love Trouble (1948)
- Slightly French (1949)
- Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
- I Married a Communist (aka The Woman on Pier 13) (1949)
- And Baby Makes Three (1950)
- A Woman of Distinction (1950)
- Santa Fe (1951)
- Flying Leathernecks (1951)
- My Forbidden Past (1951)
- The Half-Breed (1952)
- The Sergeant and the Spy (1953) (in German)
- Double Profile (1954) (in German)
References
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