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    Janis Carter

    1913-10-10 (111 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    The Half-Breed
    50 %|May 3, 1952
    Western
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    Flying Leathernecks
    59 %|Aug 28, 1951
    War, Action, Drama
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    My Forbidden Past
    57 %|Apr 25, 1951
    Drama
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    Santa Fe
    68 %|Apr 1, 1951
    Western
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    The Woman on Pier 13
    53 %|Jun 15, 1950
    Drama, Thriller
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    A Woman of Distinction
    62 %|Mar 16, 1950
    Comedy
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    And Baby Makes Three
    48.75 %|Dec 2, 1949
    Comedy, Romance
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    Miss Grant Takes Richmond
    54 %|Oct 20, 1949
    Comedy
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    Slightly French
    72 %|Feb 2, 1949
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    I Love Trouble
    63 %|Jan 15, 1948
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Framed
    64 %|May 25, 1947
    Crime, Drama
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    Night Editor
    55 %|Mar 29, 1946
    Crime, Drama
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    The Notorious Lone Wolf
    55 %|Feb 14, 1946
    Action, Thriller, Romance
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    One Way to Love
    70 %|Jan 8, 1946
    Comedy
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    The Fighting Guardsman
    0 %|Jan 4, 1946
    Drama, Action
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    A Thousand and One Nights
    56 %|Jul 20, 1945
    Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
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    The Power of the Whistler
    58 %|Apr 19, 1945
    Crime, Mystery
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    The Missing Juror
    60 %|Nov 16, 1944
    Mystery
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    One Mysterious Night
    59 %|Oct 21, 1944
    Mystery, Crime
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    The Mark of the Whistler
    59 %|Oct 9, 1944
    Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    The Girl in the Case
    55 %|Apr 20, 1944
    Mystery, Comedy
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    The Ghost That Walks Alone
    40 %|Feb 10, 1944
    Mystery, Comedy, Crime
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    Swing Out the Blues
    45 %|Dec 23, 1943
    Music, Comedy
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    Lady of Burlesque
    54 %|May 1, 1943
    Mystery, Comedy, Music, Horror
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    That Other Woman
    55 %|Nov 13, 1942
    Romance, Comedy
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    Thunder Birds
    53 %|Oct 28, 1942
    Drama, Romance, War
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    Just Off Broadway
    50 %|Aug 28, 1942
    Crime, Mystery, Comedy
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    I Married an Angel
    50 %|Jul 9, 1942
    Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
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    Who Is Hope Schuyler?
    40 %|Apr 17, 1942
    Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
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    Secret Agent of Japan
    45 %|Apr 3, 1942
    Thriller, Mystery, Romance
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    Cadet Girl
    0 %|Nov 28, 1941
    Comedy, Romance, Music

    Series

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    The Elgin Hour
    70 %|Oct 5, 1954
    Drama
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    Lights Out
    53 %|Jul 19, 1949
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Reality
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    Suspense
    42 %|Jan 6, 1949
    Drama