Acting
Janet Shaw
Born January 23, 1919
Died October 15, 2001 · aged 82
No biography available.
Known For
Shadow of a Doubt · 1943Shadow of a Doubt
★ 7.51943
MovieThrillerMystery
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
Waterloo Bridge · 1940Waterloo Bridge
★ 7.51940
MovieDramaRomance
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
Jezebel · 1938Jezebel
★ 7.01938
MovieDramaRomance
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
They Won't Believe Me · 1947They Won't Believe Me
★ 6.51947
MovieDramaRomance
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
Hold That Ghost · 1941Hold That Ghost
★ 6.81941
MovieComedyHorror
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
Expensive Husbands · 1937Expensive Husbands
★ 5.91937
MovieRomanceComedy
Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?
The Old Maid · 1939The Old Maid
★ 7.01939
MovieDrama
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
King of the Underworld · 1939King of the Underworld
★ 6.41939
MovieRomanceCrime
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.
Filmography
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Johnny Eager · 1941Johnny Eager
★ 6.21941
MovieCrimeDrama
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Alice (uncredited)
Escape · 1940Escape
★ 7.51940
MovieDramaThriller
An American goes to pre-war Germany to find his mother and discovers her in a concentration camp. With the help of an American-born widowed countess he seeks to engineer her escape.
Greta a Student (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal · 1939They Made Me a Criminal
★ 6.31939
MovieCrimeDrama
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Girl Entering Locker Room (uncredited)
Nocturne · 1946Nocturne
★ 5.91946
MovieCrimeDrama
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.
Grace Andrews (uncredited)
Broadway Musketeers · 1938Broadway Musketeers
★ 4.41938
MovieMusicDrama
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a young daughter, one an office secretary, and one a nightclub performer.
Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Going Places · 1938Going Places
★ 6.61938
MovieRomanceComedy
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
Young Lady at Party
It's Love I'm After · 1937It's Love I'm After
★ 7.11937
MovieComedyRomance
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway · 1938Comet Over Broadway
★ 5.71938
MovieDramaRomance
A rising stage star's ambition causes trouble.
Janet's Dining Companion (uncredited)







