Janet Martin was an American film actress and singer. She appeared in a number of
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American motion picture production-distribution corporation in operation from 1935 to 1967, that was based in Los Angeles. It had studio facilities in Studio City a ...
' films during the 1940s.
Early years
Martin was born Valya Valentina Tetiacov Terry, the daughter of Alexandria Myra Tetiacov Terry (also known as Myra Skolskaya). Her mother "was a well-known opera singer in Czarist Russia."
[ ] (Another source gives Martin's original name as both Valya Sokolskaya and Valya Sobolskaya.)
[ ] She said that she changed her name to avoid political arguments related to Russian political policies.
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In 1947, Martin began studying journalism at the ]University of Southern California
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, believing that knowing about writing would make her a better actress.
Film
Martin went to Hollywood to gain acting experience in Little Theater productions.[ When she was 14, she signed a seven-year contract with ]Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures Corporation (currently held under Melange Pictures, LLC) was an American motion picture production-distribution corporation in operation from 1935 to 1967, that was based in Los Angeles. It had studio facilities in Studio City a ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''Call of the South Seas
''Call of the South Seas'' is a 1944 American action film directed by John English starring Janet Martin, Allan Lane and William Henry.Langman p.172
The film's sets were designed by the art director Gano Chittenden.
Cast
* Janet Martin ...
'' (1944)
* '' Hands Across the Border'' (1944)
* '' Lake Placid Serenade'' (1944)
* '' The Yellow Rose of Texas'' (1944)
* '' A Sporting Chance'' (1945)
* ''Bells of Rosarita
'' Bells of Rosarita '' is a 1945 American musical Western film starring Roy Rogers and directed by Frank McDonald.
Plot
Cowboy balladeer Roy Rogers meets Sue Farnum (Dale Evans), a girl returning from back East, who is cheated out of her in ...
'' (1945)
* '' Calendar Girl'' (1947)
* '' Heart of Virginia'' (1948)
* '' King of the Gamblers'' (1948)
* ''Train to Alcatraz
''Train to Alcatraz'' is a 1948 American prison film directed by Philip Ford and starring Don Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps, Roy Barcroft, and June Storey.
Plot
Criminals on a train bound for an infamous supermax prison plan to escape, ...
'' (1948)
References
Bibliography
* Len D. Martin. ''The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935–1959''. McFarland, 1998.
External links
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American women singers
American film actresses
20th-century American actresses
Western (genre) film actresses
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