Janet Shaw
Ellen Martha Clancy Stuart (January 23, 1919 – October 15, 2001), known professionally as Janet Shaw, was an American actress.
Born on January 23, 1919, in Beatrice, Nebraska, Shaw was picked as the finest baby in Nebraska when she was 18 months old. She was the daughter of Philip Windsor Clancy. After attending elementary schools in Nebraska, she attended high schools in Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, graduating from the latter. Actress Olive May was her aunt.
Shaw acted on stage with Harold Lloyd's Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals, the Gateway Little Theater, and the Pasadena Community Players.
Shaw appeared in the films Prairie Thunder, Alcatraz Island, Sergeant Murphy, Jezebel, Accidents Will Happen, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gold Diggers in Paris, The Sisters, Torchy Blane in Chinatown, The Rookie Cop, The Old Maid, Waterloo Bridge, Flight Angels, Hired Wife, Escape, Lucky Devils, Blossoms in the Dust, Gambling Daughters, Johnny Eager, Night Monster, Shadow of a Doubt, How's About It, Hi'ya, Chum, Hangmen Also Die!, False Faces, Arizona Trail, Ladies Courageous, Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More, The Scarlet Clue, I'll Tell the World, Jungle Raiders, Sensation Hunters, The Scarlet Horseman, Nocturne, Time Out of Mind and They Won't Believe Me, among others.
On April 19, 1944, in Beverly Hills, Shaw married Willard Ilefeldt, a former actor who was serving in the Army Air Forces.
She died of Alzheimer's disease on October 15, 2001, in Beatrice, Nebraska at age 82.
Acted in
Poppy
1984
as Sally Forth
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Louise (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Front Page
1950
as Peggy Grant
They Won't Believe Me
1947
as Susan Haines (uncredited)
Time Out of Mind
1947
as Penny
Nocturne
1946
as Grace Andrews
Dark Alibi
1946
as Miss Petrie
The Scarlet Horseman
1946
as Elise Halliday
Sensation Hunters
1945
as Katie Rogers
Jungle Raiders
1945
as Ann Reed
I'll Tell the World
1945
as Switchboard Operator
The Scarlet Clue
1945
as Gloria Bayne
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Arizona Trail
1943
as Martha Brooks
False Faces
1943
as Diana Harding
Bad Men of Thunder Gap
1943
as Martha Stewart
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
as Young Girl
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Louise Finch
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Girl in Car (uncredited)
Night Monster
1942
as Milly Carson
Honolulu Lu
1941
as Debutante
Johnny Eager
1941
as Alice (uncredited)
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Alderman's Girl (uncredited)
You're Out of Luck
1941
as Joyce Dayton
Lucky Devils
1941
as Wendy
Escape
1940
as Greta a Student (uncredited)
Hired Wife
1940
as Lucy - the Bride (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge
1940
as Maureen
Alias the Deacon
1940
as Mildred Gregory
Blondie on a Budget
1940
as Anniversary Cake Usherette (uncredited)
The Old Maid
1939
as Dee
The Rookie Cop
1939
as Gerry Lane
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
as Janet Baldwin
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Girl Entering Locker Room (uncredited)
King of the Underworld
1939
as Blonde Nurse (uncredited)
Going Places
1938
as Young Lady at Party
Comet Over Broadway
1938
as Janet's Dining Companion (uncredited)
Girls on Probation
1938
as Prison Inmate
The Sisters
1938
as Stella Johnson
Broadway Musketeers
1938
as Hospital Nurse (uncredited)
Many Sappy Returns
1938
as Florist
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938
as Golddigger
Accidents Will Happen
1938
as Mary Tarlton
Jezebel
1938
as Molly Allen
Sergeant Murphy
1938
as Joan Furse
She Loved a Fireman
1937
as Girl at Dance
Expensive Husbands
1937
as Telephone Operator
Alcatraz Island
1937
as Sally Carruthers
It's Love I'm After
1937
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Prairie Thunder
1937
as Joan Temple