Janet Shaw (actress)

Janet Shaw
Born
Ellen Martha Clancy

(1919-01-23)January 23, 1919
Beatrice, Nebraska, U.S.
DiedOctober 15, 2001(2001-10-15) (aged 82)
Beatrice, Nebraska, U.S.
Resting place
Evergreen Home Cemetery, Beatrice, Nebraska, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1935–1955
Spouse(s)Willard Garcia Ilefeldt (1944–1945) (divorced)[1]
David Ashford Stuart (1946-1984, his death)

Ellen Martha Clancy[2] (January 23, 1919 – October 15, 2001), was an American actress. In her 1930s films she was billed as Ellen Clancy; then she adopted the professional name Janet Shaw.

Early years

Born on January 23, 1919,[3] in Beatrice, Nebraska,[2] Ellen Clancy was picked as the finest baby in Nebraska when she was 18 months old.[3] 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.[4]

Career

Ellen Clancy acted on stage with Harold Lloyd's Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals, the Gateway Little Theater, and the Pasadena Community Players.[4]

In 1935 she signed with Warner Bros. As Ellen Clancy. she worked regularly in the Warner stock company, appearing in major features (Jezebel, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gold Diggers in Paris), minor features (Sergeant Murphy, Torchy Blane in Chinatown, Accidents Will Happen), westerns (as Dick Foran's leading lady), and short subjects. She left Warners in 1939 and began freelancing under a new screen name, Janet Shaw. She retired from the screen in 1950, and made a single television appearance in 1955.

Personal life

On April 19, 1944, in Beverly Hills, Shaw married Willard Ilefeldt, a former actor who was serving in the Army Air Forces,[5] but the union was a brief one. In 1946 she married David Stuart, and they remained married until his death in 1984.

She died of Alzheimer's disease on October 15, 2001, in Beatrice, Nebraska at age 82.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1935She Married Her BossSecretaryUncredited
1937ConfessionActressUncredited
1937Prairie ThunderJoan Temple
1937It's Love I'm AfterAutograph SeekerUncredited
1937Alcatraz IslandSally Carruthers
1937Expensive HusbandsTelephone OperatorUncredited
1937She Loved a FiremanGirl at DanceUncredited
1937Hollywood HotelGirl at PremiereUncredited
1938Sergeant MurphyJoan Furse
1938JezebelMolly Allen
1938Accidents Will HappenMary Tarlton - Gregg's Secretary
1938The Adventures of Robin HoodHumility's DaughterUncredited
1938Gold Diggers in ParisGolddigger
1938Secrets of an ActressSwitchboard OperatorUncredited
1938Broadway MusketeersHospital NurseUncredited
1938The SistersStella Johnson
1938Girls on ProbationPrison Inmate
1938Comet Over BroadwayJanet's Dining CompanionUncredited
1938Going PlacesYoung Lady at PartyUncredited
1939King of the UnderworldBlonde NurseUncredited
1939They Made Me a CriminalGirl Entering Locker RoomUncredited
1939Torchy Blane in ChinatownJanet Baldwin
1939The Rookie CopGerry Lane
1939The Old MaidDee
1940Blondie on a BudgetAnniversary Cake UsheretteUncredited
1940Alias the DeaconMildred Gregory
1940Waterloo BridgeMaureen
1940Flight AngelsMrs. Perry
1940Hired WifeLucy - the BrideUncredited
1940EscapeGreta - a StudentUncredited
1941Lucky DevilsGwendy Wimple
1941You're Out of LuckJoyce Dayton
1941Blossoms in the DustTessUncredited
1941Gambling DaughtersKatherine Thompson
1941Hold That GhostAlderman's GirlUncredited
1941Johnny EagerAliceUncredited
1941Honolulu LuDebutanteUncredited
1942Night MonsterMilly Carson
1942The Mummy's TombGirl in CarUncredited
1943Shadow of a DoubtLouise Finch
1943How's About ItJudyUncredited
1943Hi'ya, ChumChorineUncredited
1943Bad Men of Thunder GapMartha Stewart
1943Hangmen Also Die!Katerina HonigaUncredited
1943Keep 'Em SluggingYoung GirlUncredited
1943False FacesDiana Harding
1943Hers to HoldGirl at FactoryUncredited
1943Let's Face ItGirl in BoatUncredited
1943Arizona TrailMartha Brooks
1944Ladies CourageousBee Jay
1944Hi, Good Lookin'!Information GirlUncredited
1944It Happened TomorrowWaitressUncredited
1944Follow the BoysPhone OperatorUncredited
1944Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any MoreGladys
1945The Scarlet ClueGloria Bayne
1945I'll Tell the WorldSwitchboard Operator
1945Jungle RaidersAnn ReedSerial
1945Sensation HuntersKatie Rogers
1946Because of HimReporterUncredited
1946The Scarlet HorsemanElise Halliday
1946House of HorrorsCab DriverUncredited
1946Dark AlibiMiss Petrie
1946Inside JobBlonde GirlUncredited
1946NocturneGrace AndrewsUncredited
1947Time Out of MindPenny
1947They Won't Believe MeSusan Haines - Verna's RoommateUncredited
1950Prehistoric WomenMinor RoleUncredited

References

  1. 1 2 "Janet Shaw, 82; Actress Had Role in 'Jezebel'". Los Angeles Times. 2001-10-23. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. 1 2 "Janet Shaw (Ellen Martha Clancy Stuart)". Variety. October 24, 2001. Retrieved September 8, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. 1 2 "Ellen Clancy, Former Local Tot, Looms as Film Prodigy". Beatrice Daily sun. January 11, 1939. p. 5. Retrieved October 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 Niemeyer, H. H. (October 30, 1938). "Prize Baby from Nebraska". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 43. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Officer Weds Janet Shaw". The Los Angeles Times. April 20, 1944. p. 2. Retrieved September 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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