Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 16, 1922
Died
Jun 02, 2024
Place of Birth
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Credits
108 titles
Janis Paige
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Janis Paige (September 16, 1922 - June 2, 2024; born as Donna Mae Tjaden in Tacoma, Washington) was an American film, musical theatre and television actress. She began singing in public from the age of five in local amateur shows. She then moved to Los Angeles after graduating from high school and then got a job as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II. The Canteen, which was a studio-sponsored gathering spot for servicemen, is where Warner Bros. saw her potential and signed her up. She began her film career co-starring in secondary musicals, often paired with either Dennis Morgan or Jack Carson. She later was relegated to rugged adventures and dramas in which she was out of her element. Following her role in the forgettable Two Gals and a Guy released in 1951, she decided to leave the Hollywood scene. She then took to the Broadway boards and scored a huge hit with the 1951 comedy-mystery play, Remains to Be Seen, co-starring Jackie Cooper. She also toured successfully as a cabaret singer, performing everywhere from New York City and Miami to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Stardom came in 1954 with the role of "Babe" in the Broadway musical The Pajama Game. (Doris Day went on to play the role on film.) After a six-year hiatus, Paige returned to films in Silk Stockings (1957), which starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, plus the Doris Day comedy Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) followed by a role as a love-starved married neighbor in Bachelor in Paradise with Bob Hope (1961). One of her rare dramatic roles was "Marion," an institutionalized hooker, in the 1963 drama, The Caretakers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Janis Paige, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
Self
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self
Legends
Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Family Law
Ann Fox
Caroline in the City
Loretta
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Natural Causes
Mrs. MacCarthy
Shades of L.A.
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self
Mission: Impossible
Katherine Foster
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Think the World Is Round
Nina (voice)
Santa Barbara
Minx Lockridge
No Man's Land
Maggie Hodiak
Night Court
Eleanor Brandon
Trauma Center
Baby Makes Five
The Other Woman
Mrs. barnes
Gun Shy
Nettie McCoy
St. Elsewhere
Dee Mackaluso
Matt Houston
Lauren Calder
Capitol
Love at the Top
Estelle
Bret Maverick
Mandy Packer
Lewis & Clark
Flamingo Road
Angel on My Shoulder
Dolly Blaine
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Madge
Trapper John, M.D.
Catherine Hackett
Fantasy Island
Charlotte
The Love Boat
Phyllis Morrison
The Betty White Show
Wilma
Eight Is Enough
Auntie V
Lanigan's Rabbi
Kate Lanigan
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Charlie's Angels
Joan
All's Fair
Alice
Paco
Lanigan's Rabbi
Kate Lanigan
Medical Story
Nurse
Cop on the Beat
Irene
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Lonnie
The Rockford Files
Miriam
Happy Days
Angela
Police Story