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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.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-09-16
- event Death Date 2024-06-02
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 6.5
- info Birth Place Tacoma, Washington, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Janis Paige
4.5
The House Across the Street
1949-09-10
6.7
Silk Stockings
1957-06-28
6.7
Romance on the High Seas
1948-06-25
6.5
Winter Meeting
1948-04-07
5.8
Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
4.8
This Side of the Law
1950-06-17
7.3
Hollywood Canteen
1944-12-15
4
Fugitive Lady
1950-05-08
5.8
Her Kind of Man
1946-05-11
6.1
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960-03-31
6.5
Bachelor in Paradise
1961-11-01
4.2
Follow the Boys
1963-02-27
6.2
The Caretakers
1963-08-21
7
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
5.4
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946-12-26
6
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988-05-16
5
The Younger Brothers
1949-05-03
5
Roberta
1969-11-06
6.1
I Won't Play
1944-11-11
5
Welcome to Hard Times
1967-04-30
6
Of Human Bondage
1946-07-05
5.8
So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947-06-07
6
Wallflower
1948-06-13
6.8
Cheyenne
1947-06-06
6
One Sunday Afternoon
1948-12-25
5.5
Love and Learn
1947-05-02
4.8
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946-07-26
0
Two Gals and a Guy
1951-07-01
0
Lanigan's Rabbi
1976-06-17
0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990-07-23
4.1
Cop on the Beat
1975-05-06
0
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975-04-12
6
No Man's Land
1984-05-27
0
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
2003-04-22
0
Love at the Top
1982-01-01
6.7
Always Together
1947-12-10
6
Angel on My Shoulder
1980-05-11
5
Mister Universe
1951-01-10
5
Natural Causes
1994-04-01
1
Valentine Magic on Love Island
1980-02-15
6.9
That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
8
This Is Bob Hope...
2017-12-29
9
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
2021-02-02
3.5
The Other Woman
1983-03-22
0
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14
8
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009-05-19
0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009-01-01
7
Alice
1976-08-31
6
Burke's Law
1963-09-20
7
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
7.9
All in the Family
1971-01-12
6
Flamingo Road
1981-01-06
6.6
Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22
7.7
Happy Days
1974-01-15
7
All's Fair
1976-09-20
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
6.1
Eight Is Enough
1977-03-15
7.5
87th Precinct
1961-09-25
5.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06
5
Lanigan's Rabbi
1977-01-22
7.2
The Fugitive
1963-09-17
7.1
Police Story
1973-03-20
8.2
Family Law
1999-09-20
5.7
Capitol
1982-03-26
6
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
6.2
Matt Houston
1982-09-26
3
Climax!
1954-10-07
5.5
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-10-04
5.3
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956-10-05
5
Lewis & Clark
1981-10-29
6
Shades of L.A.
1990-10-10
0
It's Always Jan
1955-09-10
5
Gun Shy
1983-03-15
5
Baby Makes Five
1983-04-01
4.6
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
8.1
Columbo
1971-09-15
7
The Bob Hope Show
1950-04-09
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30
7.4
Night Court
1984-01-04
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
7
The Bob Hope Show
1950-04-09
4
Bret Maverick
1981-12-01
6.4
Wagon Train
1957-09-18
6.3
The Betty White Show
1977-09-12
7.5
The Rockford Files
1974-09-13
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30
4.9
Santa Barbara
1984-07-30
6.7
Mannix
1967-09-16
6.3
The Love Boat
1977-09-24
5
Legends
2006-11-17
6.3
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-09-23
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1988-10-23
5.4
St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26
8.6
Banacek
1972-09-13
5
Sarge
1971-09-21
7.6
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-09-19
5.1
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
7
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959-01-12
0
Studio 57
1954-09-21
7
The George Gobel Show
1954-10-02
6
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30
6.4
Caroline in the City
1995-09-21
5
Trauma Center
1983-09-22