Janis Paige
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-09-16
- Died:
- 2024-06-02
- Place of birth:
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
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
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
This Is Bob Hope...
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Legends
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Family Law
Caroline in the City
That's Entertainment! III
Natural Causes
Shades of L.A.
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Mission: Impossible
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
We Think the World Is Round
Santa Barbara
No Man's Land
Night Court
Trauma Center
Baby Makes Five
The Other Woman
Gun Shy
St. Elsewhere
Matt Houston
Capitol
Love at the Top
Bret Maverick
Lewis & Clark
Flamingo Road
Angel on My Shoulder
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Trapper John, M.D.
Fantasy Island
The Love Boat
The Betty White Show
Eight Is Enough
Lanigan's Rabbi
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Charlie's Angels
All's Fair
Alice
Lanigan's Rabbi
Medical Story
Cop on the Beat
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
The Rockford Files
Happy Days
Police Story
Banacek
Columbo
Sarge
All in the Family
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Roberta
Hawaii Five-O
Mannix
Welcome to Hard Times
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Burke's Law
The Fugitive
The Caretakers
Follow the Boys
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Bachelor in Paradise
87th Precinct
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
The Bell Telephone Hour
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Wagon Train
Silk Stockings
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Tony Awards
It's Always Jan
Climax!
The George Gobel Show
Studio 57
General Electric Theater
The Ezio Pinza Show
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Red Skelton Show
Two Gals and a Guy
Mister Universe
Lux Video Theatre
The Colgate Comedy Hour
This Side of the Law
Fugitive Lady
The Bob Hope Show
The House Across the Street
The Younger Brothers
One Sunday Afternoon
Romance on the High Seas
The Ed Sullivan Show
Wallflower
Winter Meeting
Always Together
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Cheyenne
Love and Learn
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Of Human Bondage
Her Kind of Man
Hollywood Canteen
I Won't Play
Bathing Beauty