1922-09-16 Tacoma, Washington, USA
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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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
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Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission | Self | 2021-02-02 |
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This Is Bob Hope... | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-29 |
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Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's | Self | 2009-05-19 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self | 2009-01-01 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk | Self | 2003-04-22 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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Natural Causes | Mrs. MacCarthy | 1994-04-01 |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self | 1990-07-23 |
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self (archive footage) | 1988-05-16 |
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No Man's Land | Maggie Hodiak | 1984-05-27 |
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The Other Woman | Mrs. barnes | 1983-03-22 |
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Love at the Top | Estelle | 1982-01-01 |
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Angel on My Shoulder | Dolly Blaine | 1980-05-11 |
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Valentine Magic on Love Island | Madge | 1980-02-15 |
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Lanigan's Rabbi | Kate Lanigan | 1976-06-17 |
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The Turning Point of Jim Malloy | Lonnie | 1975-04-12 |
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Cop on the Beat | Irene | 1975-05-06 |
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Roberta | Scharwenka | 1969-11-06 |
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Welcome to Hard Times | Adah | 1967-04-30 |
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The Caretakers | Marion | 1963-08-21 |
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Follow the Boys | Liz | 1963-02-27 |
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Bachelor in Paradise | Dolores Jynson | 1961-11-01 |
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Deborah Vaughn | 1960-03-31 |
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Silk Stockings | Peggy Dayton | 1957-06-28 |
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Mister Universe | Lorraine | 1951-01-10 |
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Two Gals and a Guy | Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour | 1951-07-01 |
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La strada buia | Barbara Clementi | 1950-05-08 |
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This Side of the Law | Nadine Taylor | 1950-06-17 |
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The House Across the Street | Kit Williams | 1949-09-10 |
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The Younger Brothers | Kate Shepherd | 1949-05-03 |
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Wallflower | Joy Linnett | 1948-06-13 |
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Winter Meeting | Peggy Markham | 1948-04-07 |
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One Sunday Afternoon | Virginia Brush | 1948-12-25 |
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Romance on the High Seas | Mrs. Elvira Kent | 1948-06-25 |
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Cheyenne | Emily Carson | 1947-06-06 |
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Always Together | Polly (uncredited) | 1947-12-10 |
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So You Want to Be in Pictures | Self (uncredited) | 1947-06-07 |
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Love and Learn | Jackie | 1947-05-02 |
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Her Kind of Man | Georgia King | 1946-05-11 |
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The Time, The Place and The Girl | Sue Jackson | 1946-12-26 |
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Of Human Bondage | Sally Athelny | 1946-07-05 |
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Two Guys from Milwaukee | Polly | 1946-07-26 |
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Bathing Beauty | Janis | 1944-06-27 |
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Hollywood Canteen | Studio Guide | 1944-12-15 |
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I Won't Play | Kim Karol / Sally | 1944-11-11 |
