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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2021
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
Character:Self
Release Date:02/02/2021
This Is Bob Hope...
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/12/2017
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Character:Self
Release Date:19/05/2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2009
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Character:Self
Release Date:22/04/2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Character:Self
Release Date:03/04/2003
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
Natural Causes
Character:Mrs. MacCarthy
Release Date:01/04/1994
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Character:Self
Release Date:23/07/1990
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/1988
No Man's Land
Character:Maggie Hodiak
Release Date:27/05/1984
The Other Woman
Character:Mrs. barnes
Release Date:22/03/1983
Love at the Top
Character:Estelle
Release Date:01/01/1982
Angel on My Shoulder
Character:Dolly Blaine
Release Date:11/05/1980
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Character:Madge
Release Date:15/02/1980
Lanigan's Rabbi
Character:Kate Lanigan
Release Date:17/06/1976
Cop on the Beat
Character:Irene
Release Date:06/05/1975
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Character:Lonnie
Release Date:12/04/1975
Roberta
Character:Scharwenka
Release Date:06/11/1969
Welcome to Hard Times
Character:Adah
Release Date:30/04/1967
The Caretakers
Character:Marion
Release Date:21/08/1963
Follow the Boys
Character:Liz
Release Date:27/02/1963
Bachelor in Paradise
Character:Dolores Jynson
Release Date:01/11/1961
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Character:Deborah Vaughn
Release Date:31/03/1960
Silk Stockings
Character:Peggy Dayton
Release Date:28/06/1957
Two Gals and a Guy
Character:Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour
Release Date:01/07/1951
Mister Universe
Character:Lorraine
Release Date:10/01/1951
This Side of the Law
Character:Nadine Taylor
Release Date:17/06/1950
Fugitive Lady
Character:Barbara Clementi
Release Date:08/05/1950
The House Across the Street
Character:Kit Williams
Release Date:10/09/1949
The Younger Brothers
Character:Kate Shepherd
Release Date:03/05/1949
One Sunday Afternoon
Character:Virginia Brush
Release Date:25/12/1948
Romance on the High Seas
Character:Mrs. Elvira Kent
Release Date:25/06/1948
Wallflower
Character:Joy Linnett
Release Date:13/06/1948
Winter Meeting
Character:Peggy Markham
Release Date:07/04/1948
Always Together
Character:Polly (uncredited)
Release Date:10/12/1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:07/06/1947
Cheyenne
Character:Emily Carson
Release Date:06/06/1947
Love and Learn
Character:Jackie
Release Date:02/05/1947
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Character:Sue Jackson
Release Date:26/12/1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Character:Polly
Release Date:26/07/1946
Of Human Bondage
Character:Sally Athelny
Release Date:05/07/1946
Her Kind of Man
Character:Georgia King
Release Date:11/05/1946
Hollywood Canteen
Character:Studio Guide
Release Date:15/12/1944
I Won't Play
Character:Kim Karol / Sally
Release Date:11/11/1944
Bathing Beauty
Character:Janis
Release Date:27/06/1944
Television Appearances
Legends
Character:Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Family Law
Character:Ann Fox
Caroline in the City
Character:Loretta
Shades of L.A.
Character:
Mission: Impossible
Character:Katherine Foster
Santa Barbara
Character:Minx Lockridge
Night Court
Character:Eleanor Brandon
Trauma Center
Character:
Baby Makes Five
Character:
Gun Shy
Character:Nettie McCoy
St. Elsewhere
Character:Dee Mackaluso
Matt Houston
Character:Lauren Calder
Capitol
Character:
Bret Maverick
Character:Mandy Packer
Lewis & Clark
Character:
Flamingo Road
Character:
Trapper John, M.D.
Character:Catherine Hackett
The Love Boat
Character:Phyllis Morrison
The Betty White Show
Character:Wilma
Eight Is Enough
Character:Auntie V
Lanigan's Rabbi
Character:Kate Lanigan
Charlie's Angels
Character:Joan
All's Fair
Character:
Alice
Character:
The Rockford Files
Character:Miriam
Happy Days
Character:Angela
Police Story
Character:
Police Story
Character:Irene
Banacek
Character:Lydia
Sarge
Character:Marian Hart
Columbo
Character:Goldie Williamson
All in the Family
Character:Denise
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character:Charlene Maguire
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Minnie Cahoon
Mannix
Character:Georgia Durian
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Self
Burke's Law
Character:Sharon McCauley
The Fugitive
Character:Hallie Martin
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
87th Precinct
Character:Cheryl Anderson
The Bell Telephone Hour
Character:Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Character:
Wagon Train
Character:Nellie Jefferson
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
It's Always Jan
Character:
Climax!
Character:Barbara
The George Gobel Show
Character:Self
Studio 57
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Bebe Evans
The Red Skelton Show
Character:School Teacher
The Red Skelton Show
Character:Self
The Red Skelton Show
Character:Hatta Mari
The Red Skelton Show
Character:Mrs. Cavendish
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Iris
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Self
The Bob Hope Show
Character:Madame Nunez
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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