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Janis Paige‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1922-09-16

Popularity

star7.5

Janis Paige

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Janis Paige

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1922-09-16

Popularity

star7.5

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.

Movie Credits

The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street‌
star4.5
calendar 1949

Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings‌
star6.7
calendar 1957

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas‌
star6.8
calendar 1948

Winter Meeting

Winter Meeting‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

This Side of the Law

This Side of the Law‌
star4.7
calendar 1950

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen‌
star7.3
calendar 1944

Fugitive Lady

Fugitive Lady‌
star4.0
calendar 1950

Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man‌
star5.8
calendar 1946

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Bachelor in Paradise

Bachelor in Paradise‌
star6.5
calendar 1961

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys‌
star4.2
calendar 1963

The Caretakers

The Caretakers‌
star6.2
calendar 1963

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There‌
star7.0
calendar 2003

The Time, The Place and The Girl

The Time, The Place and The Girl‌
star5.4
calendar 1946

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

The Younger Brothers

The Younger Brothers‌
star5.0
calendar 1949

Roberta

Roberta‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

I Won't Play

I Won't Play‌
star5.8
calendar 1944

Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Be in Pictures‌
star5.8
calendar 1947

Wallflower

Wallflower‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

One Sunday Afternoon

One Sunday Afternoon‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Love and Learn

Love and Learn‌
star5.5
calendar 1947

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Two Guys from Milwaukee‌
star4.8
calendar 1946

Two Gals and a Guy

Two Gals and a Guy‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Lanigan's Rabbi

Lanigan's Rabbi‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Cop on the Beat

Cop on the Beat‌
star4.1
calendar 1975

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

No Man's Land

No Man's Land‌
star6.0
calendar 1984

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Love at the Top

Love at the Top‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Always Together

Always Together‌
star6.7
calendar 1947

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Mister Universe

Mister Universe‌
star5.0
calendar 1951

Natural Causes

Natural Causes‌
star5.0
calendar 1994

Valentine Magic on Love Island

Valentine Magic on Love Island‌
star1.0
calendar 1980

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III‌
star6.9
calendar 1994

This Is Bob Hope...

This Is Bob Hope...‌
star8.0
calendar 2017

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission‌
star9.0
calendar 2021

The Other Woman

The Other Woman‌
star3.5
calendar 1983

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's‌
star8.0
calendar 2009

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Tv Credits

Alice

Alice‌
star6.9
calendar 1976

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

All in the Family

All in the Family‌
star7.8
calendar 1971

Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road‌
star6.0
calendar 1981

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Happy Days

Happy Days‌
star7.7
calendar 1974

All's Fair

All's Fair‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Eight Is Enough

Eight Is Enough‌
star6.1
calendar 1977

87th Precinct

87th Precinct‌
star7.5
calendar 1961

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse‌
star4.3
calendar 1958

Lanigan's Rabbi

Lanigan's Rabbi‌
star5.0
calendar 1977

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

Family Law

Family Law‌
star8.2
calendar 1999

Capitol

Capitol‌
star6.6
calendar 1982

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Matt Houston

Matt Houston‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre‌
star5.2
calendar 1963

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Lewis & Clark

Lewis & Clark‌
star5.0
calendar 1981

Shades of L.A.

Shades of L.A.‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

It's Always Jan

It's Always Jan‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Gun Shy

Gun Shy‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

Baby Makes Five

Baby Makes Five‌
star5.0
calendar 1983

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Columbo

Columbo‌
star8.1
calendar 1971

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1951

Night Court

Night Court‌
star7.3
calendar 1984

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Bret Maverick

Bret Maverick‌
star4.0
calendar 1981

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

The Betty White Show

The Betty White Show‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1951

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara‌
star4.9
calendar 1984

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

Legends

Legends‌
star5.0
calendar 2006

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.‌
star6.3
calendar 1979

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.5
calendar 1988

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere‌
star5.4
calendar 1982

Sarge

Sarge‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Banacek

Banacek‌
star8.6
calendar 1972

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1961

Studio 57

Studio 57‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

The Bell Telephone Hour

The Bell Telephone Hour‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1951

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show‌
star7.4
calendar 1951

Caroline in the City

Caroline in the City‌
star6.4
calendar 1995