Janis Paige

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: Acting

Born: Tacoma, Washington, USA, 1922-09-16

Died: 2024-06-02

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Bathing Beauty	Janis	58
2	1944	I Won't Play	Kim Karol / Sally	64
3	1944	Hollywood Canteen	Studio Guide	73
4	1946	Her Kind of Man	Georgia King	58
5	1946	Of Human Bondage	Sally Athelny	60
6	1946	Two Guys from Milwaukee	Polly	48
7	1946	The Time, The Place and The Girl	Sue Jackson	54
8	1947	Love and Learn	Jackie	55
9	1947	Cheyenne	Emily Carson	68
10	1947	So You Want to Be in Pictures	Herself (uncredited)	58
11	1947	Always Together	Polly (uncredited)	67
12	1948	Winter Meeting	Peggy Markham	65
13	1948	Wallflower	Joy Linnett	60
14	1948	Romance on the High Seas	Mrs. Elvira Kent	68
15	1948	One Sunday Afternoon	Virginia Brush	60
16	1949	The Younger Brothers	Kate Shepherd	50
17	1949	The House Across the Street	Kit Williams	45
18	1950	Fugitive Lady	Barbara Clementi	40
19	1950	This Side of the Law	Nadine Taylor	48
20	1951	Mister Universe	Lorraine	50
21	1951	Two Gals and a Guy	Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour	0
22	1957	Silk Stockings	Peggy Dayton	67
23	1960	Please Don't Eat the Daisies	Deborah Vaughn	61
24	1961	Bachelor in Paradise	Dolores Jynson	65
25	1963	Follow the Boys	Liz	42
26	1963	The Caretakers	Marion	62
27	1967	Welcome to Hard Times	Adah	50
28	1969	Roberta	Scharwenka	50
29	1975	The Turning Point of Jim Malloy	Lonnie	0
30	1975	Cop on the Beat	Irene	41
31	1976	Lanigan's Rabbi	Kate Lanigan	0
32	1980	Valentine Magic on Love Island	Madge	10
33	1980	Angel on My Shoulder	Dolly Blaine	60
34	1982	Love at the Top	Estelle	0
35	1983	The Other Woman	Mrs. barnes	40
36	1984	No Man's Land	Maggie Hodiak	60
37	1988	Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC	Self (archive footage)	60
38	1990	You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story	Self	0
39	1994	Natural Causes	Mrs. MacCarthy	50
40	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	70
41	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
42	2003	Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk	Self	0
43	2009	Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression	Self	0
44	2009	Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's	Self	80
45	2017	This Is Bob Hope...	Self (archive footage)	80
46	2021	Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission		90
47	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
3	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Madame Nunez	70
4	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
5	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Iris	63
6	1951	The Red Skelton Show	School Teacher	74
7	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Self	74
8	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Mrs. Cavendish	74
9	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Hatta Mari	74
10	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Bebe Evans	73
11	1953	General Electric Theater		63
12	1954	Studio 57		0
13	1954	The George Gobel Show	Self	73
14	1954	Climax!	Barbara	33
15	1955	It's Always Jan		0
16	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter	51
17	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
18	1957	Wagon Train	Nellie Jefferson	63
19	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
20	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self	73
21	1961	87th Precinct	Cheryl Anderson	75
22	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
23	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
24	1963	The Fugitive	Hallie Martin	72
25	1963	Burke's Law	Sharon McCauley	60
26	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Self	57
27	1967	Mannix	Georgia Durian	67
28	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Minnie Cahoon	71
29	1970	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Charlene Maguire	75
30	1971	All in the Family	Denise	79
31	1971	Columbo	Goldie Williamson	81
32	1971	Sarge	Marian Hart	50
33	1972	Banacek	Lydia	86
34	1973	Police Story		69
35	1974	Happy Days	Angela	76
36	1974	The Rockford Files	Miriam	75
37	1976	Alice		71
38	1976	All's Fair		70
39	1976	Charlie's Angels	Joan	67
40	1977	Lanigan's Rabbi		50
41	1977	Eight Is Enough	Auntie V	60
42	1977	The Betty White Show	Wilma	63
43	1977	The Love Boat	Phyllis Morrison	63
44	1979	Trapper John, M.D.	Catherine Hackett	65
45	1981	Flamingo Road		60
46	1981	Lewis & Clark		50
47	1981	Bret Maverick	Mandy Packer	40
48	1982	Capitol		57
49	1982	Matt Houston	Lauren Calder	62
50	1982	St. Elsewhere	Dee Mackaluso	55
51	1983	Gun Shy	Nettie McCoy	50
52	1983	Baby Makes Five		50
53	1983	Trauma Center		50
54	1984	Night Court	Eleanor Brandon	74
55	1984	Santa Barbara	Minx Lockridge	49
56	1990	Shades of L.A.		60
57	1991	Mission: Impossible	Katherine Foster	75
58	1995	Caroline in the City	Loretta	64
59	1999	Family Law	Ann Fox	82
60	2006	Legends	Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)	50

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