Janis Paige
Acting
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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.
Filmography
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
2021
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
Legends
2006
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Family Law
1999
Caroline in the City
1995
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Natural Causes
1994
Shades of L.A.
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
Mission: Impossible
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
We Think the World Is Round
1984
Santa Barbara
1984
No Man's Land
1984
Night Court
1984
Trauma Center
1983
Baby Makes Five
1983
The Other Woman
1983
Gun Shy
1983
St. Elsewhere
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Capitol
1982
Love at the Top
1982
Bret Maverick
1981
Lewis & Clark
1981
Flamingo Road
1981
Angel on My Shoulder
1980
Valentine Magic on Love Island
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Love Boat
1977
The Betty White Show
1977
Eight Is Enough
1977
Lanigan's Rabbi
1977
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976
All's Fair
1976
Alice
1976
Lanigan's Rabbi
1976
Medical Story
1975
Cop on the Beat
1975
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
The Rockford Files
1974
Happy Days
1974
Police Story
1973
Banacek
1972
Sarge
1971
Columbo
1971
All in the Family
1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Roberta
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Mannix
1967
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Burke's Law
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Caretakers
1963
Follow the Boys
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Wagon Train
1957
Silk Stockings
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Tony Awards
1956
It's Always Jan
1955
Climax!
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954
Studio 57
1954
General Electric Theater
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Two Gals and a Guy
1951
Mister Universe
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
This Side of the Law
1950
Fugitive Lady
1950
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The House Across the Street
1949
The Younger Brothers
1949
One Sunday Afternoon
1948
Romance on the High Seas
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Wallflower
1948
Winter Meeting
1948
Always Together
1947
So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947
Cheyenne
1947
Love and Learn
1947
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
Of Human Bondage
1946
Her Kind of Man
1946
Hollywood Canteen
1944
I Won't Play
1944
Bathing Beauty
1944