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Janis Paige
Actor
Born September 16, 1922Died June 2, 2024 (101 years)
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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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
| 2021 | |
| 1999 | Family Law (TV Series) · as Ann Fox |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City (TV Series) · as Loretta |
| 1995 | Legend (TV Series) · as Delilah Pratt |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | Natural Causes · as Mrs. Maccarthy |
| 1988 | Mission: Impossible (1988) (TV Series) · as Katherine Foster |
| 1984 | Santa Barbara (TV Series) · as Minx Lockridge |
| 1984 | No Man's Land · as Maggie Hodiak |
| 1984 | Night Court (TV Series) · as Eleanor Brandon |
| 1983 | Trauma Center (TV Series) |
| 1983 | The Other Woman · as Mrs. Barnes |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Dee Mackaluso |
| 1982 | Matt Houston (TV Series) · as Lauren Calder |
| 1982 | Capitol (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Love at the Top · as Estelle |
| 1981 | Bret Maverick (TV Series) · as Mandy Packer |
| 1980 | Too Close for Comfort (TV Series) · as Irene Miller |
| 1980 | Flamingo Road (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Angel on My Shoulder · as Dolly Blaine |
| 1980 | Valentine Magic on Love Island · as Madge |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) · as Catherine Hackett |
| 1977 | The Betty White Show (TV Series) · as Wilma |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Phyllis Morrison |
| 1977 | Eight is Enough (TV Series) · as Auntie V |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Brian's Mother |
| 1976 | The Nancy Walker Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Joan |
| 1976 | All's Fair (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Alice (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Lanigan's Rabbi (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Medical Story (TV Series) · as Nurse |
| 1975 | Doc (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1975 | Cop on the Beat · as Irene |
| 1975 | Joe Forrester (TV Series) · as Irene |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Miriam |
| 1974 | Happy Days (TV Series) · as Angela |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Banacek (TV Series) · as Lydia |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Goldie Williamson |
| 1971 | Sarge (TV Series) · as Marian Hart |
| 1971 | All in the Family (TV Series) · as Denise |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Charlene Maguire |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Minnie Cahoon |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Georgia Durian |
| 1967 | Welcome to Hard Times · as Adah |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Sharon Mccauley |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Hallie Martin |
| 1963 | The Caretakers · as Marion |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Iona Huntington |
| 1963 | Follow the Boys · as Liz |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise · as Dolores Jynson |
| 1961 | Alcoa Premiere (TV Series) · as Connie Rankin |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Lavern |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct (TV Series) · as Cheryl Anderson |
| 1960 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies · as Deborah Vaughn |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The Ann Sothern Show (TV Series) · as Edith |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Nellie Jefferson |
| 1957 | Silk Stockings · as Peggy Dayton |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Barbara |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Bebe Evans |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cavendish |
| 1951 | Mister Universe · as Lorraine |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Iris |
| 1950 | This Side of the Law · as Nadine Taylor |
| 1950 | La strada buia · as Barbara Clementi |
| 1949 | The House Across the Street · as Kit Williams |
| 1949 | The Younger Brothers · as Kate Shepherd |
| 1948 | One Sunday Afternoon · as Virginia Brush |
| 1948 | Romance on the High Seas · as Mrs. Elvira Kent |
| 1948 | Wallflower · as Joy Linnett |
| 1948 | Winter Meeting · as Peggy Markham |
| 1947 | Always Together · as Polly (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Love and Learn · as Jackie |
| 1947 | Cheyenne · as Emily Carson |
| 1946 | The Time, the Place and the Girl · as Sue Jackson |
| 1946 | Two Guys from Milwaukee · as Polly |
| 1946 | Of Human Bondage · as Sally Athelny |
| 1946 | Her Kind of Man · as Georgia King |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen · as Studio Guide |
| 1944 | Bathing Beauty · as Janis |