Janis Paige
Acting
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
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movieThis Is Bob Hope...
2017
Self (archive footage)
tvLegends
2006
Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvFamily Law
1999
Ann Fox
tvCaroline in the City
1995
Loretta
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
(archive footage)
movieNatural Causes
1994
Mrs. MacCarthy
tvMission: Impossible
1988
Katherine Foster
movieHappy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvSanta Barbara
1984
Minx Lockridge
movieNo Man's Land
1984
Maggie Hodiak
tvNight Court
1984
Eleanor Brandon
movieThe Other Woman
1983
Mrs. barnes
tvGun Shy
1983
Nettie McCoy
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
Dee Mackaluso
tvMatt Houston
1982
Lauren Calder
movieLove at the Top
1982
Estelle
tvBret Maverick
1981
Mandy Packer
movieAngel on My Shoulder
1980
Dolly Blaine
tvTrapper John, M.D.
1979
Catherine Hackett
tvFantasy Island
1978
Charlotte
tvThe Love Boat
1977
Phyllis Morrison
tvEight Is Enough
1977
Auntie V
Lanigan's Rabbi
1977
Kate Lanigan
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Self (archive footage)
tvAlice
1976
Paco
movieLanigan's Rabbi
1976
Kate Lanigan
tvMedical Story
1975
Nurse
tvThe Rockford Files
1974
Miriam
tvHappy Days
1974
Angela
tvPolice Story
1973
Irene
tvBanacek
1972
Lydia
tvSarge
1971
Marian Hart
tvColumbo
1971
Goldie Williamson
tvAll in the Family
1971
Denise
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
Charlene Maguire
Roberta
1969
Scharwenka
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Minnie Cahoon
tvMannix
1967
Georgia Durian
tvBurke's Law
1963
Sharon McCauley
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Hallie Martin
movieThe Caretakers
1963
Marion
movieBachelor in Paradise
1961
Dolores Jynson
tv87th Precinct
1961
Cheryl Anderson
moviePlease Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
Deborah Vaughn
tvWagon Train
1957
Nellie Jefferson
movieSilk Stockings
1957
Peggy Dayton
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter
tvClimax!
1954
Barbara
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Bebe Evans
tvThe Red Skelton Show
1951
School Teacher / Janis Paige / Mrs. Cavendish / Hatta Mari
movieTwo Gals and a Guy
1951
Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour
movieMister Universe
1951
Lorraine
movieThis Side of the Law
1950
Nadine Taylor
movieFugitive Lady
1950
Barbara Clementi
tvThe Bob Hope Show
1950
Self / Madame Nunez
movieThe House Across the Street
1949
Kit Williams
movieThe Younger Brothers
1949
Kate Shepherd
movieOne Sunday Afternoon
1948
Virginia Brush
movieRomance on the High Seas
1948
Mrs. Elvira Kent
movieWallflower
1948
Joy Linnett
movieWinter Meeting
1948
Peggy Markham
movieAlways Together
1947
Polly (uncredited)
So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947
Self (uncredited)
movieCheyenne
1947
Emily Carson
movieLove and Learn
1947
Jackie
movieThe Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
Sue Jackson
movieOf Human Bondage
1946
Sally Athelny
movieHer Kind of Man
1946
Georgia King
movieHollywood Canteen
1944
Studio Guide
movieI Won't Play
1944
Kim Karol / Sally
