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.
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- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021 · Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission as
- 2017 · This Is Bob Hope... as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's as Self
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self
- 2006 · Legends as Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2003 · Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk as Self
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 1999 · Family Law as Ann Fox
- 1995 · Caroline in the City as Loretta
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1994 · Natural Causes as Mrs. MacCarthy
- 1990 · Shades of L.A. as
- 1990 · You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self
- 1988 · Mission: Impossible as Katherine Foster
- 1988 · Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Santa Barbara as Minx Lockridge
- 1984 · No Man's Land as Maggie Hodiak
- 1984 · Night Court as Eleanor Brandon
- 1983 · Baby Makes Five as
- 1983 · The Other Woman as Mrs. barnes
- 1983 · Gun Shy as Nettie McCoy
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Dee Mackaluso
- 1982 · Matt Houston as Lauren Calder
- 1982 · Capitol as
- 1982 · Love at the Top as Estelle
- 1981 · Bret Maverick as Mandy Packer
- 1981 · Lewis & Clark as
- 1981 · Flamingo Road as
- 1980 · Angel on My Shoulder as Dolly Blaine
- 1980 · Valentine Magic on Love Island as Madge
- 1979 · Trapper John, M.D. as Catherine Hackett
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Phyllis Morrison
- 1977 · The Betty White Show as Wilma
- 1977 · Eight Is Enough as Auntie V
- 1977 · Lanigan's Rabbi as
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Joan
- 1976 · All's Fair as
- 1976 · Alice as
- 1976 · Lanigan's Rabbi as Kate Lanigan
- 1975 · Cop on the Beat as Irene
- 1975 · The Turning Point of Jim Malloy as Lonnie
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Miriam
- 1974 · Happy Days as Angela
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Banacek as Lydia
- 1971 · Sarge as Marian Hart
- 1971 · Columbo as Goldie Williamson
- 1971 · All in the Family as Denise
- 1970 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Charlene Maguire
- 1969 · Roberta as Scharwenka
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Minnie Cahoon
- 1967 · Mannix as Georgia Durian
- 1967 · Welcome to Hard Times as Adah
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Self
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Sharon McCauley
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Hallie Martin
- 1963 · The Caretakers as Marion
- 1963 · Follow the Boys as Liz
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Bachelor in Paradise as Dolores Jynson
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as Cheryl Anderson
- 1960 · Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Deborah Vaughn
- 1959 · The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Nellie Jefferson
- 1957 · Silk Stockings as Peggy Dayton
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1955 · It's Always Jan as
- 1954 · Climax! as Barbara
- 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
- 1954 · Studio 57 as
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bebe Evans
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as School Teacher
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Self
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Mrs. Cavendish
- 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Hatta Mari
- 1951 · Two Gals and a Guy as Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour
- 1951 · Mister Universe as Lorraine
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Iris
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · This Side of the Law as Nadine Taylor
- 1950 · Fugitive Lady as Barbara Clementi
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Madame Nunez
- 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 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · Wallflower as Joy Linnett
- 1948 · Winter Meeting as Peggy Markham
- 1947 · Always Together as Polly (uncredited)
- 1947 · So You Want to Be in Pictures as Herself (uncredited)
- 1947 · Cheyenne as Emily Carson
- 1947 · Love and Learn as Jackie
- 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 · I Won't Play as Kim Karol / Sally
- 1944 · Bathing Beauty as Janis