Janis Paige

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-09-16

Day of death

2024-06-02 (101 years old)

Place of Birth

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Janis Paige

Biography

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

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Happy Days

    Happy Days

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Night Court

    Night Court

  • Alice

    Alice

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • Eight Is Enough

    Eight Is Enough

  • Caroline in the City

    Caroline in the City

  • All in the Family

    All in the Family

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Capitol

    Capitol

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

  • Family Law

    Family Law

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • Banacek

    Banacek

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

  • The Time, The Place and The Girl

    The Time, The Place and The Girl

  • Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

  • 87th Precinct

    87th Precinct

  • Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

  • Mister Universe

    Mister Universe

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • Silk Stockings

    Silk Stockings

  • Legends

    Legends

  • Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

    Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

  • Bathing Beauty

    Bathing Beauty

  • The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

  • Always Together

    Always Together

  • Roberta

    Roberta

  • Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road

  • Winter Meeting

    Winter Meeting

  • The Caretakers

    The Caretakers

  • Shades of L.A.

    Shades of L.A.

  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

  • Trauma Center

    Trauma Center

  • All's Fair

    All's Fair

  • Natural Causes

    Natural Causes

  • Sarge

    Sarge

  • Love and Learn

    Love and Learn

  • Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara

  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Please Don't Eat the Daisies

    Please Don't Eat the Daisies

  • Romance on the High Seas

    Romance on the High Seas

  • Bret Maverick

    Bret Maverick

  • Wallflower

    Wallflower

  • One Sunday Afternoon

    One Sunday Afternoon

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • The Younger Brothers

    The Younger Brothers

  • This Side of the Law

    This Side of the Law

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    Angel on My Shoulder

  • Bachelor in Paradise

    Bachelor in Paradise

  • Follow the Boys

    Follow the Boys

  • Fugitive Lady

    Fugitive Lady

  • This Is Bob Hope...

    This Is Bob Hope...

  • Two Guys from Milwaukee

    Two Guys from Milwaukee

  • Valentine Magic on Love Island

    Valentine Magic on Love Island

  • Lanigan's Rabbi

    Lanigan's Rabbi

  • The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street

  • The Other Woman

    The Other Woman

  • Her Kind of Man

    Her Kind of Man

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • Cop on the Beat

    Cop on the Beat

  • Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

    Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

  • I Won't Play

    I Won't Play

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Betty White Show

    The Betty White Show

  • Lanigan's Rabbi

    Lanigan's Rabbi

  • Baby Makes Five

    Baby Makes Five

  • No Man's Land

    No Man's Land

  • Lewis & Clark

    Lewis & Clark

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Gun Shy

    Gun Shy

  • The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

    The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

  • Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

    Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

  • Two Gals and a Guy

    Two Gals and a Guy

  • So You Want to Be in Pictures

    So You Want to Be in Pictures

  • It's Always Jan

    It's Always Jan

  • Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

  • Love at the Top

    Love at the Top