Janis Paige

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

107

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • 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

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Night Court

    Night Court

  • Happy Days

    Happy Days

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Trapper John, M.D.

    Trapper John, M.D.

  • Alice

    Alice

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • Caroline in the City

    Caroline in the City

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • All in the Family

    All in the Family

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show

    The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Capitol

    Capitol

  • Eight Is Enough

    Eight Is Enough

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • Family Law

    Family Law

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • Legends

    Legends

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • Banacek

    Banacek

  • 87th Precinct

    87th Precinct

  • Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • The George Gobel Show

    The George Gobel Show

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

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

  • Two Guys from Milwaukee

    Two Guys from Milwaukee

  • Shades of L.A.

    Shades of L.A.

  • Trauma Center

    Trauma Center

  • Bret Maverick

    Bret Maverick

  • Valentine Magic on Love Island

    Valentine Magic on Love Island

  • Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara

  • All's Fair

    All's Fair

  • Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

  • The Betty White Show

    The Betty White Show

  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

  • Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

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

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

  • Sarge

    Sarge

  • Roberta

    Roberta

  • One Sunday Afternoon

    One Sunday Afternoon

  • This Is Bob Hope...

    This Is Bob Hope...

  • Welcome to Hard Times

    Welcome to Hard Times

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    Angel on My Shoulder

  • The Younger Brothers

    The Younger Brothers

  • Romance on the High Seas

    Romance on the High Seas

  • Silk Stockings

    Silk Stockings

  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

  • The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street

  • Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

  • Winter Meeting

    Winter Meeting

  • The Caretakers

    The Caretakers

  • Always Together

    Always Together

  • Love and Learn

    Love and Learn

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Wallflower

    Wallflower

  • Follow the Boys

    Follow the Boys

  • The Other Woman

    The Other Woman

  • This Side of the Law

    This Side of the Law

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

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

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

  • Bachelor in Paradise

    Bachelor in Paradise

  • Lanigan's Rabbi

    Lanigan's Rabbi

  • Bathing Beauty

    Bathing Beauty

  • 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

  • No Man's Land

    No Man's Land

  • Fugitive Lady

    Fugitive Lady

  • Lanigan's Rabbi

    Lanigan's Rabbi

  • It's Always Jan

    It's Always Jan

  • Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

    Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

  • Gun Shy

    Gun Shy

  • Lewis & Clark

    Lewis & Clark

  • Love at the Top

    Love at the Top

  • Natural Causes

    Natural Causes

  • Please Don't Eat the Daisies

    Please Don't Eat the Daisies

  • Cop on the Beat

    Cop on the Beat

  • Baby Makes Five

    Baby Makes Five

  • That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

  • I Won't Play

    I Won't Play

  • The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

    The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

  • The Time, The Place and The Girl

    The Time, The Place and The Girl

  • Two Gals and a Guy

    Two Gals and a Guy

  • Her Kind of Man

    Her Kind of Man

  • So You Want to Be in Pictures

    So You Want to Be in Pictures

  • Mister Universe

    Mister Universe

  • Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

    Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission