Janis Paige
Known for Acting · 108 credits
- Born
- 1922-09-16
- Died
- 2024-06-02
- Place of birth
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
- Also known as
- Janis Page · Donna Mae Tjaden · جانيس بيج
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.
Known For
TV Shows (59)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Fugitive
1963
as Hallie Martin
The Love Boat
1977
as Phyllis Morrison
Columbo
1971
as Goldie Williamson
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as School Teacher / Janis Paige / Hatta Mari / Mrs. Cavendish
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Self
Wagon Train
1957
as Nellie Jefferson
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Fantasy Island
1978
as Charlotte
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Charlene Maguire
Happy Days
1974
as Angela
Alice
1976
as Paco
Climax!
1954
as Barbara
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Minnie Cahoon
Mannix
1967
as Georgia Durian
Night Court
1984
as Eleanor Brandon
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Dee Mackaluso
The Rockford Files
1974
as Miriam
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Sharon McCauley
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Joan
All in the Family
1971
as Denise
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self / Madame Nunez
Caroline in the City
1995
as Loretta
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
as Catherine Hackett
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Eight Is Enough
1977
as Auntie V
Matt Houston
1982
as Lauren Calder
Studio 57
1954
Family Law
1999
as Ann Fox
Police Story
1973
as Irene
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
Capitol
1982
Banacek
1972
as Lydia
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Iris
Santa Barbara
1984
as Minx Lockridge
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
87th Precinct
1961
as Cheryl Anderson
Mission: Impossible
1988
as Katherine Foster
Medical Story
1975
as Nurse
Shades of L.A.
1990
Legends
2006
as Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
1981
Bret Maverick
1981
as Mandy Packer
Trauma Center
1983
All's Fair
1976
Sarge
1971
as Marian Hart
The Betty White Show
1977
as Wilma
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Bebe Evans
Lewis & Clark
1981
The Ezio Pinza Show
1951
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
Lanigan's Rabbi
1977
as Kate Lanigan
Gun Shy
1983
as Nettie McCoy
It's Always Jan
1955
Baby Makes Five
1983
Movies (49)
Natural Causes
1994
as Mrs. MacCarthy
Bathing Beauty
1944
as Janis
Silk Stockings
1957
as Peggy Dayton
Mister Universe
1951
as Lorraine
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
2003
as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Her Kind of Man
1946
as Georgia King
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Follow the Boys
1963
as Liz
Romance on the High Seas
1948
as Mrs. Elvira Kent
Welcome to Hard Times
1967
as Adah
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Dolores Jynson
No Man's Land
1984
as Maggie Hodiak
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Studio Guide
Of Human Bondage
1946
as Sally Athelny
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
as Deborah Vaughn
Cop on the Beat
1975
as Irene
One Sunday Afternoon
1948
as Virginia Brush
Angel on My Shoulder
1980
as Dolly Blaine
Two Guys from Milwaukee
1946
as Polly
The Other Woman
1983
as Mrs. barnes
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self
Valentine Magic on Love Island
1980
as Madge
Love and Learn
1947
as Jackie
The Caretakers
1963
as Marion
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self
The Younger Brothers
1949
as Kate Shepherd
Winter Meeting
1948
as Peggy Markham
The House Across the Street
1949
as Kit Williams
Lanigan's Rabbi
1976
as Kate Lanigan
Cheyenne
1947
as Emily Carson
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
2021
as Self
Always Together
1947
as Polly (uncredited)
I Won't Play
1944
as Kim Karol / Sally
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
2009
as Self
Two Gals and a Guy
1951
as Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour
This Side of the Law
1950
as Nadine Taylor
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
So You Want to Be in Pictures
1947
as Self (uncredited)
Fugitive Lady
1950
as Barbara Clementi
We Think the World Is Round
1984
as Nina (voice)
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as Sue Jackson
Love at the Top
1982
as Estelle
Roberta
1969
as Scharwenka
Wallflower
1948
as Joy Linnett
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975
as Lonnie
About 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 be… With 108 credits spanning from 1944 to 2021, Janis Paige has appeared in 49 films and 59 TV shows.
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Most Popular Janis Paige Movies
- Natural Causes (1994) — as Mrs. MacCarthy
- Bathing Beauty (1944) — as Janis
- Silk Stockings (1957) — as Peggy Dayton
- Mister Universe (1951) — as Lorraine
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
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