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person_profile-Janis Paige

Janis Paige Age: 102

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Janis Paige

Date of Birth:

Sep 16, 1922

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Janis Paige

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Janis Paige (born as Donna Mae Tjaden, September 16, 1922, Tacoma, Washington) is 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.

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Filmography of

Janis Paige

Found 42 Movies in total

... 2021

... 2021

This Is Bob Hope...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2009

... 2003

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1990

... 1988

No Man's Land

Maggie Hodiak ( Actor )

... 1984

The Other Woman

Mrs. barnes ( Actor )

... 1983

Love at the Top

Estelle ( Actor )

... 1982

Angel on My Shoulder

Dolly Blaine ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1980

Lanigan's Rabbi

Kate Lanigan ( Actor )

... 1976

Cop on the Beat

Irene ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1975

Roberta

Scharwenka ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1967

The Caretakers

Marion ( Actor )

... 1963

Follow the Boys

Liz ( Actor )

... 1963

Bachelor in Paradise

Dolores Jynson ( Actor )

... 1961

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Deborah Vaughn ( Actor )

... 1960

Silk Stockings

Peggy Dayton ( Actor )

... 1957

Two Gals and a Guy

Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour ( Actor )

... 1951

Mister Universe

Lorraine ( Actor )

... 1951

This Side of the Law

Nadine Taylor ( Actor )

... 1950

Fugitive Lady

Barbara Clementi ( Actor )

... 1950

The House Across the Street

Kit Williams ( Actor )

... 1949

The Younger Brothers

Kate Shepherd ( Actor )

... 1949

One Sunday Afternoon

Virginia Brush ( Actor )

... 1948

Romance on the High Seas

Mrs. Elvira Kent ( Actor )

... 1948

Wallflower

Joy Linnett ( Actor )

... 1948

Winter Meeting

Peggy Markham ( Actor )

... 1948

Always Together

Polly (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Cheyenne

Emily Carson ( Actor )

... 1947

Love and Learn

Jackie ( Actor )

... 1947

... 1946

... 1946

Of Human Bondage

Sally Athelny ( Actor )

... 1946

Her Kind of Man

Georgia King ( Actor )

... 1946

Hollywood Canteen

Studio Guide ( Actor )

... 1944

Bathing Beauty

Janis ( Actor )

... 1944