Janis Paige

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.

Acting

2021

2021

2009

2003

2003

1999

Family Law

Ann Fox

1995

1994

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

1994

Natural Causes

Mrs. MacCarthy

1990

1988

Mission: Impossible

Katherine Foster

1984

Santa Barbara

Minx Lockridge

1984

No Man's Land

Maggie Hodiak

1984

Night Court

Eleanor Brandon

1983

1982

St. Elsewhere

Dee Mackaluso

1982

Matt Houston

Lauren Calder

1982

Capitol

Unknown

1981

Bret Maverick

Mandy Packer

1981

1981

1979

Trapper John, M.D.

Catherine Hackett

1977

The Love Boat

Phyllis Morrison

1977

1977

1976

1976

All's Fair

Unknown

1976

Alice

Unknown

1975

1974

1974

1973

1973

1972

Banacek

Lydia

1971

Sarge

Marian Hart

1971

Columbo

Goldie Williamson

1971

1970

1968

Hawaii Five-O

Minnie Cahoon

1967

Mannix

Georgia Durian

1963

1963

Burke's Law

Sharon McCauley

1963

The Fugitive

Hallie Martin

1963

1962

1961

1961

Bachelor in Paradise

Dolores Jynson

1961

87th Precinct

Cheryl Anderson

1960

1959

1958

1957

Wagon Train

Nellie Jefferson

1957

Silk Stockings

Peggy Dayton

1956

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

1955

1954

Climax!

Barbara

1954

1954

Studio 57

Unknown

1953

1951

1951

1951

1951

The Red Skelton Show

Mrs. Cavendish

1951

The Red Skelton Show

School Teacher

1950

1950

1950

1950

1950

The Bob Hope Show

Madame Nunez

1949

1949

1948

One Sunday Afternoon

Virginia Brush

1948

Romance on the High Seas

Mrs. Elvira Kent

1948

1948

Wallflower

Joy Linnett

1948

Winter Meeting

Peggy Markham

1947

Always Together

Polly (uncredited)

1947

1947

Cheyenne

Emily Carson

1947

1946

1946

1946

Of Human Bondage

Sally Athelny

1946

Her Kind of Man

Georgia King

1944

Hollywood Canteen

Studio Guide

1944

I Won't Play

Kim Karol / Sally

1944

Infos

Full Name
Janis Paige
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
9/16/1922
Date of Death
6/2/2024
Website
http://janispaige.com/
Also Known As

Janis Page

Donna Mae Tjaden

جانيس بيج