Janis Paige
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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
Credits
Natural Causes (1994)
as Mrs. MacCarthy
Bathing Beauty (1944)
as Janis
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Silk Stockings (1957)
as Peggy Dayton
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
as Deborah Vaughn
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
as Adah
No Man's Land (1984)
as Maggie Hodiak
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
as Dolores Jynson
The Other Woman (1983)
as Mrs. barnes
Mister Universe (1951)
as Lorraine
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
as Mrs. Elvira Kent
Of Human Bondage (1946)
as Sally Athelny
Follow the Boys (1963)
as Liz
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
as Studio Guide
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
as Self (uncredited)
Always Together (1947)
as Polly (uncredited)
Cheyenne (1947)
as Emily Carson
Wallflower (1948)
as Joy Linnett
The Caretakers (1963)
as Marion
I Won't Play (1944)
as Kim Karol / Sally
The House Across the Street (1949)
as Kit Williams
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self
The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946)
as Sue Jackson
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009)
as Self
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
as Polly
Love and Learn (1947)
as Jackie
This Side of the Law (1950)
as Nadine Taylor
Two Gals and a Guy (1951)
as Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour
Cop on the Beat (1975)
as Irene
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission (2021)
as Self
Winter Meeting (1948)
as Peggy Markham
Angel on My Shoulder (1980)
as Dolly Blaine
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk (2003)
as Self
Roberta (1969)
as Scharwenka
Her Kind of Man (1946)
as Georgia King
Fugitive Lady (1950)
as Barbara Clementi
Lanigan's Rabbi (1976)
as Kate Lanigan
The Younger Brothers (1949)
as Kate Shepherd
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
as Virginia Brush
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009)
as Self
Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980)
as Madge
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975)
as Lonnie
We Think the World Is Round (1984)
as Nina (voice)
Love at the Top (1982)
as Estelle