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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
all 90
Movies 45
TV Shows 45
self 14
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission (2021)
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
Legends (2006)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk (2003)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Family Law (1999)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Natural Causes (1994)
Shades of L.A. (1990)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Santa Barbara (1984)
No Man's Land (1984)
Night Court (1984)
Baby Makes Five (1983)
The Other Woman (1983)
Gun Shy (1983)
St. Elsewhere (1982)
Matt Houston (1982)
Capitol (1982)
Love at the Top (1982)
Bret Maverick (1981)
Lewis & Clark (1981)
Flamingo Road (1981)
Angel on My Shoulder (1980)
Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980)
The Love Boat (1977)
The Betty White Show (1977)
Eight Is Enough (1977)
Lanigan's Rabbi (1977)
The Nancy Walker Show (1976)
Charlie's Angels (1976)
All's Fair (1976)
Alice (1976)
Lanigan's Rabbi (1976)
Cop on the Beat (1975)
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Happy Days (1974)
Police Story (1973)
Columbo (1971)
All in the Family (1971)
Roberta (1969)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Mannix (1967)
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Burke's Law (1963)
The Fugitive (1963)
The Caretakers (1963)
Follow the Boys (1963)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
87th Precinct (1961)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
Wagon Train (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
It's Always Jan (1955)
Climax! (1954)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
Two Gals and a Guy (1951)
Mister Universe (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
This Side of the Law (1950)
Fugitive Lady (1950)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
The House Across the Street (1949)
The Younger Brothers (1949)
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Wallflower (1948)
Winter Meeting (1948)
Always Together (1947)
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947)
Cheyenne (1947)
Love and Learn (1947)
The Time, The Place and The Girl (1946)
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
Of Human Bondage (1946)
Her Kind of Man (1946)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
I Won't Play (1944)
Bathing Beauty (1944)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1922-09-16 (101 years old)
Birth PlaceTacoma, United States of America
RelationshipsRay Gilbert (1962-01-01 - 1976-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJanis Page, Donna Mae Tjaden, جانيس بيج
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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