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Janis Paige
Tacoma, Washington, USA
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 t…
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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.
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2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie Self
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2021
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
Movie Self
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2017
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 2009
- 2009
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2006
Legends
TV show Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Movie Self
- 2003
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1999
Family Law
TV show Ann Fox
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1995
Caroline in the City
TV show Loretta
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1994
Natural Causes
Movie Mrs. MacCarthy
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1990
Shades of L.A.
TV show
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1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie Self
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1988
Mission: Impossible
TV show Katherine Foster
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1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1984
We Think the World Is Round
Movie Nina (voice)
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1984
Santa Barbara
TV show Minx Lockridge
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1984
No Man's Land
Movie Maggie Hodiak
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1984
Night Court
TV show Eleanor Brandon
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1983
Trauma Center
TV show
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1983
Baby Makes Five
TV show
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1983
The Other Woman
Movie Mrs. barnes
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1983
Gun Shy
TV show Nettie McCoy
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1982
St. Elsewhere
TV show Dee Mackaluso
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1982
Matt Houston
TV show Lauren Calder
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1982
Capitol
TV show
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1982
Love at the Top
Movie Estelle
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1981
Bret Maverick
TV show Mandy Packer
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1981
Lewis & Clark
TV show
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1981
Flamingo Road
TV show
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1980
Angel on My Shoulder
Movie Dolly Blaine
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1980
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Movie Madge
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1979
Trapper John, M.D.
TV show Catherine Hackett
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1978
Fantasy Island
TV show Charlotte
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Phyllis Morrison
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1977
The Betty White Show
TV show Wilma
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1977
Eight Is Enough
TV show Auntie V
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1977
Lanigan's Rabbi
TV show Kate Lanigan
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1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie Self (archive footage)
