Janis Paige
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Columbo
Goldie Williamson
1971
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Love Boat
Phyllis Morrison
1977
Series
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Charlene Maguire
1970
Series
The Red Skelton Show
School Teacher
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Janis Paige
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Mrs. Cavendish
1951
Series
The Red Skelton Show
Hatta Mari
1951
Series
Wagon Train
Nellie Jefferson
1957
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Minnie Cahoon
1968
Series
Alice
Paco
1976
Series
Mannix
Georgia Durian
1967
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Self
1963
Series
Charlie's Angels
Joan
1976
Series
Fantasy Island
Charlotte
1978
Series
The Fugitive
Hallie Martin
1963
Series
The Rockford Files
Miriam
1974
Series
Happy Days
Angela
1974
Series
Night Court
Eleanor Brandon
1984
Series
All in the Family
Denise
1971
Series
St. Elsewhere
Dee Mackaluso
1982
Series
Climax!
Barbara
1954
Series
Burke's Law
Sharon McCauley
1963
Series
Trapper John, M.D.
Catherine Hackett
1979
Series
Caroline in the City
Loretta
1995
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Madame Nunez
1950
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
Eight Is Enough
Auntie V
1977
Series
Capitol
1982
Series
Family Law
Ann Fox
1999
Series
Matt Houston
Lauren Calder
1982
Series
Police Story
1973
Series
Police Story
Irene
1973
Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Mission: Impossible
Katherine Foster
1988
Series
Banacek
Lydia
1972
Series
Studio 57
1954
Series
87th Precinct
Cheryl Anderson
1961
Lux Video Theatre
Iris
1950
Series
Flamingo Road
1981
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Series
Legends
Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Series
Medical Story
Nurse
1975
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
Series
Bret Maverick
Mandy Packer
1981
Series
Trauma Center
1983
Series
Shades of L.A.
1990
Series
All's Fair
1976
Film
Bathing Beauty
Janis
1944
Series
The Betty White Show
Wilma
1977
Series
Sarge
Marian Hart
1971
Series
General Electric Theater
1953
Film
Silk Stockings
Peggy Dayton
1957
Series
Santa Barbara
Minx Lockridge
1984
Film
Natural Causes
Mrs. MacCarthy
1994
Film
Romance on the High Seas
Mrs. Elvira Kent
1948
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bebe Evans
1951
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Film
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Deborah Vaughn
1960
Film
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
2003
Film
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
2021
Film
Hollywood Canteen
Studio Guide
1944
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
Bachelor in Paradise
Dolores Jynson
1961
The Ezio Pinza Show
Self
1951
Lewis & Clark
1981
Series
Gun Shy
Nettie McCoy
1983
Film
Cheyenne
Emily Carson
1947
Lanigan's Rabbi
Kate Lanigan
1977
It's Always Jan
1955
Film
Welcome to Hard Times
Adah
1967
Film
This Is Bob Hope...
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
Self
2003
Film
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Polly
1946
Film
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self
1990
Film
Mister Universe
Lorraine
1951
Film
No Man's Land
Maggie Hodiak
1984
Film
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self
2009
Film
Fugitive Lady
Barbara Clementi
1950
Film
Her Kind of Man
Georgia King
1946
Film
Of Human Bondage
Sally Athelny
1946
Film
The Caretakers
Marion
1963
Film
Follow the Boys
Liz
1963
Baby Makes Five
1983
Film
The Other Woman
Mrs. barnes
1983
Film
The Younger Brothers
Kate Shepherd
1949
Film
Cop on the Beat
Irene
1975
Film
Winter Meeting
Peggy Markham
1948
Film
Lanigan's Rabbi
Kate Lanigan
1976
Film
This Side of the Law
Nadine Taylor
1950
Film
Always Together
Polly (uncredited)
1947
Film
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Self (uncredited)
1947
Film
Angel on My Shoulder
Dolly Blaine
1980
Film
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Lonnie
1975
Film
I Won't Play
Kim Karol / Sally
1944
Film
Love and Learn
Jackie
1947
Film
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Sue Jackson
1946
Film
Valentine Magic on Love Island
Madge
1980
Roberta
Scharwenka
1969
Film
Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
Self
2021
Film
Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
Self
2009
Film
The House Across the Street
Kit Williams
1949
Film
One Sunday Afternoon
Virginia Brush
1948
Film
Wallflower
Joy Linnett
1948
We Think the World Is Round
Nina (voice)
1984
Film
Love at the Top
Estelle
1982
Film
Two Gals and a Guy
Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour
1951