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Janis Paige

Date of birth: 1922-09-16

Place of birth: Tacoma, Washington, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Janis Page, Donna Mae Tjaden, جانيس بيج

Janis Paige

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The House Across the Street
2.3

The House Across the Street

1949-09-10

Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely He

Silk Stockings
3.4

Silk Stockings

1957-06-28

After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from

Romance on the High Seas
3.4

Romance on the High Seas

1948-06-25

Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself whil

Winter Meeting
3.3

Winter Meeting

1948-04-07

A repressed poetess and an embittered war hero help each other cope with their problems.

Bathing Beauty
2.9

Bathing Beauty

1944-06-27

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal l

This Side of the Law
2.4

This Side of the Law

1950-06-17

A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told

Hollywood Canteen
3.6

Hollywood Canteen

1944-12-15

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entert

Fugitive Lady
2

Fugitive Lady

1950-05-08

A man drives his car off a cliff in an apparent suicide. One insurance investigator is not so sure i

Her Kind of Man
2.9

Her Kind of Man

1946-05-11

A singer can't choose between a charismatic gangster and an honest newspaperman.

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
3

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960-03-31

Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apart

Bachelor in Paradise
3.1

Bachelor in Paradise

1961-11-01

A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unoffic

Follow the Boys
2.1

Follow the Boys

1963-02-27

Four women create mayhem as they follow their Navy partners around the Riviera.

The Caretakers
3.1

The Caretakers

1963-08-21

This movie chronicles the trials of the mentally ill and their care-givers in an over-crowded ward o

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
3.5

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003-04-03

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame

The Time, The Place and The Girl
2.7

The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946-12-26

The stuffy manager of lovely opera singer Vicki Cassel and her uncle, a classical conductor, is dete

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
3

Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

1988-05-16

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

The Younger Brothers
2.5

The Younger Brothers

1949-05-03

Brothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go straight an

Roberta
2.5

Roberta

1969-11-06

Bob Hope returns to his stage role in this updated theatrical TV presentation of the musical

I Won't Play
3.2

I Won't Play

1944-11-11

In this Oscar-winning short film, a Marine, Joe Fingers, on a South Sea island during World War II,

Welcome to Hard Times
2.5

Welcome to Hard Times

1967-04-30

A sociopathic stranger all but destroys a small hardscrabble town but the 'mayor' convinces its surv

Of Human Bondage
3

Of Human Bondage

1946-07-05

A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him

So You Want to Be in Pictures
2.9

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947-06-07

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand

Wallflower
3

Wallflower

1948-06-13

Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.

Cheyenne
3.4

Cheyenne

1947-06-06

Slick gambler James Wylie is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison sentence

One Sunday Afternoon
3

One Sunday Afternoon

1948-12-25

The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as

Love and Learn
2.8

Love and Learn

1947-05-02

A wealthy socialite bored with her life meets and falls in love with a struggling songwriter on the

Two Guys from Milwaukee
2.4

Two Guys from Milwaukee

1946-07-26

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends c

Two Gals and a Guy
0

Two Gals and a Guy

1951-07-01

A singing couple gets their own television show, and the strains of putting on a TV show every week

Lanigan's Rabbi
0

Lanigan's Rabbi

1976-06-17

In this pilot film, an Irish Catholic police chief and a Jewish rabbi join together to solve the mur

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
0

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990-07-23

Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archi

Cop on the Beat
2

Cop on the Beat

1975-05-06

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in thi

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
0

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

1975-04-12

The son of a small-town doctor returns to his hometown after being kicked out of Yale, and begins a

No Man's Land
3

No Man's Land

1984-05-27

Sheriff Stella Stevens uses her wiles and the help of her three resourceful daughters -- one by each

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk
0

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

2003-04-22

This documentary short subject details the making of the 1957 MGM musical, "Silk Stockings". Hosted

Love at the Top
0

Love at the Top

1982-01-01

Glynnis Kidwell is right where she wants to be. She is both an attractive, vivacious woman, and at t

Always Together
3.4

Always Together

1947-12-10

An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical

Angel on My Shoulder
3

Angel on My Shoulder

1980-05-11

A small-time Chicago hood, now deceased, gets a second chance at life by striking a bargain with the

Mister Universe
2.5

Mister Universe

1951-01-10

A gullible and honest "Mr. Universe" winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man an

Natural Causes
2.5

Natural Causes

1994-04-01

An American links her mothers death in Bankok to a plot involving Vietnamese refugees.

Valentine Magic on Love Island
0.5

Valentine Magic on Love Island

1980-02-15

Janis Paige presides over the proceedings at a posh resort, using magical powers to help eight attra

That's Entertainment! III
3.5

That's Entertainment! III

1994-07-01

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929

This Is Bob Hope...
4

This Is Bob Hope...

2017-12-29

During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mas

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission
4.5

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

2021-02-02

WWII hero with the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron, Lt. Royal Stratton, leads a deadly mission to save

The Other Woman
2

The Other Woman

1983-03-22

After losing his wife of 28 years in a skiing accident, widower Lou Chadway (Hal Linden) falls for a

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
0

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021-08-14

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's
4

Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's

2009-05-19

Narrated by the legendary Shirley Jones, this installment of the Hollywood Singing and Dancing serie

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
0

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

2009-01-01

A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.