Janis Paige

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Sep 16, 1922
Died	Jun 02, 2024 (101)
Birthplace	Tacoma, Washington, USA
Popularity	0.4 (history)
Updated	Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Filmography

Natural Causes

1994

as Mrs. MacCarthy

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

No Man's Land

1984

as Maggie Hodiak

The Other Woman

1983

as Mrs. barnes

Angel on My Shoulder

1980

as Dolly Blaine

Valentine Magic on Love Island

1980

as Madge

Lanigan's Rabbi

1976

as Kate Lanigan

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

1975

as Lonnie

Cop on the Beat

1975

as Irene

Roberta

1969

as Scharwenka

Follow the Boys

1963

as Liz

The Caretakers

1963

as Marion

Bachelor in Paradise

1961

as Dolores Jynson

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960

as Deborah Vaughn

Silk Stockings

1957

as Peggy Dayton

Mister Universe

1951

as Lorraine

Two Gals and a Guy

1951

as Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour

Fugitive Lady

1950

as Barbara Clementi

This Side of the Law

1950

as Nadine Taylor

The Younger Brothers

1949

as Kate Shepherd

The House Across the Street

1949

as Kit Williams

Romance on the High Seas

1948

as Mrs. Elvira Kent

Winter Meeting

1948

as Peggy Markham

One Sunday Afternoon

1948

as Virginia Brush

Wallflower

1948

as Joy Linnett

Cheyenne

1947

as Emily Carson

Love and Learn

1947

as Jackie

Always Together

1947

as Polly (uncredited)

Her Kind of Man

1946

as Georgia King

The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946

as Sue Jackson

Two Guys from Milwaukee

1946

as Polly

Of Human Bondage

1946

as Sally Athelny

I Won't Play

1944

as Kim Karol / Sally

Bathing Beauty

1944

as Janis

Hollywood Canteen

1944

as Studio Guide

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Santa Barbara

as Minx Lockridge

Episodes: 761

First Aired: Jul 30, 1984

Trapper John, M.D.

as Catherine Hackett

Episodes: 19

First Aired: Sep 23, 1979

Gun Shy

as Nettie McCoy

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 15, 1983

Eight Is Enough

as Auntie V

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Mar 15, 1977

All in the Family

as Denise

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 12, 1971

Lanigan's Rabbi

as Kate Lanigan

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 22, 1977

Bret Maverick

as Mandy Packer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 01, 1981

Burke's Law

as Sharon McCauley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

Hawaii Five-O

as Minnie Cahoon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Charlie's Angels

as Joan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1976

Happy Days

as Angela

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 1974

87th Precinct

as Cheryl Anderson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1961

The Fugitive

as Hallie Martin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Family Law

as Ann Fox

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Lux Video Theatre

as Iris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Bebe Evans

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

Matt Houston

as Lauren Calder

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1982

Climax!

as Barbara

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1954

Columbo

as Goldie Williamson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1971

The Red Skelton Show

as School Teacher

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1951

Night Court

as Eleanor Brandon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1984

The Bob Hope Show

as Madame Nunez

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 1950

Wagon Train

as Nellie Jefferson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1957

The Betty White Show

as Wilma

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1977

The Rockford Files

as Miriam

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

Mannix

as Georgia Durian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

The Love Boat

as Phyllis Morrison

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

Legends

as Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 17, 2006

St. Elsewhere

as Dee Mackaluso

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 26, 1982

Mission: Impossible

as Katherine Foster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 23, 1988

Sarge

as Marian Hart

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1971

Banacek

as Lydia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1972

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Charlene Maguire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1970

The Red Skelton Show

as Mrs. Cavendish

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1951

The Red Skelton Show

as Hatta Mari

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1951

Caroline in the City

as Loretta

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1995

Capitol

Episodes: 260

First Aired: Mar 26, 1982

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Apr 09, 1950

It's Always Jan

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Baby Makes Five

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Apr 01, 1983

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 10, 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

All's Fair

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1976

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

The George Gobel Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 02, 1954

Lewis & Clark

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1981

Shades of L.A.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1990

Alice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 31, 1976

Flamingo Road

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1981

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1958

Police Story

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 20, 1973

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1963

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Red Skelton Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1951

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1959

Studio 57

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1954

General Electric Theater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Trauma Center

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1983

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