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Janis Paige

Cast & creator

Janis Paige

1922-09-16 (died at 101) Tacoma, Washington, USA Website IMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Columbo

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.

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

Movies

49

film credits

Series

64

television credits

Career

113

1944–2021 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

Columbo

Columbo

Goldie Williamson · 1971

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Phyllis Morrison · 1977

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Minnie Cahoon · 1969

Across film & television

Filmography (113)

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Showing 113 of 113 credits

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Columbo

Columbo

Goldie Williamson

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Phyllis Morrison

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Minnie Cahoon

Wagon Train

Wagon Train

Nellie Jefferson

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Hallie Martin

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

Mannix

Mannix

Georgia Durian

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

Joan

Night Court

Night Court

Eleanor Brandon

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

Miriam

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

Dee Mackaluso

Climax!

Climax!

Barbara

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

School Teacher

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Janis Paige

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Mrs. Cavendish

The Red Skelton Show

The Red Skelton Show

Hatta Mari

Happy Days

Happy Days

Angela

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Self

Alice

Alice

Paco

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Charlene Maguire

Capitol

Capitol

All in the Family

All in the Family

Denise

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Sharon McCauley

Caroline in the City

Caroline in the City

Loretta

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.

Catherine Hackett

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

Self

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

Madame Nunez

Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

Charlotte

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Family Law

Family Law

Ann Fox

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

Matt Houston

Matt Houston

Lauren Calder

Eight Is Enough

Eight Is Enough

Auntie V

Police Story

Police Story

Police Story

Police Story

Irene

Studio 57

Studio 57

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Lux Video Theatre

Iris

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Katherine Foster

87th Precinct

87th Precinct

Cheryl Anderson

The George Gobel Show

Self

Banacek

Banacek

Lydia

The Bell Telephone Hour

The Bell Telephone Hour

Self

Legends

Legends

Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

Minx Lockridge

Medical Story

Medical Story

Nurse

Bret Maverick

Bret Maverick

Mandy Packer

Trauma Center

Trauma Center

Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

Shades of L.A.

Shades of L.A.

Sarge

Sarge

Marian Hart

The Betty White Show

The Betty White Show

Wilma

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

All's Fair

All's Fair

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Bebe Evans

Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty

Janis

The Ezio Pinza Show

Self

Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times

Adah

Lewis & Clark

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Deborah Vaughn

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Natural Causes

Natural Causes

Mrs. MacCarthy

Lanigan's Rabbi

Kate Lanigan

Bachelor in Paradise

Bachelor in Paradise

Dolores Jynson

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas

Mrs. Elvira Kent

Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings

Peggy Dayton

Gun Shy

Gun Shy

Nettie McCoy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

(archive footage)

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Self

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

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

Self

No Man's Land

No Man's Land

Maggie Hodiak

It's Always Jan

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

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

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

Self

This Is Bob Hope...

This Is Bob Hope...

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Canteen

Hollywood Canteen

Studio Guide

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Two Guys from Milwaukee

Polly

Mister Universe

Mister Universe

Lorraine

Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man

Georgia King

Baby Makes Five

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

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

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

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

Self

Cop on the Beat

Cop on the Beat

Irene

So You Want to Be in Pictures

Self (uncredited)

The Time, The Place and The Girl

The Time, The Place and The Girl

Sue Jackson

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

Self

The House Across the Street

The House Across the Street

Kit Williams

This Side of the Law

This Side of the Law

Nadine Taylor

Angel on My Shoulder

Angel on My Shoulder

Dolly Blaine

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

Lonnie

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

Emily Carson

Valentine Magic on Love Island

Valentine Magic on Love Island

Madge

One Sunday Afternoon

One Sunday Afternoon

Virginia Brush

I Won't Play

I Won't Play

Kim Karol / Sally

The Other Woman

The Other Woman

Mrs. barnes

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

Self

Two Gals and a Guy

Two Gals and a Guy

Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour

Love at the Top

Love at the Top

Estelle

We Think the World Is Round

Nina (voice)

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

Sally Athelny

The Caretakers

The Caretakers

Marion

Follow the Boys

Follow the Boys

Liz

Lanigan's Rabbi

Lanigan's Rabbi

Kate Lanigan

Roberta

Scharwenka

Love and Learn

Love and Learn

Jackie

Always Together

Always Together

Polly (uncredited)

Fugitive Lady

Fugitive Lady

Barbara Clementi

Winter Meeting

Winter Meeting

Peggy Markham

Wallflower

Wallflower

Joy Linnett

The Younger Brothers

The Younger Brothers

Kate Shepherd