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Janis Paige

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101 Years Old

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.

Born

Tacoma, Washington, USA on 16th September 1922

Died

2nd June 2024

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