Janis Paige

Actor Sep 16 (died age 101) Tacoma, Washington, USA 1944–2021 (77 year career)

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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 Warne…

Known For

Film

Silk Stockings

Peggy Dayton

Film

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Deborah Vaughn

Film

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

Film

Hollywood Canteen

Studio Guide

Film

Romance on the High Seas

Mrs. Elvira Kent

Film

Bathing Beauty

Janis

Film

Bachelor in Paradise

Dolores Jynson

Film

Trapper John, M.D.

Catherine Hackett

Filmography

Acting (104)

Movies (48)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission

2021

as Self

9.0

This Is Bob Hope...

2017

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

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

2009

as Self

8.0

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

2009

as Self

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

2003

as Self

7.0

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Satin and Silk

2003

as Self

Natural Causes

1994

as Mrs. MacCarthy

5.0

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

as Self

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

1988

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

No Man's Land

1984

as Maggie Hodiak

6.0

We Think the World Is Round

1984

as Nina (voice)

The Other Woman

1983

as Mrs. barnes

3.3

Love at the Top

1982

as Estelle

Angel on My Shoulder

1980

as Dolly Blaine

6.0

Valentine Magic on Love Island

1980

as Madge

1.0

Lanigan's Rabbi

1976

as Kate Lanigan

Cop on the Beat

1975

as Irene

4.1

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

1975

as Lonnie

Roberta

1969

as Scharwenka

5.0

Welcome to Hard Times

as Adah

The Caretakers

as Marion

Follow the Boys

as Liz

Bachelor in Paradise

as Dolores Jynson

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

as Deborah Vaughn

Silk Stockings

as Peggy Dayton

Mister Universe

as Lorraine

Two Gals and a Guy

as Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour

Fugitive Lady

as Barbara Clementi

This Side of the Law

as Nadine Taylor

The Younger Brothers

as Kate Shepherd

The House Across the Street

1949

as Kit Williams

4.0

Romance on the High Seas

as Mrs. Elvira Kent

Wallflower

as Joy Linnett

Winter Meeting

as Peggy Markham

One Sunday Afternoon

as Virginia Brush

Love and Learn

as Jackie

Cheyenne

as Emily Carson

Always Together

as Polly (uncredited)

6.7

So You Want to Be in Pictures

1947

as Self (uncredited)

5.8

Two Guys from Milwaukee

as Polly

Of Human Bondage

as Sally Athelny

Her Kind of Man

as Georgia King

The Time, The Place and The Girl

as Sue Jackson

Bathing Beauty

as Janis

Hollywood Canteen

as Studio Guide

I Won't Play

as Kim Karol / Sally

Television (56)

Legends

2006

as Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)

Family Law

as Ann Fox

Caroline in the City

as Loretta

Shades of L.A.

Mission: Impossible

as Katherine Foster

Night Court

as Eleanor Brandon

Santa Barbara

as Minx Lockridge

Trauma Center

Gun Shy

as Nettie McCoy

Baby Makes Five

St. Elsewhere

as Dee Mackaluso

Matt Houston

as Lauren Calder

Capitol

Bret Maverick

as Mandy Packer

Flamingo Road

Lewis & Clark

Trapper John, M.D.

as Catherine Hackett

The Love Boat

as Phyllis Morrison

Eight Is Enough

as Auntie V

The Betty White Show

as Wilma

Lanigan's Rabbi

as Kate Lanigan

Charlie's Angels

as Joan

Alice

All's Fair

The Rockford Files

as Miriam

Happy Days

as Angela

Police Story

as Irene

Banacek

as Lydia

Columbo

as Goldie Williamson

All in the Family

as Denise

Sarge

as Marian Hart

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Charlene Maguire

Hawaii Five-O

as Minnie Cahoon

Mannix

as Georgia Durian

The Fugitive

as Hallie Martin

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Self

Burke's Law

as Sharon McCauley

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

87th Precinct

as Cheryl Anderson

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959

as Self

7.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Wagon Train

as Nellie Jefferson

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

It's Always Jan

Climax!

as Barbara

Studio 57

The George Gobel Show

1954

as Self

7.3

General Electric Theater

The Red Skelton Show

as School Teacher

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Bebe Evans

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Iris

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self