Janis Paige

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-09-16 (102 years old)

Deathday

2024-06-02

Place of Birth

Tacoma, Washington, USA

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 Ja...

Acting

1949

1957

Silk Stockings

as Peggy Dayton

1948

Romance on the High Seas

as Mrs. Elvira Kent

1948

Winter Meeting

as Peggy Markham

1944

1950

This Side of the Law

as Nadine Taylor

1944

Hollywood Canteen

as Studio Guide

1950

Fugitive Lady

as Barbara Clementi

1946

Her Kind of Man

as Georgia King

1960

1961

Bachelor in Paradise

as Dolores Jynson

1963

1963

1949

The Younger Brothers

as Kate Shepherd

1969

Roberta

as Scharwenka

1944

I Won't Play

as Kim Karol / Sally

1946

Of Human Bondage

as Sally Athelny

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

as Herself (uncredited)

1948

Wallflower

as Joy Linnett

1947

Cheyenne

as Emily Carson

1948

One Sunday Afternoon

as Virginia Brush

1947

1951

Two Gals and a Guy

as Della Oliver / Sylvia Latour

1976

Lanigan's Rabbi

as Kate Lanigan

1975

1984

No Man's Land

as Maggie Hodiak

1982

Love at the Top

as Estelle

1947

Always Together

as Polly (uncredited)

1980

Angel on My Shoulder

as Dolly Blaine

1951

Mister Universe

as Lorraine

1994

Natural Causes

as Mrs. MacCarthy

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

2017

This Is Bob Hope...

as Self (archive footage)

1983

The Other Woman

as Mrs. barnes

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