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Janis Paige (born Donna Mae Tjaden; September 16, 1922 – June 2, 2024) was an American actress and singer. With a career spanning nearly 60 years, she was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
2 days ago · FILE - Bob Hope and Janis Paige hug during the annual Christmas show in Saigon, Vietnam, Dec. 25, 1964. Paige, a popular actor in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope and continued to perform into her 80s, has died Sunday, June 2, 2024, of natural causes at her Los Angeles home, longtime friend Stuart Lampert said Monday, June 3.
2 days ago · Janis Paige was born Donna Mae Tjaden on Sept. 16, 1922, in Tacoma, Wash., to George and Hazel Tjaden. (She changed her name to Janis to honor the World War I entertainer Elsie Janis; Paige was a ...
2 days ago · Janis Paige regains her voice Feb. 24, 2012 Born Donna Mae Tjaden on Sept. 16, 1922, in Tacoma, Wash., Paige was a gifted singer as a child, performing at local amateur shows.
Joyous scene-stealer Janis Paige started out playing rather bland film ingénues, but never seemed to be comfortable in those roles--she had too much snap, crackle and pop to be confined in such a formulaic way. Born Donna Mae Tjaden in 1922 in Tacoma, Washington, she was singing in public from age 5 in local amateur shows.
1 day ago · Paige moved to Los Angeles during World War II and began starring on the big screen in 1944 Tara Ziemba/Getty Images Janis Paige, a longtime Hollywood and Broadway performer, has died. She was 101 ...
3 days ago · Janis Paige, Star of ‘Silk Stockings’ and Broadway’s ‘Pajama Game,’ Dies at 101. She stepped in for Angela Lansbury in 'Mame,' wed the "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" lyricist and almost broke up ...
Janis Paige, who racked up more than 100 film, TV and stage credits over six decades including The Pajama Game, Silk Stockings and Santa Barbara, died June 2 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 101.
2 days ago · Janis Paige, a popular Hollywood and Broadway actress who danced with Fred Astaire, has died aged 101. Paige also toured with US comedy giant Bob Hope during her career which continued into her 80s.
3 days ago · Janis Paige, best known for her roles in Silk Stockings and Romance on the High Seas, has died. The actress died of natural causes in her Los Angeles home at the age of 101 on June 2, according to ...
