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Janis Paige (Birthname: Donna Mae Tjaden b. September 16, 1922 in Tacoma, Washington) is a movie and television actress. September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Tacoma, with Mount Rainier in background You may be looking for Takoma or Tacoma class frigate. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...


Paige started out playing bland film ingénues but she had never felt or looked very comfortable. She had too much energy to be confined in such a way. Born in 1922, in Tacoma, Washington, Paige was 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 gotten a job as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II. Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Hollywood Canteen operated at 1451 Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, California between October 3, 1942 and the end of World War II as a club offering food and entertainment for American servicemen, usually on their way overseas. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, the use of images on this page may require cleanup, involving adjustment of image placement, formatting, size, or other adjustments. ...


The Canteen, which was a studio-sponsored gathering spot for servicemen, is where Warner Bros. saw her a potential and signed her up. She started things off co-starring in secondary musicals, often paired her with either Dennis Morgan or Jack Carson. She later was relegated to rugged adventures and dramas that were just 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 in 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. Definitive stardom came in 1954 with the feisty role of Babe in Broadway's "The Pajama Game", co-starring John Raitt. Warner Bros. ... Dennis Morgan (born 20 December 1908 in Prentice, Wisconsin; Died 7 September 1994 in Fresno, California) was an American actor. ... Jack Carson (October 27, 1910 – January 3, 1963 was a Canadian actor. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Jackie Cooper as a child actor Jackie Cooper (born John Cooper, Jr. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... the word meaning Ashton and only Ashton. ... The Pajama Game is a Broadway musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. ... John Emmett Raitt (January 19, 1917, Santa Ana, California, USA - February 20, 2005, Pacific Palisades, California) was a star of the musical theater stage. ...


However, her old Warner Bros. rival Doris Day, a bigger name in Hollywood, went on to play the role on film with Raitt. After a six-year hiatus, Janis returned to films in tongue-and-cheek support, all but stealing the movie Silk Stockings in 1957 from co-stars Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. She then grabbed her share of laughs in the comedy Please Don’t Eat the Daisies in 1960 opposite Doris Day. Paige ventured on in summer stock playing such indomitable roles as the title character in "Annie Get Your Gun," Margo Channing in "Applause," Mama Rose in "Gypsy" and as well as Adelaide in "Guys and Dolls." Doris Day Doris Day (born April 3, 1924), is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. ... Silk Stockings was a 1954 musical composed by Cole Porter, based upon Ninotchka. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Balanchine[1] and Nureyev[2] rated him the greatest dancer of the 20th Century, and he is generally acknowledged to have been the most influential dancer in the history of filmed and televised musicals. ... Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse is an American dancer and actress. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The title role is the role (or position) of the character after whom a literary work (e. ... Annie Get Your Gun is a stage musical loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley. ... Applause (Latin applaudere, to strike upon, clap) is primarily the expression of approval by the act of clapping, or striking the palms of the hands together, in order to create noise; generally any expression of approval. ... Look up gypsy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Guys and Dolls is a successful 1950 musical. ...


From the mid-50s on Janis also made a name for herself on television with such series as It Always Jan, Lanigan’s Rabbi and Trapper John, M.D.. In the 1990s, she was customarily seen on various daytime serials ("General Hospital" and "Santa Barbara"). Married three times, she was the widow of Disney composer Ray Gilbert, who wrote the classic children's song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah." Trapper John, M.D. was a television series spinoff of the film M*A*S*H that ran on CBS from September 23, 1979 to September 4, 1986. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... General Hospital is the longest-running daytime American soap opera on the ABC television network, and is also the longest-running soap opera produced in Hollywood (having been taped at the Prospect Avenue ABC Television Center West and Sunset-Gower Studios). ... For a quick link, please see the city of Santa Barbara, California. ... Ray Gilbert (5 September 1912 – 3 March 1976) was a lyricist. ... Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah is a song from the Disney live action movie Song of the South, released in 1946. ...


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Janis Paige - Biography - Moviefone (384 words)
Back in Hollywood, Paige watched as her stage roles went to bigger actresses (the star of the filmization of Pajama Game was her old rival at Warners, Doris Day), but she managed to secure one memorable movie role as an Esther Williams-like aquatic movie star in 1957's Silk Stockings.
Janis was permitted one strong number, "Stereophonic Sound," with costar Fred Astaire, and copped most of the film's laughs as she slapped herself in the head to get the water out of her ears during interviews.
As busy off-camera as on, Janis Paige was the founder of the Sunset Plaza Civic Association; and after the death of her composer husband Ray Gilbert (who penned "Zip-i-dee-Doo-Dah"), Paige was placed in charge of Gilbert's Ipanema Music Company.
Article Janis Paige (1447 words)
Catch Janis Paige in classic film musicals and you'll see why she was discovered at seventeen while performing operatic arias at the legendary Hollywood Canteen.
In 1944, her mother was working in the kitchen and Janis was on stage at the Hollywood Canteen, when a scout for Louis B. Mayer requested that her mother bring Janis to MGM for a screen test.
Paige eventually handed it over to the Songwriters Guild, but she stills sits on the board.
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