Janis Paige

In my opinion Janis Paige (born September 16, 1922) , is a underrated actress.  She began singing  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. That is where Warner Bros. first saw saw her and signed her up. She began her film career co-starring in musicals, where she performed with either Dennis Morgan or Jack Carson. She later performed in adventures and dramas . Following her role in the film, Two Gals and a Guy (1951), she decided to leave Hollywood .

She then went on to Broadway to perform in , Remains to Be Seen(1951), co-starring Jackie Cooper. She also toured  as a cabaret singer.

Stardom came in the Broadway musical, The Pajama Game(1954). (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 in Bachelor in Paradise with Bob Hope (1961). Sorry this wonderful clip of Janis does not have sound.




List of Janis Paige films:
Bathing Beauty (1944)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Her Kind of Man (1946)
Of Human Bondage (1946)
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)
Always Together (1947)
Winter Meeting (1948)
Wallflower (1948)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
Fugitive Lady (1949)
The Younger Brothers (1949)
The House Across the Street (1949)
This Side of the Law (1950)
Mr. Universe (1951)
Two Gals and a Guy (1951)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Follow the Boys (1963)
The Caretakers (1963)
Welcome to Hard Times (1967)