Janis Paige

Janis Paige was an American actress and singer who worked in film, television, and theater for close to six decades. Raised in Tacoma, Washington, she began performing in local amateur shows at five, then moved to Los Angeles after high school and during World War II she performed at the Hollywood Canteen. A Warner Bros. agent signed her, and she co-starred in musicals before appearing in Romance on the High Seas (1948). She left Hollywood after Two Gals and a Guy (1951) and found Broadway stardom in 1954 as Babe in The Pajama Game. Her later films included Silk Stockings (1957), Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960), and Bachelor in Paradise (1961). On television, she headlined the sitcom It's Always Jan and later had roles on soap operas. She received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 1960. Paige died in 2024.