ACTOR

Janis Paige

1922 - 2024

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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. Born in Tacoma, Washington, Paige began singing in local amateur shows at the age of five. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janis Paige has received more than 1,416,622 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Janis Paige is the 6,433rd most popular actor (up from 6,898th in 2019), the 9,447th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,243rd in 2019) and the 2,952nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Janis Paige ranks 6,433 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Dunn, Harald Schmidt, James Tupper, Ted Lange, Grant Imahara, and Sarah Polley. After her are Burn Gorman, Glenn Morshower, Barry Shabaka Henley, Eric Douglas, Raj Babbar, and Norman Kerry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Janis Paige ranks 385. Before her are Turhan Bey, Royal Dano, Charles Brown, Herbert Schade, Roberto Lovera, and Héctor Rossetto. After her are Elsa Joubert, Jeanne Sauvé, Valentine Telegdi, Jacques Pollet, Arthur Hill, and Haskell Wexler. Among people deceased in 2024, Janis Paige ranks 356. Before her are Michael Jayston, William Russell, Dallas Long, Manohar Joshi, Dickey Betts, and Lance Larson. After her are Roberto Chale, Shigeharu Ueki, Choi Dae-shik, Moacir Rodrigues Santos, Arvo Valton, and Kenjiro Shinozuka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janis Paige ranks 9,447 out of 20,380. Before her are Grant Imahara (1970), Bruce Alberts (1938), Naomi Novik (1973), Debbie Meyer (1952), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), and Benjamin Harrison V (1726). After her are Burn Gorman (1974), Edward Lachman (1948), David Ray Griffin (1939), Bob Avakian (1943), Glenn Morshower (1959), and Barry Shabaka Henley (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Janis Paige ranks 2,952. Before her are Elsie Janis (1889), Brandon Routh (1979), Jason Lewis (1971), Michael Dunn (1934), Ted Lange (1948), and Grant Imahara (1970). After her are Burn Gorman (1974), Glenn Morshower (1959), Barry Shabaka Henley (1954), Eric Douglas (1958), Norman Kerry (1894), and Larry Miller (1953).

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Television and Movie Roles

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Deborah Vaughn
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
Mar 31st 19606.1 / 10
Silk Stockings
Peggy Dayton
After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. She starts out condemning the decadent West, but gradually falls under its spell—with the help of an American movie producer. A remake of Ninotchka (1939).
Jun 28th 19576.7 / 10
Romance on the High Seas
Mrs. Elvira Kent
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband cheating. Meanwhile equally suspicious husband Michael Kent has sent a private eye on the same cruise to catch his wife cheating. Love and confusion ensues along with plenty of musical numbers.
Jun 25th 19486.7 / 10