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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. After high school, she moved to Los Angeles, where she became a singer at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II, as well as posing as a pin-up model. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Janis Paige is the 4,829th most popular actor (up from 6,428th in 2024), the 7,608th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,447th in 2019) and the 2,204th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Janis Paige ranks 4,829 out of 13,578. Before her are Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Jang Dong-gun, Otto Gebühr, Courtney Thorne-Smith, May Robson, and Antonia San Juan. After her are Julie Depardieu, Natalya Gundareva, Margaret Avery, Cecil Kellaway, Maurizio Arena, and Kader Khan.

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Among people born in 1922, Janis Paige ranks 313. Before her are Stanislav Rostotsky, Léopold Anoul, Stellan Nilsson, Ann-Britt Leyman, Lloyd La Beach, and Rui Campos. After her are Jacques Lataste, Luis Aponte Martínez, Sid Caesar, Mariya Polivanova, Marin Preda, and Mochtar Lubis. Among people deceased in 2024, Janis Paige ranks 365. Before her are James Darren, Hama Amadou, Toini Pöysti, and Jon McBride. After her are Willi Giesemann, Atsuko Tanaka, Emilio Correa, Bruce Ames, Yves Herbet, Song Jae-rim, Ibrahim Aqil, and Ramiro Blacut.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janis Paige ranks 7,610 out of 20,380. Before her are Harry Porter (1882), Robert Parrish (1916), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Isabel Briggs Myers (1897), Alice Kober (1906), and Rod Serling (1924). After her are Francis Spellman (1889), Ruby Bridges (1954), Daniel J. Boorstin (1914), Forest Ray Moulton (1872), Regis Philbin (1931), and Edmund Wilson (1895).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Janis Paige ranks 2,205. Before her are Kristen Cloke (1968), Polly Bergen (1930), Penn Badgley (1986), Lola Falana (1942), Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971), and Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967). After her are Margaret Avery (1944), Leighton Meester (1986), Carol Ann Susi (1952), Roxanne Hart (1952), Clarence Williams III (1939), and Peter Hermann (1967).

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