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Janis Paige Dies: Prolific Film, TV & Stage Actor Known For ‘Pajama Game’, ‘Silk Stockings’ & Soaps Was 101


Janis Paige, who racked up more than 100 film, TV and stage credits over six decades including 'The Pajama Game' and 'Silk Stockings,' died June 2 at 101.

Janis Paige, who racked up more than 100 film, TV and stage credits over six decades including The Pajama Game, Silk Stockings and Santa Barbara, died June 2 at her home in Los Angeles. Paige made her Broadway debut in 1951 opposite Jackie Cooper in Remains to Be Seen but found her signature stage role three years later in the hit musical comedy The Pajama Game. Among her most recognizable silver-screen roles were opposite Day in Please Don’t Eat the Daisies and with Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the 1957 romp Silk Stockings, which also starred Peter Lorre and George Tobias.

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