Bob Hope and Janis Paige hug during the annual Christmas show in Saigon, Vietnam, Dec. 25, 1964. Paige starred on Broadway with Jackie Cooper in the mystery-comedy, "Remains to be Seen" and appeared with John Raitt in the smash hit musical "The Pajama Game."
Paige's big break came in wartime when she sang an operatic aria for servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen. MGM hired her a day later for a brief role in "Bathing Beauty" — she spoke two lines in the film, which starred Esther Williams and Red Skelton — then dropped her. Paige's contract expired in 1949, at a time when studios were unloading talent because of the inroads of television. "That was a jolt," she remarked in 1963. "It meant I was washed up at 25."
In May 2003, Paige resumed entertaining after a long absence. She opened a show she called "The Third Act" at San Francisco's Plush Room. She told stories about Astaire, Frank Sinatra and others and sang tunes from her films and stage musicals. After leaving Warner Bros., she turned to TV, starring in a 1955-1956 TV series, "It's Always Jan" and playing recurring roles in "Flamingo Road," "Santa Barbara," “Eight Is Enough,” “Capitol,” “Fantasy Island” and “Trapper Jon, M.D.” On “All in the Family,” she played a diner waitress who becomes involved with Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker.
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