Janis Paige, a popular actress in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope and continued to perform into her 90s, has died. She was 101. Paige died Sunday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home, longtime friend Stuart Lampert said Monday. 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.
The same day, Warner Bros. signed her and cast her in a dramatic segment of the all-star movie 'Hollywood Canteen.' Her contract started at $150 a week. 'I earned more per week than my mother had made in a month during the Great Depression,' she recalled in The Hollywood Reporter in 2018.
Paige replaced Angela Lansbury in the New York production of 'Mame' in 1968 on Broadway and toured with the show in 1969. She also toured in 'Gypsy,' 'Annie Get Your Gun,' 'Born Yesterday' and 'The Desk Set.' Her last time on Broadway was in 1984’s 'Alone Together.' She also supplied glamor for Hope's Christmas visits to Cuba and the Caribbean in 1960, Japan and South Korea in 1962, and Vietnam in 1964. She sang in clubs with Sammy Davis Jr.
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