Tributes have poured in across social media for the Broadway star who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope and continued to perform into her 80s.
Janis Paige, a Hollywood star who enjoyed a 60-year long career and performed with comedy giant Bob Hope in Vietnam has died of natural causes at her LA home aged 101.
Her other films included a Hope comedy, 'Bachelor in Paradise'; the Doris Day comedy 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' and 'Follow the Boys.' Paige's big break came in wartime when she sang an operatic aria for servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen. Janis Paige and Bob Hope hug during the annual Christmas show in Saigon, Vietnam, December 25, 1964. Bob Hope is seen here wearing the Air Commando Hat presented to him by base commander of Bien Hoa Air base.
MGM producer Arthur Freed caught her nightclub act at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles and offered her a part opposite Astaire in Silk Stockings, co-starring Cyd Charisse. She told stories about Astaire, Frank Sinatra and others and sang tunes from her films and stage musicals.
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