- When the hit musical "The Pajama Game" was being transferred to film, co-stars Janis and John Raitt were told either might recreate their respective roles, but not both. The reason given was that neither were established movie stars at the time. Frank Sinatra was approached to do the film, which meant Janis would have co-starred, but he turned it down. Doris Day was offered the role and accepted, so Raitt was taken on board and Paige was out.
- During her Broadway run of "The Pajama Game" in the mid-'50s, she accidentally developed poison oak. Co-star John Raitt had been clearing land and came to the theater with a rash on his hands. Janis missed three weeks of performances and had to endure potassium baths which made her turn purple.
- On April 1, 1968, she replaced Angela Lansbury as "Mame Dennis" in "Mame" on Broadway. She played the role for nearly two years, and garnered rave reviews.
- Got her start working as a singer at the Hollywood Canteen, where she was discovered by a Warner Brothers talent scout. One of her first film roles was co-starring in the Warner Brothers film, Hollywood Canteen (1944), where she plays a Warner Brothers messenger girl working at the canteen.
- Chose her first name in honor of Elsie Janis, beloved entertainer of troops during World War I; Paige was her maternal grandmother's name.
- In honor of her 100th birthday on September 16, 2022, her name was cited first and foremost in nationwide Born on This Day Mention Columns.
- She has developed a new autobiographical cabaret show in 2010 that she has been performing to great acclaim in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
- Alternate board member of the Songwriters Guild of America.
- Was only 12 years older than Nicolas Coster when she played his mother, Minx Lockridge (1990-1993), on Santa Barbara (1984).
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6624 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- Stepmother of Joanne Gilbert.
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