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Elsie Janis

1889 - 1956

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Elsie Janis (born Elsie Bierbower, March 16, 1889 – February 26, 1956) was an American actress of stage and screen, singer, songwriter, screenwriter and radio announcer. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Elsie Janis is the 8,308th most popular actor (down from 6,413th in 2024), the 12,748th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,422nd in 2019) and the 3,860th most popular American Actor.

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Among people born in 1889, Elsie Janis ranks 294. Before her are Edward Sedgwick, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Vasily Struve, Robert Benchley, Marjorie Rambeau, and George S. Kaufman. After her are Vilhelm Wolfhagen, George Walsh, Walter Catlett, Jamnalal Bajaj, Arthur Hohl, and Dorothy Phillips. Among people deceased in 1956, Elsie Janis ranks 224. Before her are Henry Stephenson, Paul Kelly, Sam Langford, Margaret Wycherly, Clarence Birdseye, and Ivan Dresser. After her are Holmes Herbert, Michael Arlen, Ernst Loof, Walt Faulkner, Guy Kibbee, and Fred Allen.

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Elsie Janis ranks 3,862. Before her are Samuel S. Hinds (1875), Jay Acovone (1955), Michelle Hurst (1953), Billy Brown (1970), Michael Trevino (1985), and Austin Nichols (1980). After her are Carmel Myers (1899), Imogene Coca (1908), Sarah Butler (1985), Kimberly Williams-Paisley (1971), Dorothy Davenport (1895), and Lee Garlington (1953).

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