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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Elsie Janis is the 8,218th most popular actor (down from 6,414th in 2019), the 12,705th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,425th in 2019) and the 3,851st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elsie Janis ranks 8,218 out of 13,578. Before her are Yoon Shi-yoon, Michael Trevino, Will Arnett, Kang So-ra, Margo, and Austin Nichols. After her are Nobuyuki Hiyama, Carmel Myers, Adan Canto, Tom Burke, Zhang Jingchu, and Imogene Coca.

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Contemporaries

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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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elsie Janis ranks 12,709 out of 20,380. Before her are Bobby Lashley (1976), Eddie Kendricks (1939), Bernard Bailyn (1922), Andrew Jackson Downing (1815), Mitch Miller (1911), and Austin Nichols (1980). After her are Carmel Myers (1899), Imogene Coca (1908), Bill Wheatley (1909), Brian Lewis (1974), Sarah Butler (1985), and Felix Grundy (1777).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Elsie Janis ranks 3,853. 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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