Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis | |
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The Theatre Magazine (November 1915) | |
| Born | Elsie Bierbower March 16, 1889 Marion, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 26, 1956 (aged 66) |
| Other names | Little Elsie |
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| Years active | 1894–1940 |
| Spouse | Gilbert Wilson (m.1932) |
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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).