Elsie Janis
American actress (1889-1956) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 66
Elsie Janis 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".
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Edmund Goulding Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Irving Berlin Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Lillian Roth Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Frank Sinatra Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Aretha Franklin Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Barbra Streisand Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Ray Charles Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
George Carlin Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Gary Cooper Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Jay Leno Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Cecil B. DeMille Directed Madam Satan (1930)
Danny Kaye Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Al Franken Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Ruth Chatterton Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Lois Weber Directed Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915)
Jack Oakie Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Evelyn Brent Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Eugene Pallette Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Clive Brook Elsie produced Paramount on Parade (1930)
Dorothy Provine Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Yakov Smirnoff Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Garry Moore Duets: White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Sol C. Siegel Produced Women in War (1940)
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![Elsie Janis, 17 years old, in The Vanderbilt Cup 1906. She is dressed in early automobile attire; in the play, she drives a car on stage[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Elsiejanis1.jpg/1280px-Elsiejanis1.jpg)
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1956 · aged 66
