Elsie Janis

Elsie Janis

From Wikipedia Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 – February 26, 1956) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force). Janis was a tireless advocate for British and American soldiers fighting in World War I. She raised funds for Liberty Bonds. Janis also took her act on the road, entertaining troops stationed near the front lines - one of the first popular American artists to do so in a war fought on foreign soil. Ten days after the armistice she recorded for HMV several numbers from her revue Hullo, America, including Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl. She wrote about her wartime experiences in The Big Show: My Six Months with the American Expeditionary Forces (published in 1919), and recreated them in a 1926 Vitaphone musical short, Behind the Lines. A new musical about this period of her life called "Elsie Janis and the Boys", written by Carol J. Crittenden and composer John T. Prestianni, premiered as part of the Rotunda Theatre Series in the Wortley-Peabody Theater in Dallas, TX on August 15, 2014. Her final film was the 1940 Women in War co-starring Wendy Barrie and Peter Cushing. Elsie Janis died in 1956 at her home in Beverly Hills, California, aged 66, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Elsie Janis has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6776 Hollywood Blvd.

  • Title: Elsie Janis
  • Popularity: 0.41
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1889-03-16
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Elsie Janis Movies

  • 1942
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4

    1 1942 HD

    Fourth film in the Hedda Hopper series.

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  • 1940
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    Women in War

    Women in War

    3 1940 HD

    A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out...

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  • 1915
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    The Caprices of Kitty

    The Caprices of Kitty

    1 1915 HD

    Orphaned heiress Katherine Bradley, known as "Kit," is an orphan and heiress is attending a fashionable and select seminary for young women. A...

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  • 1915
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    Nearly a Lady

    Nearly a Lady

    1 1915 HD

    Young Frederica Calhoun, naïve to the ways of the world, having grown up on her father’s Montana ranch, is swept off her feet by the...

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    Betty in Search of a Thrill

    Betty in Search of a Thrill

    3 1915 HD

    After graduating from a convent school, Betty travels to New York to visit her relatives, the Hastings. She quickly catches the eye of Jim Denning, a...

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  • 1919
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    The Imp

    The Imp

    1 1919 HD

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  • 1926
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    Behind the Lines

    Behind the Lines

    1 1926 HD

    Elsie Janis entertains the troops from the back of a truck. She calls a French soldier up to sing with her, then dances to an American song while...

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  • 1919
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    Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6

    Photoplay Magazine Screen Supplement #6

    1 1919 HD

    Shows brief glimpses into the lives of movie stars of the time. Included is shots of Elsie Janis in her garden in Tarrytown, where she gives an...

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  • 1930
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    Reaching for the Moon

    Reaching for the Moon

    5.8 1930 HD

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    Madam Satan

    Madam Satan

    5.8 1930 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Squaw Man

    The Squaw Man

    5.4 1931 HD

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  • 1929
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    Close Harmony

    Close Harmony

    6.5 1929 HD

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  • 1915
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    Betty in Search of a Thrill

    Betty in Search of a Thrill

    3 1915 HD

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    Nearly a Lady

    Nearly a Lady

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1919
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    The Imp

    The Imp

    1 1919 HD

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    The Caprices of Kitty

    The Caprices of Kitty

    1 1915 HD

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  • 1930
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    Galas de la Paramount

    Galas de la Paramount

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1930
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    Reaching for the Moon

    Reaching for the Moon

    5.8 1930 HD

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    Madam Satan

    Madam Satan

    5.8 1930 HD

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  • 1928
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    Oh Kay!

    Oh Kay!

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1930
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    Madam Satan

    Madam Satan

    5.8 1930 HD

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