|
|
|
|
|
Elsie JanisBroadway actress and singer, Elsie Janis, was born Elsie Bierbower (some sources list Beerbower) on March 16, 1889 in Marion County Ohio (some sources list Columbus Ohio). Janis first took to the stage at age 8. By age 11, she was a headliner on the vaudeville circuit, performing under the name "Little Elsie". As she matured, Janis began perfecting her comedic skills. Acclaimed by American and British critics, Janis was a headliner in New York and London. Janis also enjoyed a career as a Hollywood screen writer, actor and composer; her song "Oh, Give Me Time for Tenderness" was featured in Bette Davis' 1939 movie, Dark Victory. Janis was known as a tireless advocate for British and American soldiers fighting in World War I. She acted as both a Red Cross nurse and fundraiser for Liberty Bonds. Janis also took her act on the road, entertaining troops stationed near the frontlines - one of the first popular American artists to do so in a war fought on foreign soil. Janis mantained her private home, ElJan, on the eastside of High Street in Columbus, Ohio, across the street from what was Ohio State University's "Buckeye Field", the precursor to Ohio Stadium. Janis sold the house following her mother's death; a McDonalds now occupies the site of ElJan. In 1932, Janis married Gilbert Wilson, who was sixteen years her junior. The couple lived in Terrytown New York until Janis moved to California where she lived until her death. Her final film was the 1940 Women in War co-starring Wendy Barrie and a very young Peter Cushing. Elsie Janis died on February 26, 1956, at her Beverly Hills home in Los Angeles, California. Janis, Elsie Janis, Elsie
|
 |
|
| Copyright 2005-2009 OnPedia.com. All Rights Reserved |
|
|