Elsie Janis

b. Elsie Bierbower, 16 March 1889, Columbus, Ohio, USA, d. 26 February 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA. In New York Janis was in When We Were Forty-One (1905), The Vanderbilt Cup (1906), The Hoyden (1907), The Fair Co-Ed (1908), The Lady Of The Slipper (1912) and Miss Information (1915). The latter featured ‘A Little Love', with lyrics by Janis and music by Jerome Kern. During World War I, she entertained troops and appeared in London's The Passing Show (1915 and 1916). She starred in and was librettist and co-composer for Broadway's Elsie Janis And Her Gang (1919) and Lond...