ACTOR

Elsie Janis

1889 - 1956

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elsie Janis has received more than 95,153 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Elsie Janis is the 6,414th most popular actor (up from 7,811th in 2019), the 9,422nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,554th in 2019) and the 2,945th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elsie Janis ranks 6,414 out of 13,578. Before her are Ann Savage, Eugene, Jocelyne LaGarde, Inge Keller, Marie Avgeropoulos, and Phyllis Logan. After her are Brandon Routh, Jason Lewis, Stephanie Beacham, Anne Dorval, Anaid Iplicjian, and Bob Morley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Elsie Janis ranks 274. Before her are Joseph Ruttenberg, Paul Nash, Otakar Vindyš, Herbert Hübner, Alfred E. Green, and Nagamichi Kuroda. After her are Vasily Struve, Leslie Boardman, Nina Agadzhanova, Frederico Paredes, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, and James Chapin. Among people deceased in 1956, Elsie Janis ranks 201. Before her are Gerrit Smith Miller, Werner Haas, Marion Leonard, Frederick G. Donnan, Fernand Jourdant, and Alice Greene. After her are Norman Kerry, Hatı Çırpan, Henry Stephenson, Katherine MacDonald, William Thompson, and Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elsie Janis ranks 9,422 out of 20,380. Before her are Jim Hall (1935), Danny Carey (1961), Charles Sumner (1811), Edward S. Holden (1846), Buddy Miles (1947), and Joe Fulks (1921). After her are Daniel Barringer (1860), George Beauchamp (1899), Brandon Routh (1979), Dickey Betts (1943), Jason Lewis (1971), and Nelson Riddle (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Elsie Janis ranks 2,945. Before her are Judy Reyes (1967), Brooke Smith (1967), Lois Wilson (1894), Marguerite De La Motte (1902), Regina King (1971), and Ann Savage (1921). After her are Brandon Routh (1979), Jason Lewis (1971), Michael Dunn (1934), Ted Lange (1948), Grant Imahara (1970), and Janis Paige (1922).

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Television and Movie Roles

Madam Satan
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
Sep 20o 19305.8 / 10
Reaching for the Moon
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.
Dec 29o 19305.8 / 10
The Squaw Man
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of cattle rustler Cash Hawkins by rescuing the Indian girl Naturich from Hawkins. Wyngate marries Naturich, but then learns that his cousin Lord Henry has been killed and has cleared his name before dying. As Wyngate has long loved Lady Diana, Lord Henry's wife, he is perplexed at his situation. But fate takes a hand and resolves matters as Wyngate could not have predicted.
Jul 21o 19315.4 / 10