Elsie Janis
Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 - February 26, 1956), American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as the sweetheart of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force). Pictured in The Sketch at the time she was leaving London and her popular role in a revue at the Palace Theatre, The Passing Show, to go back to America. She would return periodically throughout the war and remained one of London's favourite and highest paid actresses
Picture No
13991666
Media ID
45430256
Size
3600px x 4921px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by P. Costa in The Sketch, 5 August 1914
Date
1914
