Lois January was an American actress who performed small roles in several B-movies during the 1930s.
Lois January was an American actress who performed small roles in several B-movies during the 1930s.
Lois also had a secondary part in the Wizard Of Oz, towards the end of the movie, holding a Siamese cat in her arms. Toto jumps out of the basket of the hot air balloon that was supposed to take him, Dorothy and the Wizard away from the Land of Oz.
January's first credited role was in 1933, in the film UM-PA. Her most famous role, however, is probably as the Emerald City manicurist in The Wizard of Oz who sings to Dorothy that "we can make a dimpled smile out of a frown". Although the character was unnamed, many fans believe it to be an incarnation of novel character Jellia Jamb.
During the 1930s she played in numerous westerns as the heroine, usually opposite Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Steele, Tim McCoy and Bob Baker, among others. In 1935 she starred opposite Reb Russell in Arizona Badman, and in 1936 she starred with Brown in Rogue of the Range, and alongside Tim McCoy in Border Caballero. While under contract with Universal Pictures she continued to play heroine roles in westerns, and in 1937 she starred opposite Bob Baker in Courage of the West. The reissuing of the 1935 exploitation film The Pace That Kills (under the title Cocaine Fiends) would eventually lend January even more exposure, however limited.
January's Broadway credits include High Kickers (1941) and Yokel Boy (1939).
By the mid-1940s, her starring roles had waned but she continued to act in non-starring parts. In 1942 she was the "poster girl" for Chesterfield cigarettes. From 1960 through 1987 she played numerous small roles on television, to include roles on My Three Sons and Marcus Welby, M.D. Her last acting role was in 1987, on the television movie Double Agent. During the 1980s she attended several western film festivals.
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Filmography (Movies)
Double Agent
Character:Dowager
Release Date:29/03/1987
The Richard Pryor Special?
Character:Older Woman
Release Date:05/05/1977
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Character:Nurse
Release Date:07/11/1973
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Character:Mrs. Dean
Release Date:01/06/1961
Three Cheers for the Girls
Character:Brunette in Dressing Room (uncredited)
Release Date:08/05/1943
Courage of the West
Character:Beth Andrews
Release Date:01/12/1937
The Red Rope
Character:Betty Duncan
Release Date:19/07/1937
Moonlight on the Range
Character:Wanda Brooks
Release Date:10/06/1937
The Trusted Outlaw
Character:Molly Clark
Release Date:04/05/1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
Character:Beth Harvey
Release Date:21/04/1937
Lightnin' Crandall
Character:Sheila Shannon
Release Date:24/03/1937
The Roaming Cowboy
Character:Jeannie Morgan
Release Date:04/01/1937
One Rainy Afternoon
Character:Mr. Perelin's Secretary
Release Date:13/05/1936
Rogue of the Range
Character:Stella Lamb
Release Date:24/04/1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson
Character:Dolores Costello
Release Date:14/04/1936
Border Caballero
Character:Goldie Harris
Release Date:01/03/1936
Skull and Crown
Character:Barbara Franklin
Release Date:16/12/1935
The Pace That Kills
Character:Jane Bradford
Release Date:01/12/1935
Society Fever
Character:Julie Prouty
Release Date:15/07/1935
Stolen Harmony
Character:Girl in Sextette (uncredited)
Release Date:20/04/1935
Arizona Bad Man
Character:Lucy Dunston
Release Date:01/02/1935
Life Returns
Character:Nurse
Release Date:02/01/1935
The Human Side
Character:High School Girl (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1934
Tripping Through the Tropics
Character:Sally
Release Date:27/07/1934
Susie's Affairs
Character:Susie's Brunette Roommate
Release Date:01/06/1934
Let's Talk It Over
Character:Alice
Release Date:01/06/1934
Let’s Be Ritzy
Character:Stenographer
Release Date:01/05/1934
Uncertain Lady
Character:Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:03/04/1934
School for Romance
Character:Student
Release Date:31/01/1934
By Candlelight
Character:Ann
Release Date:18/12/1933
Umpa
Character:Nurse
Release Date:24/11/1933
Show Business
Character:Showgirl on Train (uncredited)
Release Date:20/08/1932
Too Many Women
Character:Girl in White Wool Hat (uncredited)
Release Date:14/05/1932
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