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person_profile-Lois January

Lois January Died at age: 93

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Lois January

Date of Birth:

Oct 05, 1912

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 07, 2006

Biography of

Lois January

    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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Lois January

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Filmography of

Lois January

Found 22 Movies in total

Double Agent

Dowager ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1973

... 1961

Courage of the West

Beth Andrews ( Actor )

... 1937

The Red Rope

Betty Duncan ( Actor )

... 1937

Moonlight on the Range

Wanda Brooks ( Actor )

... 1937

The Trusted Outlaw

Molly Clark ( Actor )

... 1937

Bar-Z Bad Men

Beth Harvey ( Actor )

... 1937

Lightnin' Crandall

Sheila Shannon ( Actor )

... 1937

One Rainy Afternoon

Mr. Perelin's Secretary ( Actor )

... 1936

Lightnin' Bill Carson

Dolores Costello ( Actor )

... 1936

Border Caballero

Goldie Harris ( Actor )

... 1936

Skull and Crown

Barbara Franklin ( Actor )

... 1935

The Pace That Kills

Jane Bradford ( Actor )

... 1935

Society Fever

Julie Prouty ( Actor )

... 1935

Stolen Harmony

Girl in Sextette (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Arizona Bad Man

Lucy Dunston ( Actor )

... 1935

Life Returns

Nurse ( Actor )

... 1935

The Human Side

High School Girl (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Let's Talk It Over

Alice ( Actor )

... 1934

Let’s Be Ritzy

Stenographer ( Actor )

... 1934

By Candlelight

Ann ( Actor )

... 1933