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Lois January
McAllen, Texas, USA
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 mo…
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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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1987
Double Agent
Movie Dowager
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1977
The Richard Pryor Special?
Movie Older Woman
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1973
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Movie Nurse
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1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV show Mrs. Sloan
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1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
Movie Mrs. Dean
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1960
My Three Sons
TV show
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1954
Father Knows Best
TV show Mrs. Martin
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1943
Three Cheers for the Girls
Movie Brunette in Dressing Room (uncredited)
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1937
Courage of the West
Movie Beth Andrews
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1937
The Red Rope
Movie Betty Duncan
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1937
Moonlight on the Range
Movie Wanda Brooks
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1937
The Trusted Outlaw
Movie Molly Clark
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1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
Movie Beth Harvey
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1937
Lightnin' Crandall
Movie Sheila Shannon
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1937
The Roaming Cowboy
Movie Jeannie Morgan
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1936
One Rainy Afternoon
Movie Mr. Perelin's Secretary
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1936
Rogue of the Range
Movie Stella Lamb
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1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson
Movie Dolores Costello
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1936
Border Caballero
Movie Goldie Harris
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1935
Skull and Crown
Movie Barbara Franklin
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1935
The Pace That Kills
Movie Jane Bradford
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1935
Society Fever
Movie Julie Prouty
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1935
Stolen Harmony
Movie Girl in Sextette (uncredited)
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1935
Arizona Bad Man
Movie Lucy Dunston
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1935
Life Returns
Movie Nurse
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1934
The Human Side
Movie High School Girl (uncredited)
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1934
Tripping Through the Tropics
Movie Sally
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1934
Let's Talk It Over
Movie Alice
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1934
Susie's Affairs
Movie Susie's Brunette Roommate
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1934
Let’s Be Ritzy
Movie Stenographer
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1934
Uncertain Lady
Movie Maid (uncredited)
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1934
School for Romance
Movie Student
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1933
By Candlelight
Movie Ann
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1933
Umpa
Movie Nurse
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1932
Show Business
Movie Showgirl on Train (uncredited)
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1932
Too Many Women
Movie Girl in White Wool Hat (uncredited)
