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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.575 |
Birthday | 1912-10-05 |
Place of Birth | McAllen, Texas, USA |
Also Known As | Laura Lois January, |
1935
The Pace That Kills
2.6/10
A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother, and turns them into “cocaine fiends”.
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The Pace That Kills
1961
The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
4/2
Director Andrew V. McLaglen's 1961 drama, based on John William Fox's novel, is the tale of a young man returning home after fighting in the Civil War...
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The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
1935
Life Returns
4.2/6
A doctor who has spent his career working on ways to revive the dead sees his chance to prove his theory by performing his procedures on a recently de...
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Life Returns
1936
Border Caballero
5.8/4
Tex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes ov...
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Border Caballero
1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson
5/1
A lawman captures the notorious "Pecos Kid", who is tried and hanged for his crimes--then starts to have doubts as to whether the Kid actually committ...
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Lightnin' Bill Carson
1936
Rogue of the Range
4/1
Doran and the Sheriff have a scheme to bring in an outlaw gang. Doran is sent to prison so he and the gang leader Mitchell can break out. This gets hi...
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Rogue of the Range
1933
Umpa
2.5/2
Jack Osterman is smitten with a woman on a park bench, and cannot stop saying the word "Umpa" for the rest of the film, which involves his treatment b...
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Umpa
1937
Bar-Z Bad Men
2.3/4
Jim Waters arrives at Ed Parks' ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp Harvey has been losing cattle and he suspects Parks. But...
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Bar-Z Bad Men
1937
The Trusted Outlaw
6/1
Dan Ward, reformed and last member of an outlaw family, meets Molly Clark in a rocky draw near town. Ted Wells, a henchman for Dan's enemy Jim Swain,...
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The Trusted Outlaw
1933
By Candlelight
5.8/12
A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.
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By Candlelight
1932
Show Business
6/3
The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.
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Show Business
1935
Stolen Harmony
6/1
Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks...
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Stolen Harmony
1935
Society Fever
6/1
A mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to dinner with her somewhat screwball family.
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Society Fever
1977
The Richard Pryor Special?
6.75/4
Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Da...
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The Richard Pryor Special?
1937
The Roaming Cowboy
0/0
Two cowboys come upon a boy whose father has just been murdered. They promise to help find his killers.
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The Roaming Cowboy
1932
Too Many Women
9/1
College baseball player Mickey Daniels can't keep his mind on the game when he's got an eye for the ladies.
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Too Many Women
1934
Let’s Be Ritzy
0/0
Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.
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Let’s Be Ritzy
1935
Arizona Bad Man
5/1
The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a lawman who is after her father.
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Arizona Bad Man
1937
Lightnin' Crandall
3/1
Cowboy with a reputation as the fastest gun in Texas heads to Arizona to leave his past behind, but it keeps catching up to him.
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Lightnin' Crandall
1934
Tripping Through the Tropics
0/0
Frank Albertson's father wants his son to marry Lois January, but they really are only friends. Frank watches Lois doing a hooch dance at a secret tro...
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Tripping Through the Tropics
1935
Skull and Crown
6/1
Rin-Tin-Tin brings the killer of his mistress to justice.
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Skull and Crown
1943
Three Cheers for the Girls
6.2/5
This short film showcases six production numbers from various Warner Bros. musicals.
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Three Cheers for the Girls
1937
The Red Rope
6/1
Brade has hired Rattler Haynes to kill Tom Shaw. But when Shaw intercepts a message between the two, he alters it hoping it will cause the two outlaws...
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The Red Rope
1973
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
6/1
In this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to get remarried.
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My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1934
Susie's Affairs
5/1
Susie and her pals pretend they're society swells.
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Susie's Affairs
1937
Courage of the West
0/0
Rangers go after bandits holding up Wells Fargo offices.
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Courage of the West
1934
Let's Talk It Over
0/0
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drow...
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Let's Talk It Over
1934
The Human Side
0/0
The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
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The Human Side
1934
School for Romance
3/2
Count Romansky is a newspaper columnist who specializes in romance issues. When he loses his job, he opens up a school where he instructs his pretty p...
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School for Romance
1937
Moonlight on the Range
0/0
Tom "Killer" Dane kills Jeff's friend, who then pursues him. Jeff and Dane are look-alike half brothers, which allows Dane to make a raid dressed like...
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Moonlight on the Range
1936
One Rainy Afternoon
4.6/10
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to ki...
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One Rainy Afternoon
1987
Double Agent
4.6/4
International spy Jason Starr disappears following an altercation while on a mission. His boss seeks out Jason's twin brother, veterinarian Warren Sta...
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