Lois January

Lois January was an American actress who performed small roles in several Bmovies 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 Januarys first credited role was in 1933 in the film UMPA 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 Januarys Broadway credits include High Kickers 1941 and Yokel Boy 1939 By the mid1940s her starring roles had waned but she continued to act in nonstarring 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 MD Her last acting role was in 1987 on the television movie Double Agent During the 1980s she attended several western film festivals