Lois January

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Lois January

Born	October 5, 1913(1913-10-05) McAllen, Texas
Died	August 7, 2006 (aged 92) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Film, television actress

Lois January (October 5, 1913 – August 7, 2006) was an American actress who performed small roles in several B-movies during the 1930s. She was born in McAllen, Texas. Her first credited role was in 1933, in the film UM-PA.

A good looking woman in her youth, she is probably best recognized as the manicurist who manicures the Cowardly Lion's paws and also the woman holding a cat, which causes Toto to run out of the hot air balloon at the end of in The Wizard of Oz. However, she had many roles during her Hollywood acting career. 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 Cabellero. While on 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.

Her career slowed in the way of starring roles by the mid-1940s, but she continued to act. 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. She died in Los Angeles, California of Alzheimer's on August 7th, 2006.