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Lois January

1913 - 2006

Texas born Lois January was under contract to Universal during the 1930s, and was frequently 'loaned out' to other studios and production companies.

Her B-western heroine duties were in about a dozen 1930s oaters starring Johnny Mack Brown, Bob Steele, Tim McCoy, Bob Baker, and others.

You may catch a glimpse of the redheaded Lois January in THE WIZARD OF OZ (MGM, 1939), during the song "The Merry Old Land of Oz" (comes before Bert Lahr doing "I Was the King of the Forest").

In the 1940s, Lois worked in Broadway musicals and appeared on various radio programs.

Lois also did a bit of TV work, including several appearances in MARCUS WELBY, as well as episodes of BARNABY JONES, THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, POLICE STORY, KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER, more.

Lois passed away on August 7, 2006 of Alzheimer's disease. She was 93.


  Although some of the data is incomplete or inaccurate, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) has information on Lois January: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0418363/

Classic Images has an article written by Joe Collura about Lois January at: http://www.classicimages.com/1996/april/loisjanuary.shtml

Lois was at a Munchkin and Culver City Hotel event in 1997: http://www.beyondtherainbow2oz.com/culverhotel.html
There was a problem with her photo on that page --- try this link: http://www.beyondtherainbow2oz.com/loisjanuary.html



Interesting bit of nostalgia and trivia here --- this is a 1942 Chesterfield cigarette ad on the back of a Broadway Show "playbill", and Lois is shown.  The notation in the upper right reads:
IT'S CHESTERFIELD
SAYS LOIS JANUARY
Star of Stage and Screen.



(Courtesy of Les Adams)

Above, Reb Russell, Tommy Bupp and Lois January in a scene from ARIZONA BAD MAN (Willis Kent, 1935).



Above from L-to-R are Lois January, Horace Murphy, and Johnny Mack Brown from ROGUE OF THE RANGE (A. W. Hackel/Supreme, 1936).



(Courtesy of Minard Coons)

Above from L-to-R are heroine Lois January, Tim McCoy wearing his Mexican disguise, and baddie Ted Adams in McCoy's BORDER CABELLERO (Puritan, 1936).



Above is a sepia duotone lobby card from the Film Classics re-release of COURAGE OF THE WEST (Universal, 1937).  An unknown player has the drop on Lois January and star Bob Baker.



(Courtesy of Donn & Nancy Moyer)

Above, Dave Twomey (Happy the Clown) with Lois January.


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