Career
Born as Dorothy Penelope Jones in Dallas, Texas, her short film career began when she was visiting a cousin, who was working on a film for Fox Film Corporation in 1927. Her beauty was noticed at once and she was asked to make a screen test. Janis went on to make five films: four silents and one talkie.
The one talkie was Lummox (1930) based on the Fannie Hurst novel.
This film, released by United Artists, now only exists as a single nitrate print at the British Film Institute. The vice president of the Music Corporation of America, West. H. Stein, was best manitoba
Janis and King were married for 53 years, until King"s death in 1985. She lived in Paradise Valley, Arizona from 2004 up until her death on March 10, 2010 at the age of 98.