Janis' only talkie film was Lummox (1930) based on the Fannie Hurst novel.

Janis retired in 1930 and married bandleader Wayne King in 1932.

The vice president of the Music Corporation of America, W. H. Stein, was best man.

She lived in Paradise Valley, Arizona, from 2004 up until her death on March 10, 2010, at the age of 98.

[2] She was interred in the All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona.