Jane Withers

Known for: Acting

Born: 1926-04-12 – 2021-08-07 (aged 95)

From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Withers (April 12, 1926 – August 7, 2021) was an American actress, model, and singer. Beginning a prolific career as a child actress at the age of 3, Withers was a Young Artist Award–Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award honoree, best known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s, as well as for her portrayal of "Josephine the Plumber" in a series of TV commercials for Comet cleanser in the 1960s and early 1970s, and probably best known for playing the obnoxious Joy Smythe in the film Bright Eyes, where she paired with Shirley Temple.

Filmography (72)

MOVIE
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
2002
as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
as Self
MOVIE
Memories of Giant
1998
as Self
MOVIE
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
MOVIE
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
as Self
MOVIE
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Marge Allen
TV★ 6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Gladys
TV★ 7.5
Weekend Special
1977
MOVIE★ 8.0
All Together Now
1975
as Helen Drummond
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
1974
as Self
TV★ 7.9
The Munsters
1964
as Fanny Pike
MOVIE★ 6.7
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
as Lt. Grace Blodgett
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Edith Swinney
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Right Approach
1961
as Liz Fargo
TV★ 6.3
Pete and Gladys
1960
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Heart Is a Rebel
1958
as Grace
MOVIE★ 6.2
Armored Attack!
1957
as as Clavdia Kurin
MOVIE★ 7.6
Giant
1956
as Vashti Synthe
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Sue Ann Baines
MOVIE★ 6.5
Danger Street
1947
as Pat Marvin
MOVIE★ 7.0
Affairs of Geraldine
1946
as Geraldine Cooper
MOVIE
Peeks at Hollywood
1946
MOVIE★ 4.3
Faces in the Fog
1944
as Mary Elliott
MOVIE★ 9.0
My Best Gal
1944
as Kitty O'Hara
MOVIE★ 6.0
The North Star
1943
as Clavdia Kurin
MOVIE★ 5.6
Johnny Doughboy
1942
as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Mad Martindales
1942
as Kathy Martindale
MOVIE★ 9.0
Young America
1942
as Jane Campbell
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
MOVIE★ 6.5
Small Town Deb
1941
as Patricia Randall
MOVIE★ 4.5
A Very Young Lady
1941
as Kitty Russell
MOVIE★ 6.5
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
1941
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Her First Beau
1941
as Penelope 'Penny' Wood
MOVIE★ 8.0
Golden Hoofs
1941
as Jane Drake
MOVIE★ 4.0
Youth Will Be Served
1940
as Eadie-May
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
as Jane
MOVIE★ 7.0
Shooting High
1940
as Jane Pritchard
MOVIE★ 6.7
High School
1940
as Jane Wallace
MOVIE★ 6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
as Colette
MOVIE★ 10.0
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
as Addie Fippany
MOVIE★ 9.0
Boy Friend
1939
as Sally Murphy
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Arizona Wildcat
1939
as Mary Jane Patterson
MOVIE★ 7.3
Always in Trouble
1938
as Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington
MOVIE★ 8.0
Keep Smiling
1938
as Jane Rand
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rascals
1938
as Gypsy
MOVIE★ 10.0
Checkers
1937
as Checkers
MOVIE★ 4.5
45 Fathers
1937
as Judy
MOVIE★ 10.0
Wild and Woolly
1937
as Arnette Flynn
MOVIE★ 6.0
Angel's Holiday
1937
as June 'Angel' Everett
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Holy Terror
1937
as Corky
MOVIE★ 7.0
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
as Peg Gurgle
MOVIE★ 5.0
Pepper
1936
as Pepper Jolly
MOVIE★ 7.5
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Judy Devlin
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gentle Julia
1936
as Florence Atwater
MOVIE★ 7.0
Paddy O'Day
1936
as Paddy O'Day
MOVIE★ 6.5
This Is the Life
1935
as Geraldine Revier
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Della
MOVIE★ 4.8
Ginger
1935
as Ginger
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Good Fairy
1935
as Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Bright Eyes
1934
as Joy Smythe
MOVIE★ 7.0
Imitation of Life
1934
as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Buddy's Garage
1934
as Cookie (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.9
Buddy's Day Out
1933
as Cookie / Elmer (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Zoo in Budapest
1933
as Little Girl at Zoo (uncredited)