
About
Jane Withers
Overview
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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.
Known for
Acting |
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2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2002 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame II | Actor | Gargoyle Laverne (voice) | 55 Average |
2000 | Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1998 | Memories of Giant | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1996 | Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Actor | Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice) | 69 Fair |
1993 | Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1975 | All Together Now | Actor | Helen Drummond | N/A N/A |
1974 | Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. | Actor | Lt. Grace Blodgett | 59 Average |
1961 | The Right Approach | Actor | Liz Fargo | N/A N/A |
1958 | The Heart is a Rebel | Actor | Grace | N/A N/A |
1957 | Armored Attack! | Actor | as Clavdia Kurin | 58 Average |
1956 | Giant | Actor | Vashti Synthe | 68 Fair |
1947 | Danger Street | Actor | Pat Marvin | 58 Average |
1946 | Affairs of Geraldine | Actor | Geraldine Cooper | 58 Average |
1946 | Peeks at Hollywood | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1944 | Faces in the Fog | Actor | Mary Elliott | 58 Average |
1944 | My Best Gal | Actor | Kitty O'Hara | N/A N/A |
1943 | The North Star | Actor | Clavdia Kurin | 58 Average |
1942 | Johnny Doughboy | Actor | Ann Winters / Penny Ryan | 58 Average |
1942 | The Mad Martindales | Actor | Kathy Martindale | 58 Average |
1942 | Young America | Actor | Jane Campbell | N/A N/A |
1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | Actor | 59 Average |
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1941 | Small Town Deb | Actor | Patricia Randall | 59 Average |
1941 | A Very Young Lady | Actor | Kitty Russell | 58 Average |
1941 | Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1941 | Her First Beau | Actor | Penelope 'Penny' Wood | 58 Average |
1941 | Golden Hoofs | Actor | Jane Drake | 59 Average |
1940 | Youth Will Be Served | Actor | Eadie-May | 58 Average |
1940 | The Girl from Avenue A | Actor | Jane | N/A N/A |
1940 | Shooting High | Actor | Jane Pritchard | 59 Average |
1940 | High School | Actor | Jane Wallace | 59 Average |
1939 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Actor | Colette | 59 Average |
1939 | Chicken Wagon Family | Actor | Addie Fippany | N/A N/A |
1939 | Boy Friend | Actor | Sally Murphy | N/A N/A |
1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1939 | The Arizona Wildcat | Actor | Mary Jane Patterson | 59 Average |
1938 | Always in Trouble | Actor | Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington | 59 Average |
1938 | Keep Smiling | Actor | Jane Rand | N/A N/A |
1938 | Rascals | Actor | Gypsy | N/A N/A |
1937 | Checkers | Actor | Checkers | N/A N/A |
1937 | 45 Fathers | Actor | Judy | 58 Average |
1937 | Wild and Woolly | Actor | Arnette Flynn | N/A N/A |
1937 | Angel's Holiday | Actor | June 'Angel' Everett | 59 Average |
1937 | The Holy Terror | Actor | Corky | 58 Average |
1936 | Can This Be Dixie? | Actor | Peg Gurgle | N/A N/A |
1936 | Pepper | Actor | Pepper Jolly | 58 Average |
1936 | Little Miss Nobody | Actor | Judy Devlin | 59 Average |
1936 | Gentle Julia | Actor | Florence Atwater | N/A N/A |
1936 | Paddy O'Day | Actor | Paddy O'Day | 59 Average |
1935 | This Is the Life | Actor | Geraldine Revier | 59 Average |
1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | Actor | Della | 58 Average |
1935 | Ginger | Actor | Ginger | 58 Average |
1935 | The Good Fairy | Actor | Girl in Orphanage (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1934 | Bright Eyes | Actor | Joy Smythe | 59 Average |
1934 | Imitation of Life | Actor | Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
1933 | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Actor | Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited) | 58 Average |
Writing |
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1941 | Small Town Deb | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |