Jane Withers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 12 April 1926 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Died
- 7 August 2021
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.
Known for
Acting 62
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self
- 2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame II as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
- 2000Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints as Self
- 1998Memories of Giant as Self
- 1996Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star as Self
- 1996The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
- 1993Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling as Self
- 1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen as Self
- 1975All Together Now as Helen Drummond
- 1974Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife as Self
- 1963Captain Newman, M.D. as Lt. Grace Blodgett
- 1961The Right Approach as Liz Fargo
- 1958The Heart Is a Rebel as Grace
- 1957Armored Attack! as as Clavdia Kurin
- 1956Giant as Vashti Synthe
- 1947Danger Street as Pat Marvin
- 1946Affairs of Geraldine as Geraldine Cooper
- 1946Peeks at Hollywood
- 1944Faces in the Fog as Mary Elliott
- 1944My Best Gal as Kitty O'Hara
- 1943The North Star as Clavdia Kurin
- 1942Johnny Doughboy as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan
- 1942The Mad Martindales as Kathy Martindale
- 1942Young America as Jane Campbell
- 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- 1941Small Town Deb as Patricia Randall
- 1941A Very Young Lady as Kitty Russell
- 1941Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play as Self
- 1941Her First Beau as Penelope 'Penny' Wood
- 1941Golden Hoofs as Jane Drake
- 1940Youth Will Be Served as Eadie-May
- 1940The Girl from Avenue A as Jane
- 1940Shooting High as Jane Pritchard
- 1940High School as Jane Wallace
- 1939Pack Up Your Troubles as Colette
- 1939Chicken Wagon Family as Addie Fippany
- 1939Boy Friend as Sally Murphy
- 1939Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)
- 1939The Arizona Wildcat as Mary Jane Patterson
- 1938Always in Trouble as Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington
- 1938Keep Smiling as Jane Rand
- 1938Rascals as Gypsy
- 1937Checkers as Checkers
- 193745 Fathers as Judy
- 1937Wild and Woolly as Arnette Flynn
- 1937Angel's Holiday as June 'Angel' Everett
- 1937The Holy Terror as Corky
- 1936Can This Be Dixie? as Peg Gurgle
- 1936Pepper as Pepper Jolly
- 1936Little Miss Nobody as Judy Devlin
- 1936Gentle Julia as Florence Atwater
- 1936Paddy O'Day as Paddy O'Day
- 1935This Is the Life as Geraldine Revier
- 1935The Farmer Takes a Wife as Della
- 1935Ginger as Ginger
- 1935The Good Fairy as Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)
- 1934Bright Eyes as Joy Smythe
- 1934Imitation of Life as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
- 1934Buddy's Garage as Cookie (voice) (uncredited)
- 1933Buddy's Day Out as Cookie / Elmer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1933Mary Stevens, M.D. as Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
- 1933Zoo in Budapest as Little Girl at Zoo (uncredited)
Writing 1
- 1941Small Town Deb · writer