Jane Withers

Jane Withers

Acting • Born 1926-04-12 – Died 2021-08-07

Acting1Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Biography

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

75 credits
Giant

Giant

Movie • 1956

Vashti Synthe

Youth Will Be Served

Youth Will Be Served

Movie • 1940

Eadie-May

Armored Attack!

Armored Attack!

Movie • 1957

as Clavdia Kurin

Captain Newman, M.D.

Captain Newman, M.D.

Movie • 1963

Lt. Grace Blodgett

Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes

Movie • 1934

Joy Smythe

Angel's Holiday

Angel's Holiday

Movie • 1937

June 'Angel' Everett

Paddy O'Day

Paddy O'Day

Movie • 1936

Paddy O'Day

Danger Street

Danger Street

Movie • 1947

Pat Marvin

Ginger

Ginger

Movie • 1935

Ginger

The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

Movie • 1935

Della

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

Movie • 1939

Colette

The Right Approach

The Right Approach

Movie • 1961

Liz Fargo

Little Miss Nobody

Little Miss Nobody

Movie • 1936

Judy Devlin

High School

High School

Movie • 1940

Jane Wallace

Johnny Doughboy

Johnny Doughboy

Movie • 1942

Ann Winters / Penny Ryan

Always in Trouble

Always in Trouble

Movie • 1938

Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington

Shooting High

Shooting High

Movie • 1940

Jane Pritchard

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies

Movie • 1939

Self (uncredited)

The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy

Movie • 1935

Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)

Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play

Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play

Movie • 1941

Self

The North Star

The North Star

Movie • 1943

Clavdia Kurin

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

Movie • 2002

Gargoyle Laverne (voice)

Small Town Deb

Small Town Deb

Movie • 1941

Patricia Randall

Chicken Wagon Family

Chicken Wagon Family

Movie • 1939

Addie Fippany

This Is the Life

This Is the Life

Movie • 1935

Geraldine Revier

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

Movie • 1993

Self

My Best Gal

My Best Gal

Movie • 1944

Kitty O'Hara

Faces in the Fog

Faces in the Fog

Movie • 1944

Mary Elliott

Affairs of Geraldine

Affairs of Geraldine

Movie • 1946

Geraldine Cooper

Pepper

Pepper

Movie • 1936

Pepper Jolly

Boy Friend

Boy Friend

Movie • 1939

Sally Murphy

The Arizona Wildcat

The Arizona Wildcat

Movie • 1939

Mary Jane Patterson

Keep Smiling

Keep Smiling

Movie • 1938

Jane Rand

Rascals

Rascals

Movie • 1938

Gypsy

Golden Hoofs

Golden Hoofs

Movie • 1941

Jane Drake

Checkers

Checkers

Movie • 1937

Checkers

The Mad Martindales

The Mad Martindales

Movie • 1942

Kathy Martindale

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Movie • 1941

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Movie • 1933

Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)

All Together Now

All Together Now

Movie • 1975

Helen Drummond

Young America

Young America

Movie • 1942

Jane Campbell

Her First Beau

Her First Beau

Movie • 1941

Penelope 'Penny' Wood

Peeks at Hollywood

Peeks at Hollywood

Movie • 1946

The Holy Terror

The Holy Terror

Movie • 1937

Corky

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

Movie • 1934

Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie • 1996

Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)

A Very Young Lady

A Very Young Lady

Movie • 1941

Kitty Russell

45 Fathers

45 Fathers

Movie • 1937

Judy

The Girl from Avenue A

The Girl from Avenue A

Movie • 1940

Jane

Wild and Woolly

Wild and Woolly

Movie • 1937

Arnette Flynn

Can This Be Dixie?

Can This Be Dixie?

Movie • 1936

Peg Gurgle

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

Movie • 2000

Self

Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

Movie • 1974

Self

Gentle Julia

Gentle Julia

Movie • 1936

Florence Atwater

The Heart is a Rebel

The Heart is a Rebel

Movie • 1958

Grace

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

Movie • 2009

Self

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star

Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star

Movie • 1996

Self

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

Movie • 1989

Self

Buddy's Day Out

Buddy's Day Out

Movie • 1933

Cookie / Elmer (voice) (uncredited)

Zoo in Budapest

Zoo in Budapest

Movie • 1933

Little Girl at Zoo (uncredited)

Buddy's Garage

Buddy's Garage

Movie • 1934

Cookie (voice) (uncredited)

Memories of Giant

Memories of Giant

Movie • 1998

Zack and the Magic Factory

Zack and the Magic Factory

Movie • 1981

Aunt Daisy

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Marge Allen

The Munsters

The Munsters

TV • 1964

Fanny Pike

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

TV • 1979

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Sue Ann Baines

Weekend Special

Weekend Special

TV • 1977

Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys

TV • 1960

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

TV • 1984

Alma Sobel

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Betty Hamilton

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV • 1962

Self

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

TV • 1977

Gladys

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

TV • 1961

Self

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV • 1962

Edith Swinney