Jane Withers
Biography
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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.
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Acting History
2009
Hollywood 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
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
1984Murder, She Wrote as Marge Allen
1984Murder, She Wrote as Alma Sobel
1979Hart to Hart
1977The Love Boat as Gladys
1977Weekend Special
1975All Together Now as Helen Drummond
1974Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife as Self
1964The Munsters as Fanny Pike
1963Captain Newman, M.D. as Lt. Grace Blodgett
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Edith Swinney
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961The Right Approach as Liz Fargo
1960Pete and Gladys
1958The Heart is a Rebel as Grace
1957Armored Attack! as as Clavdia Kurin
1956Giant as Vashti Synthe
1953General Electric Theater as Sue Ann Baines
1953General Electric Theater as Betty Hamilton
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)