Birthday:
Apr 12, 1926
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jane Withers
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Giant | Vashti Synthe | 1956 |
| Youth Will Be Served | Eadie-May | 1940 |
| Armored Attack! | as Clavdia Kurin | 1957 |
| Captain Newman, M.D. | Lt. Grace Blodgett | 1963 |
| Bright Eyes | Joy Smythe | 1934 |
| Angel's Holiday | June 'Angel' Everett | 1937 |
| Paddy O'Day | Paddy O'Day | 1936 |
| Danger Street | Pat Marvin | 1947 |
| Ginger | Ginger | 1935 |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife | Della | 1935 |
| Pack Up Your Troubles | Colette | 1939 |
| The Right Approach | Liz Fargo | 1961 |
| Little Miss Nobody | Judy Devlin | 1936 |
| High School | Jane Wallace | 1940 |
| Johnny Doughboy | Ann Winters / Penny Ryan | 1942 |
| Always in Trouble | Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington | 1938 |
| Shooting High | Jane Pritchard | 1940 |
| Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) | 1939 |
| The Good Fairy | Girl in Orphanage (uncredited) | 1935 |
| Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play | Self | 1941 |
| The North Star | Clavdia Kurin | 1943 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame II | Gargoyle Laverne (voice) | 2002 |
| Small Town Deb | Patricia Randall | 1941 |
| Chicken Wagon Family | Addie Fippany | 1939 |
| This Is the Life | Geraldine Revier | 1935 |
| Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self | 1993 |
| My Best Gal | Kitty O'Hara | 1944 |
| Faces in the Fog | Mary Elliott | 1944 |
| Affairs of Geraldine | Geraldine Cooper | 1946 |
| Pepper | Pepper Jolly | 1936 |
| Boy Friend | Sally Murphy | 1939 |
| Rascals | Gypsy | 1938 |
| Keep Smiling | Jane Rand | 1938 |
| The Arizona Wildcat | Mary Jane Patterson | 1939 |
| Golden Hoofs | Jane Drake | 1941 |
| Checkers | Checkers | 1937 |
| The Mad Martindales | Kathy Martindale | 1942 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | 1941 | |
| Mary Stevens, M.D. | Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited) | 1933 |
| All Together Now | Helen Drummond | 1975 |
| Young America | Jane Campbell | 1942 |
| Her First Beau | Penelope 'Penny' Wood | 1941 |
| Peeks at Hollywood | 1946 | |
| The Holy Terror | Corky | 1937 |
| Imitation of Life | Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited) | 1934 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice) | 1996 |
| A Very Young Lady | Kitty Russell | 1941 |
| 45 Fathers | Judy | 1937 |
| The Girl from Avenue A | Jane | 1940 |
| Wild and Woolly | Arnette Flynn | 1937 |
| Can This Be Dixie? | Peg Gurgle | 1936 |
| Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints | Self | 2000 |
| Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife | Self | 1974 |
| Gentle Julia | Florence Atwater | 1936 |
| The Heart is a Rebel | Grace | 1958 |
| Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression | Self | 2009 |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| Murder, She Wrote | Marge Allen | 1984 |
| The Munsters | Fanny Pike | 1964 |
| Hart to Hart | 1979 | |
| General Electric Theater | Sue Ann Baines | 1953 |
| Weekend Special | 1977 | |
| Pete and Gladys | 1960 | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Alma Sobel | 1984 |
| General Electric Theater | Betty Hamilton | 1953 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
| The Love Boat | Gladys | 1977 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Edith Swinney | 1962 |
