Acting

Jane Withers

Born 1926-04-12 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Died 2021-08-07

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.

Credits

Newest first

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self
2009
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
2002
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
as Self
2000
Memories of Giant
as Self
1998
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Self
1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
1996
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
1993
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self
1989
Murder, She Wrote
as Marge Allen
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Alma Sobel
1984
Hart to Hart
1979
The Love Boat
as Gladys
1977
ABC Weekend Specials
1977
All Together Now
as Helen Drummond
1975
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
as Self
1974
The Munsters
as Fanny Pike
1964
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Lt. Grace Blodgett
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Edith Swinney
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Right Approach
as Liz Fargo
1961
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Heart Is a Rebel
as Grace
1958
Armored Attack!
as as Clavdia Kurin
1957
Giant
as Vashti Synthe
1956
General Electric Theater
as Sue Ann Baines
1953
General Electric Theater
as Betty Hamilton
1953
Danger Street
as Pat Marvin
1947
Affairs of Geraldine
as Geraldine Cooper
1946
Peeks at Hollywood
1946
Faces in the Fog
as Mary Elliott
1944
My Best Gal
as Kitty O'Hara
1944
The North Star
as Clavdia Kurin
1943
Johnny Doughboy
as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan
1942
The Mad Martindales
as Kathy Martindale
1942
Young America
as Jane Campbell
1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
Small Town Deb
as Patricia Randall
1941
Small Town Deb
Writer
1941
A Very Young Lady
as Kitty Russell
1941
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
as Self
1941
Her First Beau
as Penelope 'Penny' Wood
1941
Golden Hoofs
as Jane Drake
1941
Youth Will Be Served
as Eadie-May
1940
The Girl from Avenue A
as Jane
1940
Shooting High
as Jane Pritchard
1940
High School
as Jane Wallace
1940
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Colette
1939
Chicken Wagon Family
as Addie Fippany
1939
Boy Friend
as Sally Murphy
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
The Arizona Wildcat
as Mary Jane Patterson
1939
Always in Trouble
as Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington
1938
Keep Smiling
as Jane Rand
1938
Rascals
as Gypsy
1938
Checkers
as Checkers
1937
45 Fathers
as Judy
1937
Wild and Woolly
as Arnette Flynn
1937
Angel's Holiday
as June 'Angel' Everett
1937
The Holy Terror
as Corky
1937
Can This Be Dixie?
as Peg Gurgle
1936
Pepper
as Pepper Jolly
1936
Little Miss Nobody
as Judy Devlin
1936
Gentle Julia
as Florence Atwater
1936
Paddy O'Day
as Paddy O'Day
1936
This Is the Life
as Geraldine Revier
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Della
1935
Ginger
as Ginger
1935
The Good Fairy
as Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)
1935
Bright Eyes
as Joy Smythe
1934
Imitation of Life
as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
1934
Buddy's Garage
as Cookie (voice) (uncredited)
1934
Buddy's Day Out
as Cookie / Elmer (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
1933
Zoo in Budapest
as Little Girl at Zoo (uncredited)
1933