Jane Withers
April 12, 1926 (98 years old) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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.
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- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self
- 2002 · The Hunchback of Notre Dame II as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
- 2000 · Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints as Self
- 1996 · The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
- 1993 · Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling as Self
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Marge Allen
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Alma Sobel
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Gladys
- 1977 · Weekend Special as
- 1975 · All Together Now as Helen Drummond
- 1974 · Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife as Self
- 1964 · The Munsters as Fanny Pike
- 1963 · Captain Newman, M.D. as Lt. Grace Blodgett
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Edith Swinney
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Right Approach as Liz Fargo
- 1960 · Pete and Gladys as
- 1958 · The Heart is a Rebel as Grace
- 1957 · Armored Attack! as as Clavdia Kurin
- 1956 · Giant as Vashti Synthe
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Sue Ann Baines
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Betty Hamilton
- 1947 · Danger Street as Pat Marvin
- 1946 · Affairs of Geraldine as Geraldine Cooper
- 1946 · Peeks at Hollywood as
- 1944 · Faces in the Fog as Mary Elliott
- 1944 · My Best Gal as Kitty O'Hara
- 1943 · The North Star as Clavdia Kurin
- 1942 · Johnny Doughboy as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan
- 1942 · The Mad Martindales as Kathy Martindale
- 1942 · Young America as Jane Campbell
- 1941 · Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 as
- 1941 · Small Town Deb as Patricia Randall
- 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
- 1940 · 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
- 1939 · 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
- 1938 · Always in Trouble as Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington
- 1938 · Keep Smiling as Jane Rand
- 1938 · Rascals as Gypsy
- 1937 · 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
- 1936 · 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
- 1935 · 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)
- 1934 · Bright Eyes as Joy Smythe
- 1934 · Imitation of Life as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
- 1933 · Mary Stevens, M.D. as Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)