Jane Withers

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-04-12

Deathday

2021-08-07 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Also Known As

  • Jerrie Walters

Jane Withers

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.

Known For

Giant
7.6%

Giant

Nov 8, 1956

The Munsters
8.0%

The Munsters

Sep 24, 1964

Murder, She Wrote
7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

Murder, She Wrote
7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

The Love Boat
6.3%

The Love Boat

Sep 24, 1977

Hart to Hart
6.8%

Hart to Hart

Sep 22, 1979

Imitation of Life
7.0%

Imitation of Life

Nov 23, 1934

The Good Fairy
7.0%

The Good Fairy

Feb 18, 1935

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Acting

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
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star 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
1977
The Love Boat as Gladys
1977
Weekend Special
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
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
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
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)

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1941
Small Town Deb as Writer
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