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