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