Jane Withers

Personal Info

Birthday

April 12, 1926

Day of Death

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

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

The Munsters

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

Giant

General Electric Theater

Filmography

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
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
1993
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
1989
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self
1975
All Together Now
as Helen Drummond
1974
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
as Self
1963
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Lt. Grace Blodgett
1961
The Right Approach
as Liz Fargo
1958
The Heart is a Rebel
as Grace
1957
Armored Attack!
as as Clavdia Kurin
1956
Giant
as Vashti Synthe
1947
Danger Street
as Pat Marvin
1946
Affairs of Geraldine
as Geraldine Cooper
1944
Faces in the Fog
as Mary Elliott
My Best Gal
as Kitty O'Hara
1943
The North Star
as Clavdia Kurin
1942
Johnny Doughboy
as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan
The Mad Martindales
as Kathy Martindale
Young America
as Jane Campbell
1941
Small Town Deb
as Patricia Randall
A Very Young Lady
as Kitty Russell
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
as Self
Her First Beau
as Penelope 'Penny' Wood
Golden Hoofs
as Jane Drake
1940
Youth Will Be Served
as Eadie-May
The Girl from Avenue A
as Jane
Shooting High
as Jane Pritchard
High School
as Jane Wallace
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Colette
Chicken Wagon Family
as Addie Fippany
Boy Friend
as Sally Murphy
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
The Arizona Wildcat
as Mary Jane Patterson
1938
Always in Trouble
as Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington
Keep Smiling
as Jane Rand
Rascals
as Gypsy
1937
Checkers
as Checkers
45 Fathers
as Judy
Wild and Woolly
as Arnette Flynn
Angel's Holiday
as June 'Angel' Everett
The Holy Terror
as Corky
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
as Peg Gurgle
Pepper
as Pepper Jolly
Little Miss Nobody
as Judy Devlin
Gentle Julia
as Florence Atwater
Paddy O'Day
as Paddy O'Day
1935
This Is the Life
as Geraldine Revier
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Della
Ginger
as Ginger
The Good Fairy
as Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)
1934
Bright Eyes
as Joy Smythe
Imitation of Life
as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)