Jane Withers
Known for: Acting
Born: April 12, 1926
Died: August 7, 2021
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
62 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
5.4
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
2002
9.0
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
2000
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Memories of Giant
1998NR
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
7.1
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996
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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
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When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
6.3
The Love Boat
19777.5
Weekend Special
1977
8.0
All Together Now
1975
6.0
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
1974
7.9
The Munsters
1964
6.7
Captain Newman, M.D.
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.0
The Right Approach
1961
6.3
Pete and Gladys
1960
8.0
The Heart Is a Rebel
1958
6.2
Armored Attack!
1957
7.6
Giant
1956
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.5
Danger Street
1947
7.0
Affairs of Geraldine
1946
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Peeks at Hollywood
1946
4.3
Faces in the Fog
1944
9.0
My Best Gal
1944
6.0
The North Star
1943
5.6
Johnny Doughboy
1942
7.5
The Mad Martindales
1942
9.0
Young America
1942
7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.5
Small Town Deb
1941
4.5
A Very Young Lady
19416.5
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
1941
6.5
Her First Beau
1941
8.0
Golden Hoofs
1941
4.0
Youth Will Be Served
1940
7.5
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
7.0
Shooting High
1940
6.7
High School
1940
6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
10.0
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
9.0
Boy Friend
1939
5.6
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
6.7
The Arizona Wildcat
1939
7.3
Always in Trouble
1938
8.0
Keep Smiling
1938
7.0
Rascals
1938
10.0
Checkers
1937
4.5
45 Fathers
1937
10.0
Wild and Woolly
1937
6.0
Angel's Holiday
1937
5.0
The Holy Terror
1937
7.0
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
5.0
Pepper
1936
7.5
Little Miss Nobody
1936
7.0
Gentle Julia
1936
7.0
Paddy O'Day
1936
6.5
This Is the Life
1935
6.2
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
4.8
Ginger
1935
7.1
The Good Fairy
1935
6.7
Bright Eyes
1934
7.0
Imitation of Life
1934
4.0
Buddy's Garage
1934
4.9
Buddy's Day Out
1933
6.2
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
4.8
Zoo in Budapest
1933