Jane Withers
Actor
- Born
- April 12, 1926 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Died
- August 7, 2021 (age 95)
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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 Hunchback of Notre Dame
June 21, 1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
February 6, 2002
Giant
November 8, 1956
Imitation of Life
November 23, 1934
Captain Newman, M.D.
December 25, 1963
The Good Fairy
February 18, 1935
Bright Eyes
December 28, 1934
The North Star
November 4, 1943
Mary Stevens, M.D.
July 22, 1933
Zoo in Budapest
April 28, 1933
Buddy's Day Out
September 9, 1933
The Farmer Takes a Wife
July 5, 1935
Acting62
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self
- 2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame II as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
- 2000Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints as Self
- 1998Memories of Giant as Self
- 1996Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star as Self
- 1996The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
- 1993Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling as Self
- 1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen as Self
- 1975All Together Now as Helen Drummond