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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.
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Filmography
all 72
Movies 60
TV Shows 12
self 8
Voice 2
Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
Movie
6.5
Self
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000)
Movie
Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Movie
6.67
Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993)
Movie
Alma Sobel / Marge Allen
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
TV
7
Hart to Hart (1979)
TV
6.32
Gladys
The Love Boat (1977)
TV
6.85
Weekend Special (1977)
TV
Helen Drummond
All Together Now (1975)
Movie
Self
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (1974)
Movie
Fanny Pike
The Munsters (1964)
TV
6.11
Lt. Grace Blodgett
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Edith Swinney
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Self
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
TV
Liz Fargo
The Right Approach (1961)
Movie
Pete and Gladys (1960)
TV
Actress
Peck's Bad Girl (1959)
TV
Grace
The Heart is a Rebel (1958)
Movie
as Clavdia Kurin
Armored Attack! (1957)
Movie
Vashti Synthe
Giant (1956)
Movie
5.86
Sue Ann Baines / Betty Hamilton
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Pat Marvin
Danger Street (1947)
Movie
Geraldine Cooper
Affairs of Geraldine (1946)
Movie
Peeks at Hollywood (1946)
Movie
Mary Elliott
Faces in the Fog (1944)
Movie
Kitty O'Hara
My Best Gal (1944)
Movie
Clavdia Kurin
The North Star (1943)
Movie
Ann Winters / Penelope Ryan
Johnny Doughboy (1942)
Movie
Kathy Martindale
The Mad Martindales (1942)
Movie
Jane Campbell
Young America (1942)
Movie
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
Movie
Patricia Randall
Small Town Deb (1941)
Movie
Kitty Russell
A Very Young Lady (1941)
Movie
Self
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941)
Movie
Penelope 'Penny' Wood
Her First Beau (1941)
Movie
Jane Drake
Golden Hoofs (1941)
Movie
Eadie-May
Youth Will Be Served (1940)
Movie
Jane
The Girl from Avenue A (1940)
Movie
Jane Pritchard
Shooting High (1940)
Movie
Jane Wallace
High School (1940)
Movie
Colette
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
Movie
Addie Fippany
Chicken Wagon Family (1939)
Movie
Sally Murphy
Boy Friend (1939)
Movie
Herself (uncredited)
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
Movie
Mary Jane Patterson
The Arizona Wildcat (1939)
Movie
Jerry Darlington
Always in Trouble (1938)
Movie
Jane Rand
Keep Smiling (1938)
Movie
Gypsy
Rascals (1938)
Movie
Checkers
Checkers (1937)
Movie
Judith Frazier
45 Fathers (1937)
Movie
Arnette Flynn
Wild and Woolly (1937)
Movie
June 'Angel' Everett
Angel's Holiday (1937)
Movie
Corky Wallace
The Holy Terror (1937)
Movie
Peg Gurgle
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
Movie
Pepper Jolly
Pepper (1936)
Movie
Judy Devlin
Little Miss Nobody (1936)
Movie
Florence Atwater
Gentle Julia (1936)
Movie
Paddy O'Day
Paddy O'Day (1936)
Movie
Geraldine 'Jerry' Revier
This Is the Life (1935)
Movie
Della
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
Movie
Ginger
Ginger (1935)
Movie
Child, Orphanage Sequence (uncredited)
The Good Fairy (1935)
Movie
Joy Smythe
Bright Eyes (1934)
Movie
Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
Imitation of Life (1934)
Movie
Cookie
Buddy's Adventures (1934)
Movie
Junior
Buddy's Circus (1934)
Movie
Cookie
Buddy's Garage (1934)
Movie
Willie Whopper
Stratos Fear (1933)
Movie
Cookie / Elmer
Buddy's Day Out (1933)
Movie
Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
Movie
Self - Interviewee
Private Screenings
TV
Ratings
Average 4.89
Based on 326 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1933
1937
1941
1938
2002
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1926-04-12
Deathday2021-08-07 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceAtlanta, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJerrie Walters
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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