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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Giant
as Vashti Synthe
1956
Youth Will Be Served
as Eadie-May
1940
Armored Attack!
as as Clavdia Kurin
1957
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Lt. Grace Blodgett
1963
Bright Eyes
as Joy Smythe
1934
Angel's Holiday
as June 'Angel' Everett
1937
Paddy O'Day
as Paddy O'Day
1936
Danger Street
as Pat Marvin
1947
Ginger
as Ginger
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Della
1935
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Colette
1939
The Right Approach
as Liz Fargo
1961
Little Miss Nobody
as Judy Devlin
1936
High School
as Jane Wallace
1940
Johnny Doughboy
as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan
1942
Always in Trouble
as Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington
1938
Shooting High
as Jane Pritchard
1940
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
The Good Fairy
as Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)
1935
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
as Self
1941
TV Appearances
Murder, She Wrote
as Marge Allen
1984
The Munsters
as Fanny Pike
1964
Hart to Hart
1979
General Electric Theater
as Sue Ann Baines
1953
Weekend Special
1977
Pete and Gladys
1960
Murder, She Wrote
as Alma Sobel
1984
General Electric Theater
as Betty Hamilton
1953
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Love Boat
as Gladys
1977
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Edith Swinney
1962