Jane Withers
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
1996
Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
2002
Movie
Giant
as Vashti Synthe
1956
TV
The Munsters
as Fanny Pike
1964
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Marge Allen
1984
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Alma Sobel
1984
TV
The Love Boat
as Gladys
1977
TV
Hart to Hart
1979
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
Imitation of Life
as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
1934
TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Edith Swinney
1962
Movie
The Good Fairy
as Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)
1935
Movie
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Lt. Grace Blodgett
1963
Movie
Bright Eyes
as Joy Smythe
1934
Movie
The North Star
as Clavdia Kurin
1943
Movie
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Zoo in Budapest
as Little Girl at Zoo (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Buddy's Day Out
as Cookie / Elmer (voice) (uncredited)
1933
Movie
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Della
1935
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Movie
Johnny Doughboy
as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan
1942
Movie
Buddy's Garage
as Cookie (voice) (uncredited)
1934
TV
Weekend Special
1977
Movie
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
