Jane Withers
Known For
Acting
Born
1926-04-12 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died
2021-08-07
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.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
as Marge Allen
Murder, She Wrote
as Alma Sobel
The Love Boat
as Gladys
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Edith Swinney
Hart to Hart
The Munsters
as Fanny Pike
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
Giant
as Vashti Synthe
Weekend Special
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
Pete and Gladys
Checkers
as Checkers
The North Star
as Clavdia Kurin
Boy Friend
as Sally Murphy
Captain Newman, M.D.
as Lt. Grace Blodgett
Imitation of Life
as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
as Sue Ann Baines
General Electric Theater
as Betty Hamilton