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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
(1996)
Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
Giant
(1956)
Vashti Synthe
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
(2002)
Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
Captain Newman, M.D.
(1963)
Lt. Grace Blodgett
Imitation of Life
(1934)
Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
Bright Eyes
(1934)
Joy Smythe
Full Filmography
Acting
Mary Stevens, M.D.
(1933)
Little Girl in Lobby (uncredited)
Bright Eyes
(1934)
Joy Smythe
Imitation of Life
(1934)
Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
Ginger
(1935)
Ginger
The Farmer Takes a Wife
(1935)
Della
The Good Fairy
(1935)
Child, Orphanage Sequence (uncredited)
This Is the Life
(1935)
Geraldine Revier
Paddy O'Day
(1936)
Paddy O'Day
Little Miss Nobody
(1936)
Judy Devlin
Pepper
(1936)
Pepper Jolly
Can This Be Dixie?
(1936)
Peg Gurgle
Gentle Julia
(1936)
Florence Atwater
Angel's Holiday
(1937)
June 'Angel' Everett
Checkers
(1937)
Checkers
The Holy Terror
(1937)
Corky
45 Fathers
(1937)
Judy
Wild and Woolly
(1937)
Arnette Flynn
Always in Trouble
(1938)
Geraldine "Jerry" Darlington
Rascals
(1938)
Gypsy
Keep Smiling
(1938)
Jane Rand
Hollywood Hobbies
(1939)
Herself (uncredited)
Chicken Wagon Family
(1939)
Addie Fippany
Pack Up Your Troubles
(1939)
Colette
Boy Friend
(1939)
Sally Murphy
The Arizona Wildcat
(1939)
Mary Jane Patterson
High School
(1940)
Jane Wallace
Shooting High
(1940)
Jane Pritchard
The Girl from Avenue A
(1940)
Jane
Youth Will Be Served
(1940)
Eadie-May
Small Town Deb
(1941)
Patricia Randall
Golden Hoofs
(1941)
Jane Drake
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
(1941)
Her First Beau
(1941)
Penelope 'Penny' Wood
A Very Young Lady
(1941)
Kitty Russell
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
(1941)
Self
Johnny Doughboy
(1942)
Ann Winters / Penny Ryan
The Mad Martindales
(1942)
Kathy Martindale
Young America
(1942)
Jane Campbell
The North Star
(1943)
Clavdia Kurin
My Best Gal
(1944)
Kitty O'Hara
Faces in the Fog
(1944)
Mary Elliott
Affairs of Geraldine
(1946)
Geraldine Cooper
Peeks at Hollywood
(1946)
Danger Street
(1947)
Pat Marvin
Giant
(1956)
Vashti Synthe
Armored Attack!
(1957)
as Clavdia Kurin
The Heart is a Rebel
(1958)
Grace
The Right Approach
(1961)
Liz Fargo
Captain Newman, M.D.
(1963)
Lt. Grace Blodgett
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
(1974)
Self
All Together Now
(1975)
Helen Drummond
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
(1993)
Self
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1996)
Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
(2000)
Self
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
(2002)
Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
Writing