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Jane Withers
Actor, Writer
Died August 7, 2021 (95 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 2004 | Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Josephine the Plumber - for Comet Cleanser |
| 2001 | House of Mouse (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 2000 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame II · as Gargoyle Laverne (voice) |
| 1999 | Mickey Mouse Works (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Alma Sobel |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Gladys |
| 1964 | The Munsters (TV Series) · as Fanny Pike |
| 1963 | Captain Newman, M.D. · as Lt. Grace Blodgett |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Edith Swinney |
| 1958 | The Heart Is a Rebel · as Grace |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Lucille Barlow |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Betty Hamilton |
| 1947 | Danger Street · as Pat Marvin |
| 1943 | The North Star · as Clavdia Kurin |
| 1942 | Small Town Deb · as Patricia Randall |
| 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 · as Unknown |
| 1941 | A Very Young Lady · as Kitty Russell |
| 1940 | Shooting High · as Jane Pritchard |
| 1940 | Youth Will Be Served · as Eadie-May |
| 1939 | Boy Friend · as Sally Murphy |
| 1937 | Checkers · as Checkers |
| 1936 | Pepper · as Pepper Jolly |
| 1935 | The Farmer Takes a Wife · as Della |
| 1934 | Imitation of Life · as Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Bright Eyes · as Joy Smythe |
| 1933 | Buddy's Day Out · as Cookie |
| 1933 | Stratos-Fear · as Willie Whopper |