Jane Withers
Birthday: 1926-04-12
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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.
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Giant
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful yo...
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Youth Will Be Served
A precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur....
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Armored Attack!
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version of ...
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Captain Newman, M.D.
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an ...
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Bright Eyes
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, ...
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Angel's Holiday
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes invo...
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Paddy O'Day
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an ...
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Danger Street
Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder....
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Ginger
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian ...
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm....
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Pack Up Your Troubles
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines....
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The Right Approach
An opportunistic young Hollywood singer, loyal only to himself, steps on everyone he meets in order ...
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Little Miss Nobody
A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past....
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High School
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled on her father's Texan ranch must adjust to her new su...
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Johnny Doughboy
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, loo...
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Always in Trouble
Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society ...
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Shooting High
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead....
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Hollywood Hobbies
In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood star...
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The Good Fairy
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, d...
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Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
Jane Withers entertains her teenage friends with archery and jitterbug dancing; Cesar Romero and Pat...
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The North Star
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and ...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
Now that Frollo is gone, Quasimodo rings the bell with the help of his new friend and Esmeralda's an...
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Small Town Deb
Family bickering features young daughter favored by her father and older daughter favored by snobbis...
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Chicken Wagon Family
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam...
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This Is the Life
A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--an...
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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led ...
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My Best Gal
A girl from a show-business family seeks a backer for her boyfriend's musical....
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Faces in the Fog
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and...
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Affairs of Geraldine
When the wealthy Mrs. Cooper passes away, she divides her estate between her sons, Henry and Wayne, ...
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Pepper
Young Pepper Jolly enters the life of sour old millionaire John Wilkes. She convinces him to take he...
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Boy Friend
A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a...
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Rascals
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a soc...
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Keep Smiling
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncl...
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The Arizona Wildcat
In 1870 Arizona Jane helps her foster-father ex-bandit (Carrillo) who has been accused of gold robbe...
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Golden Hoofs
A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sol...
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Checkers
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's far...
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The Mad Martindales
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art tr...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the...
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
Lifelong friends and medical school graduates Mary Stevens and Don Andrews decide to set up office t...
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All Together Now
Four orphaned children have 30 days to prove that they can remain together as a family without adult...
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Young America
Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. T...
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Her First Beau
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day ...
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Peeks at Hollywood
Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood....
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The Holy Terror
Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for...
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Imitation of Life
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The t...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude F...
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A Very Young Lady
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the ...
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45 Fathers
An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She s...
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The Girl from Avenue A
A tough girl raised in the streets finds that her dialect and manners are helpful as source material...
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Wild and Woolly
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Se...
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Can This Be Dixie?
A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old pl...
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Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Opened on May 18, 1927 as ...
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Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
Mitzi Gaynor and guests Ted Knight (Mary Tyler Moore Show), Jerry Orbach (Chicago), Suzanne Pleshett...
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Gentle Julia
A shy newspaperman nearly gives up when his girlfriend falls for the new guy in town till Withers se...
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The Heart is a Rebel
While struggling with their son’s serious illness, a young couple experiences conflict when her husb...
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s....
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When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
A documentary about the careers of child stars of the '40s in Hollywood, featuring movie clips with ...
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Buddy's Day Out
This cartoon has some amusing sight gags like a car going back through a fence and crashing into var...
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Zoo in Budapest
Zani is an unusual young man who has spent his entire life in a zoo in Budapest. His only true frien...
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Buddy's Garage
While having lunch at the garage, Cookie is kidnapped by a man and Buddy gets in a car chase to resc...
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Memories of Giant
A 1998 retrospective documentary exploring the making and legacy of George Stevens’ Giant (1956). Fe...
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