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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5487 |
| Birthday | 1926-04-12 |
| Place of Birth | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Also Known As | Jerrie Walters, |
1956
Giant
7.604/748
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She m...
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Giant
1940
Youth Will Be Served
4/2
A precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur.
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Youth Will Be Served
1957
Armored Attack!
6.2/2
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version of The North Star (1943), to remove positive referenc...
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Armored Attack!
1963
Captain Newman, M.D.
6.697/33
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital i...
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Captain Newman, M.D.
1934
Bright Eyes
6.7/30
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for c...
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Bright Eyes
1937
Angel's Holiday
6/3
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline K...
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Angel's Holiday
1936
Paddy O'Day
7/2
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in...
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Paddy O'Day
1947
Danger Street
6.5/2
Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
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Danger Street
1935
Ginger
4.8/5
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and fa...
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Ginger
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
6.222/9
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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The Farmer Takes a Wife
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
6.833/3
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
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Pack Up Your Troubles
1961
The Right Approach
7/1
An opportunistic young Hollywood singer, loyal only to himself, steps on everyone he meets in order to achieve success and fame.
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The Right Approach
1936
Little Miss Nobody
7.5/2
A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
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Little Miss Nobody
1940
High School
6.667/3
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled on her father's Texan ranch must adjust to her new surroundings with other students when she's sent to...
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High School
1942
Johnny Doughboy
5.625/8
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group o...
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Johnny Doughboy
1938
Always in Trouble
7.333/3
Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.
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Always in Trouble
1940
Shooting High
7/3
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.
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Shooting High
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
5.571/7
In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.
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Hollywood Hobbies
1935
The Good Fairy
7.111/36
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing goo...
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The Good Fairy
1941
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
6.5/2
Jane Withers entertains her teenage friends with archery and jitterbug dancing; Cesar Romero and Patricia Morison play backgammon; Rita Hayworth super...
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Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play
1943
The North Star
6.034/29
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."
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The North Star
2002
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
5.378/845
Now that Frollo is gone, Quasimodo rings the bell with the help of his new friend and Esmeralda's and Phoebus' little son, Zephyr. But when Quasi stop...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
1941
Small Town Deb
6.5/2
Family bickering features young daughter favored by her father and older daughter favored by snobbish mother.
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Small Town Deb
1939
Chicken Wagon Family
10/1
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading t...
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Chicken Wagon Family
1935
This Is the Life
6.5/2
A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.
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This Is the Life
1993
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
0/0
There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the box office — ahead of Gable and Cooper. Her...
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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1944
My Best Gal
9/1
A girl from a show-business family seeks a backer for her boyfriend's musical.
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My Best Gal
1944
Faces in the Fog
4.333/3
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the docto...
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Faces in the Fog
1946
Affairs of Geraldine
7/2
When the wealthy Mrs. Cooper passes away, she divides her estate between her sons, Henry and Wayne, and her only daughter, the tomboyish Geraldine.
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Affairs of Geraldine
1936
Pepper
5/2
Young Pepper Jolly enters the life of sour old millionaire John Wilkes. She convinces him to take her gang to Coney Island and prevents his daughter f...
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Pepper
1939
Boy Friend
9/1
A cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club as a front. The cop's sister helps him by singing ther...
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Boy Friend
1938
Rascals
7/2
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a socialite who has amnesia. She works as a fortune tel...
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Rascals
1938
Keep Smiling
8/1
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.
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Keep Smiling
1939
The Arizona Wildcat
6.667/3
In 1870 Arizona Jane helps her foster-father ex-bandit (Carrillo) who has been accused of gold robbery.
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The Arizona Wildcat
1941
Golden Hoofs
8/2
A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.
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Golden Hoofs
1937
Checkers
10/1
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's farm.
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Checkers
1942
The Mad Martindales
7.5/2
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.
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The Mad Martindales
1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
7/2
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's co...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1933
Mary Stevens, M.D.
6.2/15
Lifelong friends and medical school graduates Mary Stevens and Don Andrews decide to set up office together. While Mary struggles to earn respect beca...
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
1975
All Together Now
8/1
Four orphaned children have 30 days to prove that they can remain together as a family without adult supervision. Based on a true story.
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All Together Now
1942
Young America
9/1
Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Ro...
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Young America
1941
Her First Beau
6.5/2
15-year-old Penelope (Penny) Wood has two great interests - Chuck Harris and the hope that some day she might become a famous,great writer. Chuck also...
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Her First Beau
1946
Peeks at Hollywood
0/0
Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood.
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Peeks at Hollywood
1937
The Holy Terror
5/2
Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for the troops, uncovers a group of spies.
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The Holy Terror
1934
Imitation of Life
7.029/87
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face fami...
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Imitation of Life
1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.1/5334
Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude Frollo, his stern guardian and Paris' strait-laced...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1941
A Very Young Lady
4.5/2
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the headmaster leads to serious complications.
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A Very Young Lady
1937
45 Fathers
4.5/2
An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She sings and dances and helps out where she can.
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45 Fathers
1940
The Girl from Avenue A
10/1
A tough girl raised in the streets finds that her dialect and manners are helpful as source material for a playwright.
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The Girl from Avenue A
1937
Wild and Woolly
10/1
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) tea...
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Wild and Woolly
1936
Can This Be Dixie?
7/1
A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation.
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Can This Be Dixie?
2000
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
9/1
Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Opened on May 18, 1927 as Grauman's Chinese Theater, it immediately drew att...
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Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints
1974
Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
6/2
Mitzi Gaynor and guests Ted Knight (Mary Tyler Moore Show), Jerry Orbach (Chicago), Suzanne Pleshette (Bob Newhart Show) and Jane Withers in music, da...
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Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife
1936
Gentle Julia
7/1
A shy newspaperman nearly gives up when his girlfriend falls for the new guy in town till Withers sets things right.
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Gentle Julia
1958
The Heart is a Rebel
8/1
While struggling with their son’s serious illness, a young couple experiences conflict when her husband does not understand the wife’s acceptance of C...
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The Heart is a Rebel
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
0/0
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
1996
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
0/0
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Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1989
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
0/0
A documentary about the careers of child stars of the '40s in Hollywood, featuring movie clips with Shirley Temple, Margaret O'Brien, and numerous oth...
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When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1933
Buddy's Day Out
4.929/14
This cartoon has some amusing sight gags like a car going back through a fence and crashing into various animals before landing in Cookie's yard or a...
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Buddy's Day Out
1933
Zoo in Budapest
5/16
Zani is an unusual young man who has spent his entire life in a zoo in Budapest. His only true friends are the zoo's animals. When Zani meets Eve, a y...
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Zoo in Budapest
1934
Buddy's Garage
4/8
While having lunch at the garage, Cookie is kidnapped by a man and Buddy gets in a car chase to rescue her.
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Buddy's Garage
1998
Memories of Giant
0/0
A 1998 retrospective documentary exploring the making and legacy of George Stevens’ Giant (1956). Featuring interviews with cast members, crew, and hi...
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