Jane Withers

Jane Withers

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.

  • Popularity : 7.887
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1926-04-12
  • Place of Birth : Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Jane Withers Movies

  • 1956
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    Giant

    Giant

    7.6 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1940
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    Youth Will Be Served

    Youth Will Be Served

    1 1940 HD

    A precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur.

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  • 1957
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    Armored Attack!

    Armored Attack!

    6.2 1957 HD

    A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version of The North Star (1943), to remove positive...

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  • 1963
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    Captain Newman, M.D.

    Captain Newman, M.D.

    6.6 1963 HD

    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...

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  • 1934
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    Bright Eyes

    Bright Eyes

    6.6 1934 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    Angel's Holiday

    Angel's Holiday

    5.5 1937 HD

    Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline...

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  • 1936
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    Paddy O'Day

    Paddy O'Day

    7 1936 HD

    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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  • 1947
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    Danger Street

    Danger Street

    4 1947 HD

    Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.

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  • 1935
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    Ginger

    Ginger

    4.7 1935 HD

    Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and...

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  • 1935
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    The Farmer Takes a Wife

    The Farmer Takes a Wife

    6.1 1935 HD

    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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  • 1939
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    Pack Up Your Troubles

    Pack Up Your Troubles

    6.2 1939 HD

    Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.

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  • 1961
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    The Right Approach

    The Right Approach

    1 1961 HD

    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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  • 1936
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    Little Miss Nobody

    Little Miss Nobody

    6 1936 HD

    A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.

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  • 1940
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    High School

    High School

    5.5 1940 HD

    A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when...

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  • 1942
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    Johnny Doughboy

    Johnny Doughboy

    5.5 1942 HD

    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...

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  • 1938
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    Always in Trouble

    Always in Trouble

    6 1938 HD

    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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  • 1940
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    Shooting High

    Shooting High

    8 1940 HD

    A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.

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  • 1939
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    Hollywood Hobbies

    Hollywood Hobbies

    5.6 1939 HD

    In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.

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  • 1935
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    The Good Fairy

    The Good Fairy

    6.9 1935 HD

    In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by...

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  • 1941
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    Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play

    Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play

    6 1941 HD

    Jane Withers entertains her teenage friends with archery and jitterbug dancing; Cesar Romero and Patricia Morison play backgammon; Rita Hayworth...

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  • 1943
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    The North Star

    The North Star

    6.1 1943 HD

    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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  • 2002
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    The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame II

    5.4 2002 HD

    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...

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  • 1941
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    Small Town Deb

    Small Town Deb

    6 1941 HD

    Family bickering features young daughter favored by her father and older daughter favored by snobbish mother.

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  • 1939
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    Chicken Wagon Family

    Chicken Wagon Family

    1 1939 HD

    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...

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  • 1935
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    This Is the Life

    This Is the Life

    6 1935 HD

    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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  • 1993
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    Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

    Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

    1 1993 HD

    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...

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  • 1944
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    My Best Gal

    My Best Gal

    1 1944 HD

    A girl from a show-business family seeks a backer for her boyfriend's musical.

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  • 1944
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    Faces in the Fog

    Faces in the Fog

    3 1944 HD

    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...

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  • 1946
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    Affairs of Geraldine

    Affairs of Geraldine

    1 1946 HD

    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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  • 1936
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    Pepper

    Pepper

    1 1936 HD

    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...

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  • 1939
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    Boy Friend

    Boy Friend

    1 1939 HD

    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...

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  • 1939
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    The Arizona Wildcat

    The Arizona Wildcat

    5.5 1939 HD

    In 1870 Arizona Jane helps her foster-father ex-bandit (Carrillo) who has been accused of gold robbery.

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  • 1938
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    Keep Smiling

    Keep Smiling

    1 1938 HD

    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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  • 1938
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    Rascals

    Rascals

    6 1938 HD

    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...

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  • 1941
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    Golden Hoofs

    Golden Hoofs

    7 1941 HD

    A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold.

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  • 1937
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    Checkers

    Checkers

    1 1937 HD

    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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  • 1942
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    The Mad Martindales

    The Mad Martindales

    5 1942 HD

    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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  • 1941
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    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

    6 1941 HD

    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...

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  • 1933
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    Mary Stevens, M.D.

    Mary Stevens, M.D.

    6 1933 HD

    A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.

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  • 1975
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    All Together Now

    All Together Now

    1 1975 HD

    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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  • 1942
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    Young America

    Young America

    1 1942 HD

    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...

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  • 1941
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    Her First Beau

    Her First Beau

    5 1941 HD

    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...

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  • 1946
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    Peeks at Hollywood

    Peeks at Hollywood

    1 1946 HD

    Two young beautiful starlets use the Griffith Observatory telescope to find stars in Hollywood.

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  • 1937
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    The Holy Terror

    The Holy Terror

    1 1937 HD

    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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  • 1934
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    Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

    6.994 1934 HD

    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...

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  • 1996
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    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    7.114 1996 HD

    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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  • 1941
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    A Very Young Lady

    A Very Young Lady

    1 1941 HD

    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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  • 1937
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    45 Fathers

    45 Fathers

    1 1937 HD

    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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  • 1940
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    The Girl from Avenue A

    The Girl from Avenue A

    1 1940 HD

    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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  • 1937
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    Wild and Woolly

    Wild and Woolly

    1 1937 HD

    Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!)...

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  • 1936
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    Can This Be Dixie?

    Can This Be Dixie?

    1 1936 HD

    A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation.

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  • 2000
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    Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

    Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints

    1 2000 HD

    Documentary explores that his of the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Opened on May 18, 1927 as Grauman's Chinese Theater, it immediately drew...

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  • 1974
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    Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

    Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife

    1 1974 HD

    Mitzi Gaynor and guests Ted Knight (Mary Tyler Moore Show), Jerry Orbach (Chicago), Suzanne Pleshette (Bob Newhart Show) and Jane Withers in music,...

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  • 1936
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    Gentle Julia

    Gentle Julia

    1 1936 HD

    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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  • 1958
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    The Heart is a Rebel

    The Heart is a Rebel

    1 1958 HD

    While struggling with their son’s serious illness, a young couple experiences conflict when her husband does not understand the wife’s...

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  • 2009
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    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression

    1 2009 HD

    A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.

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  • 1941
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    Small Town Deb

    Small Town Deb

    6 1941 HD

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1964
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    The Munsters

    The Munsters

    8 1964 HD

    A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

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  • 1979
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    Hart to Hart

    Hart to Hart

    6.8 1979 HD

    Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1977
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    Weekend Special

    Weekend Special

    7.167 1977 HD

    The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a...

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  • 1960
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    Pete and Gladys

    Pete and Gladys

    6.5 1960 HD

    Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS on Mondays at 8:00 p.m....

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  • 1984
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    Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    7.6 1984 HD

    An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  • 1953
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    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    5.5 1953 HD

    General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.291 1977 HD

    Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation...

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  • 1961
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    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    4.8 1961 HD

    The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much...

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  • 1962
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    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    7.787 1962 HD

    A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and...

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