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Jane Withers

Highest Rated: 86% Giant (1956)

Lowest Rated: 22% The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)

Birthday: Apr 12, 1926

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Child star turned character actress Jane Withers had an uncanny ability to make audiences laugh, sing and dance along with her throughout her illustrious career. She rose to prominence in the 1930s as the bratty young actress who bullied Shirley Temple in the film "Bright Eyes," which helped her land a contract with 20th Century Fox. Withers also gave Temple a run for her money as that era's biggest child star, often cast as the girl who could beat the boys at their own game. She had her first starring role in "Ginger" (1935), as an orphan who was far from helpless. After a break from the film industry, Wither reemerged in the 1960s as a character actor on television, as well as played Josephine the Plumber in a long-running series of advertisements for Comet cleanser. Withers' portrayal of a cheery female plumber and housewife not only helped boost sales for the product, but also established the hardworking and talented actress as a cultural icon who survived her childhood stardom to become a beloved personality on the big and small screen.

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Highest-Rated Movies

86% 87% Giant
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83% 75% Bright Eyes
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80% 71% The Hunchback of Notre Dame Watchlist
22% 27% The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
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Mad Martindales
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Arizona Wildcat
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High School
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Boy Friend
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Keep Smiling
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67% This Is the Life
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Filmography

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame II 22% 27% 2002 Laverne Actor The Hunchback of Notre Dame 80% 71% 1996 Laverne (additional dialogue) Voice The Right Approach 1961 Liz Fargo-Life Magazine Photographer Actor Giant 86% 87% 1956 Vashti Snythe Actor Danger Street 1947 Pat Marvin Actor Affairs of Geraldine 1946 Geraldine Cooper Actor My Best Gal 1944 Kitty O'Hara Actor Faces in the Fog 1944 Mary Elliott Actor The North Star 31% 1943 Clavdia Kurina Actor Johnny Doughboy 1943 Ann Winters/Penelope Ryan Actor Mad Martindales 1942 Kathy Martindale Actor Small Town Deb 1941 Patricia Randall Actor Golden Hoofs 1941 Jane Drake Actor A Very Young Lady 1941 Kitty Russell Actor Her First Beau 1941 Penelope 'Penny' Wood Actor Shooting High 1940 Jane Pritchard Actor High School 1940 Jane Wallace Actor Girl From Avenue A 1940 Jane Actor Youth Will Be Served 1940 Eadie-May Actor Arizona Wildcat 1939 Mary Jane Patterson Actor Boy Friend 1939 Sally Murphy Actor Pack Up Your Troubles 1939 Colette Actor Chicken Wagon Family 1939 Actor Keep Smiling 1938 Jane Rand Actor Always in Trouble 1938 Jerry Darlington Actor
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