Jane Withers (I) (1926–2021)

Actress | Writer | Soundtrack

During the early times of the Depression when life was more famine than feast, child stars became ...

Born: April 12, 1926
Died: August 7, 2021 (age 95)

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Filmography

Known For

Giant Vashti Snythe (1956)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II Laverne (2000)
Shooting High Jane Pritchard (1940)
Known For

My Best Gal Kitty O'Hara (1944)
Actress

House of Mouse Additional Voices (2001)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II Laverne (2000)
Mickey Mouse Works Additional Voices (1999)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy Games Laverne (1996)
Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Laverne (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Additional Laverne Dialogue (1996)
Amazing Grace Esther Baker (1995)
Murder, She Wrote Alma Sobel (1991-1993)
Hart to Hart Roxy McGuane (1981)
ABC Weekend Specials Aunt Daisy Dabble (1977-1981)
The Love Boat Gladys (1980)
All Together Now Helen Drummond (1975)
The Munsters Pamela Thornton (1964-1966)
Summer Playhouse Billie (1964)
Captain Newman, M.D. Lt. Grace Blodgett (1963)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Edith Swinney (1963)
Bachelor Father Miss Sharkey (1958-1962)
Pete and Gladys Wilma (1962)
General Electric Theater Betty Hamilton (1961-1962)
The Aquanauts (1961)
The Right Approach Liz Fargo-Life Magazine Photographer (1961)
Peck's Bad Girl (1959)
The United States Steel Hour Aunt Jan (1959)
The Heart Is a Rebel Grace (1958)
Giant Vashti Snythe (1956)
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949)
Danger Street Pat Marvin (1947)
Affairs of Geraldine Geraldine Cooper (1946)
Faces in the Fog Mary Elliott (1944)
My Best Gal Kitty O'Hara (1944)
The North Star Clavdia Kurin (1943)
Johnny Doughboy Ann Winters / Penelope Ryan (1942)
Small Town Deb Patricia Randall (1942)
The Mad Martindales Kathy Martindale (1942)
Young America Jane Campbell (1942)
A Very Young Lady Kitty Russell (1941)
Her First Beau Penelope 'Penny' Wood (1941)
Golden Hoofs Jane Drake (1941)
Youth Will Be Served Eadie-May (1940)
Girl from Avenue A Jane (1940)
Shooting High Jane Pritchard (1940)
High School Jane Wallace (1940)
Pack Up Your Troubles Colette (1939)
Chicken Wagon Family Addie Fippany (1939)
Boy Friend Sally Murphy (1939)
The Arizona Wildcat Mary Jane Patterson (1939)
Always in Trouble Jerry Darlington (1938)
Keep Smiling Jane Rand (1938)
Rascals Gypsy (1938)
Checkers Checkers (1937)
45 Fathers Judith Frazier (1937)
Wild and Woolly Arnette Flynn (1937)
Angel's Holiday June 'Angel' Everett (1937)
The Holy Terror Corky Wallace (1937)
Can This Be Dixie? Peg Gurgle (1936)
Pepper Pepper Jolly (1936)
Little Miss Nobody Judy Devlin (1936)
Gentle Julia Florence Atwater (1936)
Paddy O'Day Paddy O'Day (1936)
This Is the Life Geraldine 'Jerry' Revier (1935)
Redheads on Parade Young Girl (1935)
The Farmer Takes a Wife Della (1935)
Ginger Ginger (1935)
The Good Fairy Child - Orphanage Sequence (1935)
Bright Eyes Joy Smythe (1934)
It's a Gift Little Girl Playing Hopscotch (1934)
Imitation of Life Frontrow Classmate (1934)
Tailspin Tommy Mary Elizabeth (1934)
Stratos-Fear Willie Whopper (1933)
Mary Stevens, M.D. Little Girl in Lobby (1933)
Zoo in Budapest Little Girl at Zoo (1933)
Actress

Handle with Care Young Girl (1932)
Soundtrack

Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2000)
Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
My Best Gal (1944)
Youth Will Be Served (1940)
Shooting High (1940)
Boy Friend (1939)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
Soundtrack

Paddy O'Day (1936)
Writer

Small Town Deb (1942)
Archive footage

Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen (2007)
American Masters (2005)
Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004)
Return to 'Giant' (2003)
Archive footage

All This and World War II (1976)
Hollywood and the Stars (1964)

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Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Did You Know

She took over the role of gargoyle Laverne in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) following the death of Mary Wickes and had to match Wickes' voice and performance so that audiences wouldn't be able to detect the difference. She repeated the...