Jane Withers Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a DVD Exclusive Award for Best Original Song for "The Hunchback of Notre Dame II" in 2003
• Went on more than 100 bond and camp tours to perform for troops during World War II and raised money for the war effort by sending her extensive collection of 3,500 dolls on tour
• Won a Young Artist Award for Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement in 1980
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "Handle with Care" in 1932
• Started out as a singer and dancer on "Aunt Sally's Kiddie Revue" after winning an amateur talent contest in Atlanta and later got her own radio program, "Dixie's Dainty Dewdrop․"
• Best known for her role as Vashti Snythe in "Giant" and as Joy Smythe in "Bright Eyes․"
• After the success of her role as Shirley Temple's rival in "Bright Eyes," she won a contract with Fox Studios and got her first starring role in "Ginger" in 1935 when she was only 8 years old
• Has done voice-over work in the films "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and its sequel as well as the TV series "House of Mouse" and "Mickey Mouse Works․"
• Was the spokesperson for the cleanser products company Comet, appearing in commercials in the 1960s and 1970s as Josephine the Plumber
• Wrote and starred as Patricia Randall in the film "Small Town Deb" in 1941