Actress. She was best known as one of the most popular child stars in the 1930s and early 1940s, with her films ranking in the top ten list for box-office gross in 1937 and 1938. Her mother, who was destined to make her daughter a star, paid for her to have dance and singing lessons at an early age. At the age of four, she appeared on local radio, doing impersonations of famous celebrities like Maurice Chevalier and Greta Garbo. She later moved to Los Angeles with her mother and made her acting debut in 1932 in the film "Handle with Care." She went on to appear in twenty-three films from 1934 to 1939 and was among the 10 highest-grossing actors in Hollywood in 1937 and '38. Her parents licensed her image and name for a series of dolls, and she was the heroine of three "Whitman Authorized Editions for Girls" novels, which featured famous actresses in mystery adventures, similar to the popular Nancy Drew books:" Jane Withers and the Hidden Room," (1942) "Jane Withers and the Phantom Violin," (1943) and "Jane Withers and the Soup Wizard." (1944) She went on to appear in numerous other films before retiring from acting in 1947. In the 1950s, she resumed her acting and later appeared in such films as "Giant" (1956) and "Captain Newman, M.D.." (1963) In 1949, she made her "small screen" debut on the series "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre." Her later television credits would include such series as "Bachelor Father," "The Munsters,""Hart to Hart," and "Murder, She Wrote." She was also well known for playing the bubbly Josephine the Plumber in scores of TV commercials for Comet cleanser that ran from 1963 to 1974.
Actress. She was best known as one of the most popular child stars in the 1930s and early 1940s, with her films ranking in the top ten list for box-office gross in 1937 and 1938. Her mother, who was destined to make her daughter a star, paid for her to have dance and singing lessons at an early age. At the age of four, she appeared on local radio, doing impersonations of famous celebrities like Maurice Chevalier and Greta Garbo. She later moved to Los Angeles with her mother and made her acting debut in 1932 in the film "Handle with Care." She went on to appear in twenty-three films from 1934 to 1939 and was among the 10 highest-grossing actors in Hollywood in 1937 and '38. Her parents licensed her image and name for a series of dolls, and she was the heroine of three "Whitman Authorized Editions for Girls" novels, which featured famous actresses in mystery adventures, similar to the popular Nancy Drew books:" Jane Withers and the Hidden Room," (1942) "Jane Withers and the Phantom Violin," (1943) and "Jane Withers and the Soup Wizard." (1944) She went on to appear in numerous other films before retiring from acting in 1947. In the 1950s, she resumed her acting and later appeared in such films as "Giant" (1956) and "Captain Newman, M.D.." (1963) In 1949, she made her "small screen" debut on the series "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre." Her later television credits would include such series as "Bachelor Father," "The Munsters,""Hart to Hart," and "Murder, She Wrote." She was also well known for playing the bubbly Josephine the Plumber in scores of TV commercials for Comet cleanser that ran from 1963 to 1974.
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