Portrait of Jane Withers

Acting

Jane Withers

Career

Active from 1933 to 1975, with a break from 1962 to 1974, busiest in 1936 and 1937 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
36
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Giant
Giant
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jane Withers Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.8, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1
  • Tension
    4.7, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Old Hollywood Charm 2
  • Family-Friendly 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

59
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title ยท average score 31
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002)
GoodWatch score 31

as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)

1990s

1 title ยท average score 75
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

as Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)

1980s

1 title ยท average score 76
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Marge Allen / Alma Sobel

1970s

4 titles ยท average score 63
Hart to Hart
Hart to Hart (1979)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show

The Love Boat
The Love Boat (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show ยท as Gladys

ABC Weekend Specials
ABC Weekend Specials (1977)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

All Together Now
All Together Now (1975)

as Helen Drummond

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 63
The Munsters
The Munsters (1964)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Fanny Pike

Captain Newman, M.D.
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lt. Grace Blodgett

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Edith Swinney

The Right Approach
The Right Approach (1961)

as Liz Fargo

Pete and Gladys
Pete and Gladys (1960)

TV show

1950s

4 titles ยท average score 74
The Heart Is a Rebel
The Heart Is a Rebel (1958)

as Grace

Armored Attack!
Armored Attack! (1957)

as as Clavdia Kurin

Giant
Giant (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

as Vashti Synthe

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Sue Ann Baines / Betty Hamilton

1940s

16 titles ยท average score 49
Danger Street
Danger Street (1947)

as Pat Marvin

Faces in the Fog
Faces in the Fog (1944)

as Mary Elliott

The North Star
The North Star (1943)
GoodWatch score 49

as Clavdia Kurin

Johnny Doughboy
Johnny Doughboy (1942)

as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan

The Mad Martindales
The Mad Martindales (1942)

as Kathy Martindale

A Very Young Lady
A Very Young Lady (1941)

as Kitty Russell

Her First Beau
Her First Beau (1941)

as Penelope 'Penny' Wood

Golden Hoofs
Golden Hoofs (1941)

as Jane Drake

Small Town Deb
Small Town Deb (1941)

as Patricia Randall

Shooting High
Shooting High (1940)

as Jane Pritchard

High School
High School (1940)

as Jane Wallace

Youth Will Be Served
Youth Will Be Served (1940)

as Eadie-May

1930s

27 titles ยท average score 68
Boy Friend
Boy Friend (1939)

as Sally Murphy

Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)

as Colette

The Arizona Wildcat
The Arizona Wildcat (1939)

as Mary Jane Patterson

Rascals
Rascals (1938)

as Gypsy

Checkers
Checkers (1937)

as Checkers

Wild and Woolly
Wild and Woolly (1937)

as Arnette Flynn

Little Miss Nobody
Little Miss Nobody (1936)

as Judy Devlin

Paddy O'Day
Paddy O'Day (1936)
GoodWatch score 62

as Paddy O'Day

Can This Be Dixie?
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)

as Peg Gurgle

This Is the Life
This Is the Life (1935)

as Geraldine Revier

Buddy's Garage
Buddy's Garage (1934)

as Cookie (voice) (uncredited)

Buddy's Day Out
Buddy's Day Out (1933)
GoodWatch score 47

as Cookie / Elmer (voice) (uncredited)