Jane Withers

Jane Withers (12 April 1926 – 7 Agustus 2021) adalah seorang aktris dan mantan penyiar acara radio anak-anak asal Amerika Serikat. Ia menjadi salah satu bintang cilik paling populer dalam Hollywood pada 1930an dan awal 1940an.

Jane Withers
Lahir	(1926-04-12)12 April 1926 Atlanta, Georgia, A.S.
Meninggal	7 Agustus 2021(2021-08-07) (umur 95) Burbank, California, A.S.
Pekerjaan	Aktris penyiar acara radio
Tahun aktif	1929–2002
Suami/istri	William P. Moss Jr. ​ ​ (m. 1947; c. 1954)​ Kenneth Errair ​ ​ (m. 1955; meninggal 1968)​
Anak	5
Penghargaan	Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (en)

Ia memulai karier hiburannya pada usia tiga tahun dan selama Zaman Keemasan Radio ia menjadi penyiar acara program radio anak-anaknya sendiri di kota kelahirannya di Atlanta, Georgia. Pada tahun 1932, ia dan ibunya pindah ke Hollywood, di mana ia muncul sebagai pemeran tambahan di banyak film sampai mendapatkan peran terobosannya sebagai Joy Smythe yang manja dan menjengkelkan, berlawanan dengan anak yatim piatu yang baik bagai malaikat, Shirley Blake yang diperankan oleh Shirley Temple pada film tahun 1934, Bright Eyes. Ia membuat penampilan pada 38 film sebelum akhirnya pensiun di usia 21 tahun pada 1947. Ia kembali ke film dan televisi sebagai aktor karakter pada 1950-an. Dari tahun 1963 hingga 1974, ia mendapatkan popularitas baru dengan perannya sebagai Josephine the Plumber dalam serangkaian iklan televisi Comet Cleanser. Pada 1990-an dan awal 2000-an, ia menjadi pengisi suara untuk film animasi Disney. Ia diwawancarai dalam berbagai dokumenter mengenai Zaman Keemasan Hollywood. Ia juga dikenal karena filantropi dan koleksi bonekanya yang banyak.

Sumber

• Carmack, Liz (2007). Historic Hotels of Texas: A Traveler's Guide. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 9781585446087. 
• Dietz, Dan (2015). The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442245280. 
• Edwards, Anne (2017). Shirley Temple: American Princess. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4930-2692-0. 
• Ellenberger, Allan R. (2015). Margaret O'Brien: A Career Chronicle and Biography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476604015. 
• Endres, Stacey; Cushman, Robert (1992). Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the World-famous Chinese Theatre. Pomegranate Press. ISBN 9780938817086. 
• Fitzgerald, Michael G.; Magers, Boyd (2006). Ladies of the Western: Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the Silent Era to the Television Westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. McFarland. ISBN 9780786426560. 
• Fleming, E. J. (2015). Carole Landis: A Tragic Life in Hollywood. McFarland. ISBN 9780786482658. 
• George-Warren, Holly (2009). Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195372670. 
• Gianakos, Larry James (1978). Television Drama Series Programming: A Comprehensive Chronicle, 1959-1975. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810811164. 
• Goldrup, Tom; Goldrup, Jim (2015). Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476613703. 
• Granger, Farley; Calhoun, Robert (2007). Include Me Out: My life from Goldwyn to Broadway. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 9781429945448. 
• Hammontree, Patsy Guy (1998). Shirley Temple Black: A bio-bibliography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313258480. 
• Hatch, Kristen (2015). Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813575483. 
• Hischak, Thomas S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786486946. 
• Huxford, Sharon (2003). Garage Sale & Flea Market Annual: Cashing in on Today's Lucrative Collectibles Market. Collector Books. ISBN 9781574323221. 
• Martin, Len D. (2015). The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476609607. 
• McKenna, Michael (2013). The ABC Movie of the Week: Big Movies for the Small Screen. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810891579. 
• Moreno, Barry (2019). Homes of Hollywood Stars. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467127301. 
• Navarro, Dan (2010), "That Beautiful Brat: A visit with Jane Withers", dalam Tibbetts, John C.; Welsh, James M., American Classic Screen Interviews, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810876750 
• Ohmart, Ben (2010). Judy Canova: Singin' in the Corn!. BearManor Media. ISBN 9781593933166. 
• Parish, James Robert; Terrace, Vincent (1989). The Complete Actors' Television Credits, 1948-1988: Actresses (edisi ke-2nd). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810822047. 
• Paul, Don M. (1941). "Inside Hollywood". Minicam Photography. Automobile Digest Publishing Company. 5. 
• Prins, John (2008). Torrance Police Department. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439634196. 
• Saavedra, Scott (2020). Eury, Michael, ed. "Ad Men & Women: Favorite characters from TV commercials". RetroFan #9. TwoMorrows Publishing. 
• Solomon, Aubrey (2002). Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0810842441. 
• Taravella, Steve (2013). Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1604739053. 
• Terrace, Vincent (2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (edisi ke-2nd). McFarland. ISBN 9780786486410. 
• Terrace, Vincent (2013). Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012 (edisi ke-2nd). McFarland. ISBN 9781476612409. 
• Tierney, Tom (2003). Famous Child Stars Paper Dolls. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0486430577. 
• Troyan, Michael; et al. (2017). Twentieth Century Fox: A Century of Entertainment. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781630761431. 
• Verswijver, Leo (2003). 'Movies Were Always Magical': Interviews with 19 Actors, Directors, and Producers from the Hollywood of the 1930s through the 1950s. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786411290. 
• Webb, Graham (2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476639260. 
• White, Raymond E. (2006). King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Popular Press. ISBN 9780299210045. 
• Wojcik, Pamela Robertson (2016). Fantasies of Neglect: Imagining the Urban Child in American Film and Fiction. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0813573625. 
• Young, William H.; Young, Nancy K. (2007). The Great Depression in America: A Cultural Encyclopedia. 2. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0313335228. 

Daftar pustaka

• Packer, Eleanor (1936). Jane Withers, Twentieth Century-Fox Star: Her life story. Whitman Publishing. 
• Packer, Eleanor. Jane Withers in This is the Life. Whitman Publishing.  (Big Little Book series #1179)
• Packer, Eleanor (1938). Jane Withers in Keep Smiling. Whitman Publishing.  (Better-Little Book #1463)
• Packer, Eleanor; Vallely, Henry E. (1942). Jane Withers and the Hidden Room. Whitman Publishing. 
• Snell, Roy J. (1943). Jane Withers and the Phantom Violin. Whitman Publishing. 
• Heisenfelt, Kathryn (1944). Jane Withers and the Swamp Wizard. Whitman Publishing. 
• Theriault, Florence (2004). Lovingly: The childhood doll collection of Jane Withers. 

Bacaan tambahan

• Cary, Diana Sierra (1979). Hollywood's Children: An inside account of the child star era. Houghton Mifflin Co. 
• Edelson, Edward (1979). Great Kids of the Movies. Doubleday. 
• Maltin, Leonard (1978). Hollywood Kids. Popular Books. 
• Parish, James Robert (1976). Great Child Stars. Ace Books. 
• Best, Marc (1971). Those Endearing Young Charms: Child Performers of the Screen. A. S. Barnes. ISBN 9780498077296. 
• Zierold, Norman J. (1965). The Child Stars. Coward-McCann. 
• Willson, Dixie (1935). Little Hollywood Stars. Saalfield Publishing. 

Pranala luar

• Jane Withers di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• (Inggris) Jane Withers di TCM Movie Database
• (Inggris) Jane Withers di AllMovie
• "Jane Withers Displays Talent" British Movietone newsreel, August 31, 1936
• "Jane Withers, Mary Martin – 1981 TV Interview"