Jane Withers, Child Actor Turned Commercial Star, Dies at 95

Jane Withers, Child Actor Turned Commercial Star, Dies at 95
Actress Jane Withers arrives at the premiere of the newly restored feature film "A Star Is Born" in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 22, 2010. Dan Steinberg/AP Photo
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Jane Withers, the former child actor who played the nemesis of Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-office champion, has died, her daughter said. She was 95.

Withers, also known as “Josephine the Plumber” from TV commercials in the 1960s and ’70s, died Saturday, her daughter Kendall Errair said. Withers was one of the last remaining stars from the 1930s and 1940s, the height of Hollywood studio dominance.