During the early times of the Depression when life was more famine than feast, child stars became the blue plate special of the day, served up by Hollywood to help nourish a nation besieged with troubles. Following 20th Century-Fox monumental success with Shirley Temple in the early 1930s, every studio was out searching for its own precocious little commodity who could pack 'em in the aisles despite the lean times. While Paramount whipped up "Little" Mitzi Green, MGM offered Jackie Cooper in the hopes of finding a similar box office jingle. Wildly talented Janie Withers fit the bill, too, and although she earned pint-sized prominence just like the others, it was also for Temple's Fox Studios. As such, Jane remained somewhat of a side course to Temple's main dish (what child star didn't?) throughout much her young "B" level reign. Nevertheless, she became a major bright star in her own right.
美国电影演员。当过记者和漫画家，后在杂耍剧中扮演方言喜剧角色，并参加剧团演出。二十年代末进入影坛，成为好莱坞三四十年代最忙碌的性格演员之一。曾在著名歌后格蕾丝·摩亚主演的影片《金缕曲》（1935）中扮演男主角，但后来主演扮演以提供笑料为主而仪态和蔼的拉丁人。五十年代后期退出影坛。后一度在电视连续剧《游侠希思科》中扮演邓坎的伙伴潘乔。
