Jane Withers, the former child actor who bedeviled 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. Withers was one of the last remaining stars from the 1930s and 1940s, the height of Hollywood studio dominance. And I thought, ‘Oh dear, everybody’s going to hate me forever because I was so creepy mean to Shirley Temple!‘ ”AdvertisementIt didn’t turn out that way. Unlike other child stars, her earnings did not disappear. AdvertisementAn interviewer in 1974 asked Withers how she managed to escape the troubles that plagued many child stars in adulthood.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 09, 2021 00:00 UTC