Name: Jane Withers
Date of Birth: 12 April 1926 Born at 11:07pm-EST. At the age of three she was singing, dancing and imitating W.C. Fields on a professional level, starring as Dixie's Dainty Dewdrop on the radio show "Aunt Sally's Kiddie Club." Has known her share of sorrow over the years. Second husband Ken Errair perished in a plane crash in 1968; her mother died of cancer in 1983, as did her son Randy the following year. She maintains several warehouses of movie memorabilia and boasts one of the world's largest doll collections, which now totals almost 8,000. ... TV's A&E Biography series did a tribute to Jane and her career on September 25, 2003. Second husband Kenneth Errair was one of the original members of the classic pop group the Four Freshmen. He had long since retired from performing to become a successful businessman at the time of his death in a 1968 plane crash. Perhaps best-known to Baby Boomers for her role as Josephine, the Lady Plumber on TV advertisements for Comet cleanser, a role in which she appeared for more than a decade beginning in the mid-1960s. She delivered the eulogy at Rita Hayworth 's funeral. Her late husband, singer Ken Errair, came out with one solo LP on Capitol away from the Four Freshmen. It was accurately entitled "Solo Session." He also played several brass instruments and the bass. Aunt of actress Bernadette Withers. Interviewed in "Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television" by Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup (McFarland, 2002). In 1955, she and her husband purchased the ranchito of Desi and Lucy Arnaz as they were re-locating to Beverly Hills after 13 years in Chatsworth, California, to be closer to their studios. Her 5 Children and their respective dates of birth are as follows: Wendy Leigh Moss, born September 26, 1948, Los Angeles County, California; William Paul Moss, III, born July 9, 1950, Los Angeles County, California; Randall Craig "Randy" Moss, born January 29, 1952, Los Angeles County, California; Kenneth E. "Ken" Errair, Jr., born May 19, 1957, Los Angeles County, Califonia; Kendall Jane Errair, born March 3, 1960, Los Angeles County, California. Read more Jane Withers movies (actor)User Comments |
