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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... See full bio »

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2002 The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (video)
Laverne (voice)
 
2001 House of Mouse (TV series)
– Goofy for a Day (2001) (voice)
 
1999 Mickey Mouse Works (TV series)
Additional Voices
– Episode #1.1 (1999) … Additional Voices (voice)
 
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Additional Laverne Dialogue (voice)
 
1995 Amazing Grace (TV series)
Esther Baker
– Hallelujah (1995) … Esther Baker
 
1991-1993 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Alma Sobel / Marge Allen
– Ship of Thieves (1993) … Alma Sobel
– Who Killed J. B. Fletcher? (1991) … Marge Allen
 
1981 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Roxy McGuane
– Murder in the Saddle (1981) … Roxy McGuane
 
1977-1981 ABC Weekend Specials (TV series)
Aunt Daisy Dabble / Mrs. Minney
– Zack and the Magic Factory (1981) … Aunt Daisy Dabble
– The Winged Colt (1977) … Mrs. Minney
 
1980 The Love Boat (TV series)
Gladys
– Invisible Maniac/September Song/Peekaboo (1980) … Gladys
 
1975 All Together Now (TV movie)
Helen Drummond
 
1964-1966 The Munsters (TV series)
Fanny Pike / Pamela Thornton
– Grandpa's Lost Wife (1966) … Pamela Thornton
– Pike's Pique (1964) … Fanny Pike
 
1964 Summer Playhouse (TV series)
Billie
– The Apartment House (1964) … Billie
 
1963 Captain Newman, M.D.
Lt. Grace Blodgett
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Edith Swinney
– How to Get Rid of Your Wife (1963) … Edith Swinney
 
1958-1962 Bachelor Father (TV series)
Lucille Barlow / Miss Sharkey
– Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1962) … Miss Sharkey
– Bentley and the Wedding Bells (1958) … Lucille Barlow
 
1962 Pete and Gladys (TV series)
Wilma
– Step on Me (1962) … Wilma
 
1961-1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Betty Hamilton / Sue Ann Baines
– A Very Special Girl (1962) … Betty Hamilton
– A Possibility of Oil (1961) … Sue Ann Baines
 
1961 The Right Approach
Liz Fargo, Photographer
 
1961 The Aquanauts (TV series)
– The Frankie Adventure (1961)
 
1959 Peck's Bad Girl (TV series)
– The Breadwinner (1959)
 
1959 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Aunt Jan
– The Pink Burro (1959) … Aunt Jan
 
1958 The Heart Is a Rebel
Grace
 
1956 Giant
Vashti Snythe
 
1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– Everybody Loves My Baby (1949)
 
1947 Danger Street
Pat Marvin
 
1946 Affairs of Geraldine
Geraldine Cooper
 
1944 Faces in the Fog
Mary Elliott
 
1944 My Best Gal
Kitty O'Hara
 
1943 The North Star
Clavdia Kurin
 
1942 Johnny Doughboy
Ann Winters/Penelope Ryan
 
1942 The Mad Martindales
Kathy Martindale
 
1942 Young America
Jane Campbell
 
1941 A Very Young Lady
Kitty Russell
 
1941 Her First Beau
Penelope 'Penny' Wood
 
1941 Golden Hoofs
Jane Drake
 
1941 Small Town Deb
Patricia Randall
 
1940 Youth Will Be Served
Eadie-May
 
1940 Girl from Avenue A
Jane
 
1940 Shooting High
Jane Pritchard
 
1940 High School
Jane Wallace
 
1939 Pack Up Your Troubles
Colette
 
1939 Chicken Wagon Family
Addie Fippany
 
1939 Boy Friend
Sally Murphy
 
1939 The Arizona Wildcat
Mary Jane Patterson
 
1938 Always in Trouble
Jerry Darlington
 
1938/II Keep Smiling
Jane Rand
 
1938 Rascals
Gypsy
 
1937 Checkers
Checkers
 
1937 45 Fathers
Judith Frazier
 
1937 Wild and Woolly
Arnette Flynn
 
1937 Angel's Holiday
June 'Angel' Everett
 
1937 The Holy Terror
Corky Wallace
 
1936 Can This Be Dixie?
Peg Gurgle
 
1936 Pepper
Pepper Jolly
 
1936 Little Miss Nobody
Judy Devlin
 
1936 Gentle Julia
Florence Atwater
 
1935 Paddy O'Day
Paddy O'Day
 
1935 This Is the Life
Geraldine 'Jerry' Revier
 
1935 Redheads on Parade
Young Girl (uncredited)
 
1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife
Della
 
1935 Ginger
Ginger
 
1935 The Good Fairy
Child, Orphanage Sequence (uncredited)
 
1934 Bright Eyes
Joy Smythe
 
1934 It's a Gift
Little Girl Playing Hopscotch (uncredited)
 
1934 Imitation of Life
Peola's Frontrow Classmate (uncredited)
 
1934 Tailspin Tommy
Mary Elizabeth (uncredited)
 
1933 Zoo in Budapest
Little Girl at Zoo (uncredited)
 
1932 Handle with Care
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
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2002 The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (video) (performer: "Le Jour D'Amour")
 
1940 Youth Will Be Served (performer: "Youth Will Be Served")
 
1940 Shooting High (performer: "Wanderers" 1937, "Shanty of Dreams" 1940)
 
1939 Boy Friend (performer: "Doin' The Socialite")
 
1936 Can This Be Dixie? (performer: "Pick Pick Pickaninny")
 
1935 Paddy O'Day (performer: "I Like a Balalaika")
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1941 Small Town Deb (story / as Jerrie Walters)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2006 Private Screenings (TV series) (acknowledgment: photos courtesy of - 1 episode)
– Child Stars (2006) (acknowledgment: photos courtesy of)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Twinkel, twinkel, kleine ster: Herinneringen uit Hollywood (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
Herself - Interviewee
– Child Stars (2006) … Herself - Interviewee
 
2005 The 100 Greatest Family Films (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Larry King Live (TV series)
Herself
– Friends, Family, and Costars Remember James Dean (2004) … Herself
 
1995-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself / Herself - Actress
– Jane Withers: Hollywood's Best Gal (2003) … Herself
– Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star (1996) … Herself
– Alice Faye: The Star Next Door (1996) … Herself - Actress
– Betty Grable: Behind the Pin-up (1995) … Herself
 
2000 Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Memories of 'Giant' (video documentary)
Herself
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1993 Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (TV movie)
Herself
 
1989 When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1974 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
– Celebrity Roast: Ralph Nader (1974) … Herself
 
1974 Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (TV movie)
Herself
 
1963-1965 The Match Game (TV series)
Herself / Team Captain
– Episode dated 27 September 1965 (1965) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 September 1963 (1963) … Team Captain
 
1963 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 20 February 1963 (1963) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 January 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1956 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Small Fry (short)
Herself
 
1955 Sheilah Graham in Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 19 April 1955 (1955) … Herself
 
1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 3: Fashions and Rodeo (documentary short)
Herself
 
1945 Peeks at Hollywood (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (documentary short)
Herself - Premiere Attendee (uncredited)
 
1941 Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (documentary short)
Herself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations (documentary short)
Herself
 
1939 Hollywood Hobbies (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2007 Gene Autry: White Hat, Silver Screen (TV documentary)
 
2003 Return to 'Giant' (video documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1976 All This and World War II (documentary)
Herself
 

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Alternate Names:

Jerrie Walters
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She maintains several warehouses of movie memorabilia and boasts one of the world's largest doll collections, which now totals almost 8,000. See more »

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Aries