Googie Withers

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Googie Withers , actually Georgette Lizette Withers CBE , AO (born March 12, 1917 in Karachi , British India , † July 15, 2011 in Sydney , Australia ) was a British actress .

Life

Googie Withers was born the daughter of a British sailor and a Dutch woman in the British-Indian Karachi. When she was seven, she moved to Great Britain with her parents . Her first film role she had as a dancer in the movie The Girl in the Crowd by Michael Powell .

Since 1948, Googie Withers - she was nicknamed since childhood - was married to John McCallum in a second marriage and has three children. In 1997 she was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for the film Shine .

Withers was the first non-Australian to be honored with the Order of Australia , Officer Class (AO) in 1980 . She received the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2001 .

Googie Withers died on July 15, 2011 at the age of 94 in Sydney , Australia .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1935: windfall
  • 1935: Dark World
  • 1935: The Girl in the Crowd
  • 1935: The Love Test
  • 1935: All at Sea
  • 1936: King of Hearts
  • 1936: Under the spell of jealousy (Accused)
  • 1936: Her Last Affaire
  • 1936: She Knew What She Wanted
  • 1936: Crown v. Stevens
  • 1936: Crime Over London
  • 1937: Pearls Bring Tears
  • 1937: Action for Slander
  • 1938: Kate Plus Ten
  • 1938: A Lady Vanishes (The Lady Vanishes)
  • 1940: She Couldn't Say No.
  • 1942: One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
  • 1944: Husband for inspection (On Approval)
  • 1945: Dream without End (Dead of Night)
  • 1947: Escape from Scotland Yard (It Always Rains on Sunday)
  • 1949: When Women Dream (Once Upon a Dream)
  • 1950: The Rat of Soho (Night and the City)
  • 1951: The Wonderful Flicker Box (The Magic Box)
  • 1956: Port of Escape
  • 1971: Nickel Queen
  • 1986: Northanger Abbey
  • 1986: Hotel du Lac
  • 1989: Ending Up
  • 1994: Country Life
  • 1996: Shine - The Path into Light (Shine)

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-07-16/googie-withers-dies-aged-94/2797302
personal data
SURNAME Withers, Googie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Withers, Georgette Lizette (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Karachi , British India
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 2011
Place of death Sydney , Australia