Googie Withers

AKA: Georgette Lizette Withers, Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers

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1917-03-12

Karachi, British India

Biography

Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO was a British entertainer who had a lengthy career in theatre, film, and television.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {54}

Blanche

1938-10-07 7.443

The Lady Vanishes

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris ...

Genre :Mystery, Thriller, Comedy

Doreen

1937-03-20 5

Pearls Bring Tears

About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

1939-02-01 4

Dead Men Are Dangerous

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house. ...

Genre :Crime

Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")

1945-09-09 7.2

Dead of Night

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is comi ...

Genre :Horror, Thriller

Rose Sandigate

1947-11-28 6.6

It Always Rains on Sunday

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Bobbie

1942-04-15 6.4

Back-Room Boy

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky ...

Genre :Comedy

Leda Klein

1986-01-26 0

Time After Time

'Oh I was naughty. And I'm still naughty so take care.' And so Leda was, all those years ago when she was the childhood friend of Jasper and his three sisters April, May and June. Now she returns to a ...

Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Helen Nosseross

1950-06-15 7.5

Night and the City

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Pearl Bond

1945-11-22 6.3

Pink String and Sealing Wax

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

Lottie

1938-09-26 6.8

Convict 99

A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rathe ...

Genre :Comedy

Helène van Leyden

1943-03-15 6

The Silver Fleet

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his pat ...

Genre :Drama, War

Clare Martin

1948-04-06 6.261

Miranda

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue. ...

Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Lola Matthews

1939-02-01 5

Murder in Soho

A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Mary Brown

1939-03-01 6.2

Trouble Brewing

Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative effo ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Self

2002-12-05 6.8

Forever Ealing

This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War II dramas, the well-known 'Ealing comedies' with Al ...

Genre :Documentary

Alice

1944-08-21 6

They Came to a City

People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy

Bumble Pelham

1950-12-25 5.7

Traveller's Joy

A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they must pretend that they're still married. ...

Genre :Comedy

Helen Hale

1944-05-22 6.9

On Approval

Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Joanna Godden

1947-06-08 7

The Loves of Joanna Godden

Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies. ...

Genre :Drama

Alice Forrest

1939-03-04 5

The Gang's All Here

John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanishe ...

Genre :Comedy

Katharine Susannah Prichard

1996-08-15 7.385

Shine

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim. ...

Genre :Drama

Lady Moya

1938-03-17 0

Kate Plus Ten

Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed? ...

Genre :Crime, Thriller

1937-12-01 5.9

The Green Cockatoo

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Mary

1937-07-21 0

Action for Slander

A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ. ...

Genre :Drama

Carol Gilbert

1949-02-01 6

Once Upon a Dream

An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ign ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy

Elsie

1938-05-01 0

Strange Boarders

Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding ...

Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Comedy

Susan Foster (actress in clip, "The Shadow of the Orient") (uncredited)

1951-10-25 5.8

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to ...

Genre :Comedy

Minnie

1935-06-30 6

The Love Test

Romance set in a chemical factory. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Ella Levine

1936-08-03 6.3

Crown v. Stevens

When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is surprised to find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of life i ...

Genre :Crime, Thriller

Polly

1940-07-22 5.5

Busman's Honeymoon

When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try t ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Mrs Allen

1987-02-15 5.8

Northanger Abbey

A young girl, whose head is full of romantic and melodramatic notions, goes to stay with the wealthy Tilney family. Through her adventures, Catherine Morland comes to learn that marriage in the societ ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, TV Movie

Betty Molloy

1952-06-09 6.5

Derby Day

Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who ha ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime

Anne Stirling

1956-05-01 5.4

Port of Escape

Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board ho ...

Genre :Drama

Marigold

1989-01-01 0

Ending Up

A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wro ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

1971-03-31 0

Nickel Queen

Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film released in 1971 starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. The story was loosely based on the Poseidon bubble, a nickel boom in West ...

Genre :Comedy

Jo de Vries

1942-04-24 6.563

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands under cover of darkness, the six-member crew conne ...

Genre :War, Drama

Dora

1939-04-20 0

She Couldn't Say No

A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Cadell

1954-03-17 0

Devil on Horseback

A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey ...

Genre :Drama

Sally

1935-05-20 0

The Girl in the Crowd

“Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the first attractive girl he sees. Unfortunately, the girl tu ...

Genre :Comedy

Ninette Duval

1936-12-18 0

Accused

Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Annie

1935-12-01 0

Dark World

British drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus. ...

Genre :Drama

Miki

1937-12-22 5

Paradise for Two

A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend. ...

Genre :Comedy

Sitter in Bath Studio

1952-01-01 6.3

The Magic Box

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more im ...

Genre :Drama

Interviewee

1986-05-02 5

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus. ...

Genre :Documentary

Daphne Tomkins

1936-02-10 0

All at Sea

When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attracts various attractive women to him on the voyage, ...

Genre :Comedy

Miss Dupres

1936-10-21 6

Crime Over London

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store. ...

Genre :Adventure, Romance, Crime

Mrs. Pusey

1986-03-02 4

Hotel du Lac

Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Effie

1935-10-21 6

Her Last Affaire

Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof he needs. But the plan goes awry when he becomes im ...

Genre :Drama

1942-06-29 0

We Serve

Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge. ...

Genre :War

Hannah

1994-10-27 6.3

Country Life

Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly brilliant) literary ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Dr. Sophie Dean

1951-01-12 6.6

White Corridors

White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marrin ...

Genre :

Dora

1936-06-01 0

She Knew What She Wanted

Genre :Comedy

1974-01-04 5.3

Within These Walls

Within These Walls is a British television drama programme made by London Weekend Television for ITV and shown between 1974 and 1978. It portrayed life in HMP Stone Park, a fictional women's prison. U ...

Genre :Drama

Lady Armstrong

1988-03-22 0

Melba

The story of opera soprano Dame Nellie Melba. ...