Googie Withers

Georgette Lizette Withers was born in British India and began acting on London stages as a teenager. Alfred Hitchcock gave her a breakthrough film role in 'The Lady Vanishes' (1938), leading to a prominent career with Ealing Studios.

Withers gave powerhouse dramatic performances in British noir masterpieces including 'Dead of Night' (1945), 'It Always Rains on Sunday' (1947), and Jules Dassin's 'Night and the City' (1950). Emigrating to Australia with her husband, actor John McCallum, she became a matriarch of Australian theater and starred in the hit British television prison drama 'Within These Walls'.