Editing Googie Withers (section)

==Biography==
Withers was born in [[Karachi]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Pakistan]]), to Edgar Withers, a captain in the [[Royal Navy]], and Lizette Wilhelmina Katarina, of Dutch, French and German descent.<ref name=mcf>{{cite news |last1=McFarlane |first1=Brian |title=Assured leading lady of the screen took no nonsense |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/assured-leading-lady-of-the-screen-took-no-nonsense-20110718-1hlm8.html |access-date=2023-02-16 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2011-07-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.myheritage.com.tr/names/willem_no%C3%ABls%20van%20wageningen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320220055/https://www.myheritage.com.tr/names/willem_no%25C3%25ABls%2520van%2520wageningen |archive-date=20 March 2020 |title=Willem Noëls van Wageningen - Tarihi kayıtlar ve aile ağaçları - MyHeritage}}</ref><ref name=SydHer>{{cite web|last=Murphy |first=Damien |title=Best British bad girl with a 'haughty sexuality' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/best-british-bad-girl-with-a-haughty-sexuality-20110716-1hjjh.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 July 2011}}</ref> She was named after her aunt Georgette Ottolina, but was fondly given the name "chota ghugi'" at a young age by her Punjabi ''[[Amah (occupation)|ayah]]'' (nanny), chota ghugi' being Punjabi for "little dove", which became anglicised to "Googie". She became used to the nickname and decided to keep it as her stage name.<ref name="Heads">{{cite web|last=Thompson |first=Peter |title=Googie Withers & John McCallum |url=http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s2051047.htm |work=[[Talking Heads (Australian TV series)|Talking Heads]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=16 July 2011 |date=8 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907143212/http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s2051047.htm |archive-date=7 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As a child, she showed interest in learning the [[Urdu]] language.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

After her father left the Royal Navy to manage a foundry in [[Birmingham]], England, Googie was sent to Fredville Park School, a boarding school in [[Nonington]], and a secondary day school in London.<ref name=mcf/><ref>{{cite web|title=Fredville House School|website=The Old Parish of Nonington|quote=Actress Georgette 'Googie' Withers was a pupil there around 1929 to 1930 just prior to beginning her long career. She was educated first at Fredville Park School, and after a year or so moved to the Convent of the Holy Family in Kensington|url=https://nonington.org.uk/the-fredville-estate/fredville-school/|access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref>