Editing Googie Withers (section)

===Later career===
Withers returned to films with the lead in ''[[Nickel Queen]]'' (1971), directed by McCallum.

She was in ''[[The Cherry Orchard (1974 film)|The Cherry Orchard]]'' (1974) on Australian TV.

In 1974, she appeared as Faye Boswell, the original governor of a women's prison, in the television series ''[[Within These Walls]]''. Because ''Within These Walls'' had been a moderate success in Australia, she was approached by producers to play the role of the Governor in the Australian version titled ''[[Prisoner (TV series)|Prisoner]]'', but she declined and the role was given to [[Patsy King]].

Performances on the stage in productions of [[The Cherry Orchard|''The Cherry Orchard'']] and [[An Ideal Husband|''An Ideal Husband'']] earned Withers a nomination in the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a Revival|Actress of the Year in a Revival]] at the [[1976 Laurence Olivier Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Winners 1976 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1976/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Olivier Awards |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Withers starred in the BBC adaptation of ''[[Hotel du Lac (film)|Hotel du Lac]]'' (1986), which was followed a year later by another BBC production, ''[[Northanger Abbey (1987 film)|Northanger Abbey]]''.

In 1989, she appeared at Brighton in England in ''The Cocktail Hour'' alongside her husband John and her daughter, [[Joanna McCallum|Joanna]]. In the previous year, the play had been a success in New York, starring [[Nancy Marchand]]. In 1990, she appeared in ITV's adaptation of ''Ending Up''. Her last screen performance was as the Australian novelist [[Katharine Susannah Prichard]] in the film ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]'' (1996), for which she and the other cast members were nominated for a [[Screen Actors Guild]] award for "Outstanding performance by a cast".

In 2002, aged 85, Withers, with [[Vanessa Redgrave]], appeared in London's West End, in [[Oscar Wilde]]'s ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]''.

In October 2007, aged 90 and 89 respectively, Withers and McCallum appeared in an extended interview with [[Peter Thompson (broadcaster)|Peter Thompson]] on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] TV's ''[[Talking Heads (Australian TV series)|Talking Heads]]'' programme.<ref name="Heads"/>