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{{Short description|British actress and entertainer (1917–2011)}}
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|honorific_suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]]
|image        = Googie Withers, 1947.jpg
|name         = Googie Withers
|caption      = Withers in 1947
|birth_name   = Georgette Lizette Withers
|birth_date   = {{Birth date|1917|03|12|df=y}}
|birth_place  = [[Karachi]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|death_date   = {{Death date and age|2011|07|15|1917|03|12|df=y}}
|death_place  = [[Sydney]], Australia
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|nationality  = British
|education    =  [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
|occupation   = Actress, dancer
|years_active = 1929–2002
|spouse       = {{marriage|[[John McCallum (actor)|John McCallum]]|1948|2010|end=his death}}
|children     = 3, including [[Joanna McCallum|Joanna]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Googie Withers|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8641392/Googie-Withers.html|access-date=16 July 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|date=16 July 2011}}</ref>
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'''Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers''' (12 March 1917{{spaced ndash}}15 July 2011) was an English entertainer. She was a dancer and actress, with a lengthy career spanning some seventy-three years in theatre, film, and television. She was a well-known actress and star of British films during and after the [[Second World War]].

She often featured in British productions, primarily in films with actor and producer [[John McCallum (actor)|John McCallum]], whom she married and, in the late 1950s, emigrated together to her husband's native Australia, where they became best known in theatre. During the 1970s, she played prison governor Faye Boswell in the TV series ''[[Within These Walls]]'', and continued to feature in films.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/arts/googie-withers-british-actress-dies-at-94.html?ref=deathsobituaries|title=Googie Withers, 94, a Veteran British Actress, Dies|agency=Associated Press|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=18 July 2011}}</ref> She won the inaugural [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress]] in [[1955 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards|1955]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actress |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/television/actress-television |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Bafta |language=en}}</ref>

==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>

==Acting career==
Withers began acting at the age of twelve, and was student at the [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]], and at the dance school of [[Buddy Bradley (choreographer)|Buddy Bradley]], where she learnt ballet and tap. She was a dancer in a [[West End theatre|West End]] production when she was offered work as a film extra in [[Michael Powell]]'s ''[[The Girl in the Crowd]]'' (1935). She arrived on the set to find one of the major players in the production had been dismissed, and she was immediately asked to step into the leading role, beginning a seven year contract with [[Warner Brothers]], after which she worked for Fox British, [[Ealing Studios]] and [[The Rank Organisation]].<ref name="nla">{{cite web |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-204490672./listen |title=Googie Withers interviewed by Bill Stephens (sound recording)}}</ref>

During the 1930s, Withers was constantly in demand in lead roles in minor films, and supporting roles in more prestigious productions. She was in ''[[Windfall (1935 film)|Windfall]]'' (1935) and ''[[The Love Test]]'' (1935), and she had the lead in ''[[All at Sea (1935 film)|All at Sea]]'' (1935). 

Withers supported in ''[[Dark World (1935 film)|Dark World]]'' (1935), ''[[King of Hearts (1936 film)|King of Hearts]]'' (1936), and ''[[Accused (1936 film)|Accused]]'' (1936). ''[[Her Last Affaire]]'' (1935) was her third film with Powell.

She followed it with ''[[She Knew What She Wanted]]'' (1936), ''[[Crown v. Stevens]]'' (1936) (directed by Powell), ''[[Crime Over London]]'' (1936), ''[[Pearls Bring Tears]]'' (1937), ''[[Action for Slander]]'' (1937), and ''[[Paradise for Two (1937 film)|Paradise for Two]]'' (1937).

Withers had the lead in ''[[You're the Doctor]]'' (1938) and was back to support for ''[[Kate Plus Ten (film)|Kate Plus Ten]]'' (1938). Her best-known work of the period was as one of [[Margaret Lockwood]]'s friends in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938).

She continued in support roles in ''[[Paid in Error]]'' (1938) and ''[[Strange Boarders]]'' (1938). She was in a [[Will Hay]] film ''[[Convict 99]]'' (1938) and supported [[Jack Buchanan]] in ''[[The Gang's All Here (1939 film)|The Gang's All Here]]'' (1939). Then she appeared in crime films ''[[Murder in Soho]]'' (1939) and ''[[Dead Men are Dangerous]]'' (1939).

She supported [[George Formby]] in ''[[Trouble Brewing (1939 film)|Trouble Brewing]]'' (1939) and [[Tommy Trinder]] in ''[[She Couldn't Say No (1939 film)|She Couldn't Say No]]'' (1939). She was in a Robert Montgomery film ''[[Busman's Honeymoon (film)|Busman's Honeymoon]]'' (1939) and was reunited with Buchanan in ''[[Bulldog Sees It Through]]'' (1940). She was still supporting comics in ''[[Back-Room Boy]]'' (1942) with [[Arthur Askey]].

===Rising fame===
Among her successes of the 1940s, and a departure from her previous roles, was the [[Powell and Pressburger]] film ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'' (1942), a topical [[World War II]] drama, in which she played a [[Dutch resistance]] fighter who helps British airmen return to safety from behind enemy lines.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|last=Arthur|first=Nigel|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/447446/index.html|title =...One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942)| publisher = BFI Screenonline|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref>

Powell and Pressburger then used her in a film they produced but did not direct, ''[[The Silver Fleet]]'' (1943). She played Helen, a significant second lead in the Clive Book-directed 1944 comedy ''[[On Approval (1944 film)|On Approval]]''.

Withers was in ''[[They Came to a City]]'' (1945), directed by [[Basil Dearden]], and was one of several stars in ''[[Dead of Night]]'' (1945).

She was given a star part in ''[[Pink String and Sealing Wax]]'' (1945). It was well received, and Withers was given the title role in ''[[The Loves of Joanna Godden]]'' (1947), which was a hit. In the cast was actor John McCallum, whom Withers later married. They remained married until McCallum died in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/7149675/John-McCallum.html|title=John McCallum|date=3 February 2010|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|access-date=3 February 2010}}</ref>

Withers then starred in ''[[It Always Rains on Sunday]]'' (1948), which was one of the biggest hits of the year. In 1948, British exhibitors voted her the 8th most popular British star in the country.<ref>'BRITTEN'S "RAPE OF LUCRETIA": NEW YORK DIVIDED', ''The Manchester Guardian'' (1901-1959) [Manchester (UK)] 31 December 1948: 8.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49930940 |title=THE STARRY WAY |newspaper=[[The Courier-mail]] |issue=3782 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=8 January 1949 |access-date=16 September 2017 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Three comedies followed:  the hugely popular ''[[Miranda (1948 film)|Miranda]]'' (1948), with McCallum, and ''[[Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)|Once Upon a Dream]]'' (1949) and ''[[Traveller's Joy]]'' (1949), both directed by [[Ralph Thomas]]. Next, she was third-billed after Hollywood stars [[Gene Tierney]] and [[Richard Widmark]] in the tense thriller ''[[Night and the City]]'' (1950).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55780485 |title=GOOGIE WITHERS IS RAVING... |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |volume=39 |issue=1,949 |location=Adelaide |date=8 October 1949 |access-date=16 September 2017 |page=5 (Sunday Magazine) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Withers took 13 months off following the birth of her first child, then returned to star as a doctor in ''[[White Corridors]]'' (1951), one of the most popular films of the year in Britain.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75617280 |title=EMPHASIS ON GLAMOR AT ROYAL FILM SHOW |newspaper=[[The Mirror (Western Australia)|The Mirror]] |volume=27 |issue=1487 |location=Western Australia |date=18 November 1950 |access-date=16 September 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63397098 |title=Vivien Leigh Actress of the Year. |newspaper=[[Townsville Daily Bulletin]] |volume=LXXI |location=Queensland, Australia |date=29 December 1951 |access-date=16 September 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She was one of many cameos in ''[[The Magic Box]]'' (1951) and was in a play ''Winter Journey''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201357249 |title=Googie Withers—EX-DUMB |newspaper=[[Truth (Brisbane newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=2750 |location=Brisbane |date=7 December 1952 |access-date=16 September 2017 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Withers made three films with her husband, ''[[Derby Day (1952 film)|Derby Day]]'' (1952), ''[[Devil on Horseback]]'' (1954), and ''[[Port of Escape]]'' (1956).

In 1954, she starred with McCallum in the West End play ''[[Waiting for Gillian]]'', by [[Ronald Millar]].

===Australia===
Withers first toured Australia in the stage play ''Simon and Laura''. After McCallum was offered the position of running [[J.C. Williamson]] theatres, they moved to Australia in 1959. Withers starred in a number of stage plays, including [[Terence Rattigan|Rattigan]]'s ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (play)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'', ''Desire of the Moth'', ''The First 400 Years'' (with [[Keith Michell]]), ''The Circle'',<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44801552 |title=A day in the life of Googie[?] Withers and John McCallum |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=50 |issue=21 |date=10 November 1982 |access-date=16 September 2017 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[A. R. Gurney]]'s ''[[The Cocktail Hour]]'', ''[[Time and the Conways]]'', ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]'', ''Beekman Place'' (1965), for which she also designed the set.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105876315 |title=Googie Withers arrives |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=40 |issue=11,330 |date=4 December 1965 |access-date=16 September 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''[[Desire of the Moth]]'', ''The Kingfisher'', ''Stardust'', [[Anton Chekhov|Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' and [[Oscar Wilde|Wilde]]'s ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'' for the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]]; both productions toured Australia. They appeared together in the UK in ''[[The School for Scandal]]'' at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] in London's West End and on the subsequent [[British Council]] tour of Europe in 1983–84, and in [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s ''The Circle'' at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]].{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} Withers starred on Broadway with [[Michael Redgrave]] in ''[[The Complaisant Lover]]'', and in London with [[Alec Guinness]] in ''[[Exit the King]]''.

===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"/>

==Death==
Withers died on 15 July 2011 at her Sydney home, aged 94. Her husband, actor, television producer and studio executive  [[John McCallum (actor)|John McCallum]] predeceased her on 3 February 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/actor-googie-withers-dies-at-94-/news-story/2ce9b028cc9b31c4deae78e65785587f|title=Actor Googie Withers dies at 94|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]]|date=17 July 2011|access-date=17 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Googie Withers obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/16/googie-withers-obituary|work=The Guardian| date=16 July 2011 |first=Dennis | last=Barker |access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>

==Honours==
Withers was appointed an Honorary Officer of the [[Order of Australia]] (AO) for services to drama, in the 1980 Australia Day Honours List.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/869750 It's an Honour: AO (hon)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312204834/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/869750 |date=12 March 2023 }} (she appears in the database as "Georgette Lizette McCallum")</ref> In the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List (UK), she was named a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE). Withers was a [[JC Williamson Award]] recipient for lifetime achievement in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=recipients |title=JC Williamson Award recipients |access-date=30 April 2012 |work=Helpmann Awards |publisher=Live Performance Australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321094228/http://helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=recipients |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1992 Googie Withers and John McCallum were founding patrons and active supporters of the [[Tait Memorial Trust]] in London. A Charity established by Isla Baring OAM, the daughter of Sir Frank Tait of [[J. C. Williamson]]'s to support young Australian performing artists in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taitmemorialtrust.org/Home |title=Tait Memorial Trust |access-date=2016-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724035412/http://www.taitmemorialtrust.org/Home |archive-date=24 July 2016}}</ref>

She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1971, when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] whilst thinking she was going to be interviewed by her close friend [[Godfrey Winn]]. Although she knew Andrews, when he appeared as she entered the set, she asked him why he was no longer working as a presenter and was instead working as a floor manager.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/QZaEqDNljls Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200629235428/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZaEqDNljls Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZaEqDNljls| title = Googie Withers This Is Your Life | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[The Girl in the Crowd]]'' (1935) – Sally
* ''[[The Love Test]]'' (1935) – Minnie
* ''[[Windfall (1935 film)|Windfall]]'' (1935) – Dodie
* ''[[Her Last Affaire]]'' (1935) – Effie
* ''[[Dark World (1935 film)|Dark World]]'' (1935) – Annie
* ''[[All at Sea (1935 film)|All at Sea]]'' (1935) – Daphne Tomkins
* ''[[She Knew What She Wanted]]'' (1936) – Dora
* ''[[Crown v. Stevens]]'' (1936) – Ella Levine
* ''[[Crime Over London]]'' (1936) – Miss Dupres
* ''[[Accused (1936 film)|Accused]]'' (1936) – Ninette Duval
* ''[[King of Hearts (1936 film)|King of Hearts]]'' (1936) – Elaine
* ''[[Action for Slander]]'' (1937) – Mary
* ''[[Pearls Bring Tears]]'' (1937) – Doreen
* ''[[Paradise for Two (1937 film)|Paradise for Two]]'' (1937) – Miki
* ''[[The Green Cockatoo]]'' (1937) – (uncredited)
* ''[[Paid in Error]]'' (1938) – Jean Mason
* ''[[If I Were Boss (1938 film)|If I Were Boss]]'' (1938) – Pat
* ''[[Strange Boarders]]'' (1938) – Elsie
* ''[[Convict 99]]'' (1938) – Lottie
* ''[[Kate Plus Ten (film)|Kate Plus Ten]]'' (1938) – Lady Moya
* ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938) – Blanche
* ''[[You're the Doctor]]'' (1938) – Helen Firmstone
* ''[[Trouble Brewing (1939 film)|Trouble Brewing]]'' (1939) – Mary Brown
* ''[[Murder in Soho]]'' (1939) – Lola Matthews
* ''[[The Gang's All Here (1939 film)|The Gang's All Here]]'' (1939) – Alice Forrest
* ''[[Dead Men are Dangerous]]'' (1939)
* ''[[She Couldn't Say No (1939 film)|She Couldn't Say No]]'' (1940) – Dora
* ''[[Busman's Honeymoon (film)|Busman's Honeymoon]]'' (1940) – Polly
* ''[[Bulldog Sees It Through]]'' (1940) – Toots
* ''[[Jeannie (film)|Jeannie]]'' (1941) – Laundry Girl
* ''[[Back-Room Boy]]'' (1942) – Bobbie
* ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'' (1942) – Jo de Vries
* ''[[The Silver Fleet]]'' (1943) – Helène van Leyden
* ''[[On Approval (1944 film)|On Approval]]'' (1944) – Helen Hale
* ''[[They Came to a City]]'' (1945) – Alice
* ''[[Dead of Night]]'' (1945) – Joan Cortland (segment "Linking Story") / (segment "The Haunted Mirror")
* ''[[Pink String and Sealing Wax]]'' (1945) – Pearl Bond
* ''[[The Loves of Joanna Godden]]'' (1947) – Joanna Godden
* ''[[It Always Rains on Sunday]]'' (1947) – Rose Sandigate
* ''[[Miranda (1948 film)|Miranda]]'' (1948) – Clare Martin
* ''[[Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)|Once Upon a Dream]]'' (1949) – Carol Gilbert
* ''[[Night and the City]]'' (1950) – Helen Nosseross
* ''[[Traveller's Joy]]'' (1950) – Bumble Pelham
* ''[[White Corridors]]'' (1951) – Dr. Sophie Dean
* ''[[The Magic Box]]'' (1951) – Sitter in Bath Studio
* ''[[Lady Godiva Rides Again]]'' (1951) – Susan Foster (actress in clip, "The Shadow of the Orient") (uncredited)
* ''[[Derby Day (1952 film)|Derby Day]]'' (1952) – Betty Molloy
* ''[[Devil on Horseback]]'' (1954) – Mrs. Cadell
* ''[[Port of Escape]]'' (1956) – Anne Stirling
* ''[[The First 400 Years]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Nickel Queen]]'' (1971) – Meg Blake
* ''[[The Cherry Orchard (1974 film)|The Cherry Orchard]]'' (1974, TV Movie) – Ranevskaya
* ''[[Within These Walls]]'' (1974–1975, TV Series) – Prison Governess – Faye Boswell
* ''[[Screen Two]]'' (1986, TV Series) – Mrs. Allen / Mrs. Pusey / Leda Klein
* ''[[Melba (miniseries)|Melba]]'' (1988, TV Mini-Series) – Lady Armstrong
* ''[[Country Life (film)|Country Life]]'' (1994) – Hannah
* ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]'' (1996) – Katharine Susannah Prichard (final film role)
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0936727}}
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* [https://archive.today/20121127141125/http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number:357267%20 |%20Number%3A355688%20|%20Number%3A360821;querytype=;resCount=10 Googie Withers at the National Film and Sound Archive]
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Googie&surname=WITHERS&job=Actor&pid=4516&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Performances listed in the Theatre Archive University of Bristol]
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