[DeadCelebrityAlert] Actress Googie Withers, 94

 

Googie Withers, a sly, stylish British star who was best liked by her public when she was behaving wickedly, died July 15 in Sydney, Australia, where she had lived for many years. She was 94.

With jet black hair, knowing eyes, prominent cheekbones and mouth simultaneously inviting and contemptuous, Ms. Withers was an arresting screen presence. ...

She became known internationally as part of the ensemble cast in Alfred Hitchcock's hit 1938 thriller "The Lady Vanishes." ...

She had one of her best roles in the gritty 1947 noir "It Always Rains on Sunday," in which she played a tough, bossy former barmaid trapped in a loveless marriage in a London where it always seemed to be raining. ...

More (w/photo):
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/152801-Googie-Withers-British-Actress-of-Stage-and-Screen-Dies-at-94-

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