Googie Withers
Date of birth: 1917-03-12
Place of birth: Karachi, British India
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Georgette Lizette Withers, Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers
Biography
Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO was a British entertainer who had a lengthy career in theatre, film, and television.
Movie Credits
The Lady Vanishes
1938-10-07
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel i
Pearls Bring Tears
1937-03-20
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for th
Dead Men Are Dangerous
1939-02-01
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corps
Dead of Night
1945-09-09
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his rec
It Always Rains on Sunday
1947-11-28
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
Back-Room Boy
1942-04-15
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a ligh
Time After Time
1986-01-26
'Oh I was naughty. And I'm still naughty so take care.' And so Leda was, all those years ago when sh
Night and the City
1950-06-15
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with
Pink String and Sealing Wax
1945-11-22
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering ph
Convict 99
1938-09-26
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the
The Silver Fleet
1943-06-16
The Silver Fleet was inspired by a true story from World War II. Holland now under German occupation
Miranda
1948-04-06
A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London.
Murder in Soho
1939-02-01
A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
Trouble Brewing
1939-03-01
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes unde
Forever Ealing
2002-12-05
This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the
They Came to a City
1944-08-21
People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
Traveller's Joy
1950-12-25
A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returni
On Approval
1944-05-22
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When o
The Loves of Joanna Godden
1947-06-08
Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.
The Gang's All Here
1939-03-04
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that
Shine
1996-08-15
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns t
Kate Plus Ten
1938-03-17
Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton
The Green Cockatoo
1937-12-01
A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has
Action for Slander
1937-07-21
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Once Upon a Dream
1949-02-01
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is
Strange Boarders
1938-05-01
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951-10-25
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain proc
The Love Test
1935-06-30
Romance set in a chemical factory.
Crown v. Stevens
1936-08-03
When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is surprised to find he is a real skinflint. She o
Busman's Honeymoon
1940-07-22
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for
Northanger Abbey
1987-02-15
A young girl, whose head is full of romantic and melodramatic notions, goes to stay with the wealthy
Derby Day
1952-06-09
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby
Port of Escape
1956-05-01
Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during
Ending Up
1989-01-01
A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (wh
Nickel Queen
1971-03-31
Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film released in 1971 starring Googie Withers and directed by
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942-04-24
During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged.
She Couldn't Say No
1939-04-20
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it
Devil on Horseback
1954-03-17
A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey
The Girl in the Crowd
1935-05-20
“Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises
Accused
1936-12-18
Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for
Dark World
1935-12-01
British drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus.
Paradise for Two
1937-12-22
A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
The Magic Box
1952-01-01
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
1986-05-02
Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.
All at Sea
1936-02-10
When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea
Crime Over London
1936-10-21
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they
Hotel du Lac
1986-03-02
Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swis
Her Last Affaire
1935-10-21
Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation wi
We Serve
1942-06-29
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman
Country Life
1994-10-27
Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niec
White Corridors
1951-01-12
White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story
She Knew What She Wanted
1936-06-01
An amoral young dancer falls in love with a band leader.
Knightsbridge
1972-06-12
Francesca's upbringing has been sheltered, but her fiancé isn't slow to realise that his future moth