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| Title | Googie Withers |
| | Creator | Don BACHARDY
Birth Date: 1934 |
| | Date Created | 1962 |
| | Collection Area | Drawings |
| | Medium | pen and ink, brush and ink on paper |
| | Subject | Googie WITHERS AO |
| | Information | Georgette Lizette (Googie) Withers AO (b.1917) is a stage, film and television actor. Withers, who was born in India, became one of England's finest dramatic and comedy actors, appearing in over 60 films and numerous plays. Her first major screen role in The Girl in the Crowd (1935) was followed by a string of comedies for Ealing Studios. One of our Aircraft is Missing (1942) saw Withers in her first serious role. She teamed with her future husband, the Australian John McCallum, in It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) and since the 1950s has lived and worked both in Australia and Britain. Recently she has appeared in Shine (1996) as a mentor to the troubled teenaged David Helfgott, and in stage revivals such as Lady Windermere's Fan (2001). She was first non-Australian woman to be made an honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. |
| | Dimensions | Type: Sheet
Height: 63.5
Width: 58.5
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| | Access No. | 1999.21 |
| | Credit Line | Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Purchased 1999 |
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