Googie Withers

Googie Withers

출생 : 1917-03-12, Karachi, British India

사망 : 2011-07-15

약력

Georgette Lizette "Googie" Withers CBE, AO was a British entertainer who had a lengthy career in theatre, film, and television.

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Googie Withers

참여 작품

샤인
Katharine Susannah Prichard
빗속을 헤매던 초라한 행색의 한 남자. 막무가내로 찾아 들어간 레스토랑 피아노 앞에 선 그는 사람들의 비난과 야유 속에서 연주를 시작한다. 오로지 손가락이 기억하는 움직임에 따라 자신만의 격정적이고 열정적인 연주를 마치자, 이를 숨죽이고 지켜보던 사람들은 그의 아름다운 연주에 환호를 전한다. 오락가락하는 정신으로 10년이나 세상으로부터 방치된 채 살아온 그는 바로 과거 [라흐마니노프 피아노 협주곡 3번]으로 전설적인 무대를 남긴 천재피아니스트 ‘데이비드 헬프갓’임이 알려지는데……
Country Life
Hannah
Adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" set in rural Australia in the 1920s. Jack Dickens and his niece Sally run the family farm to support brother-in-law Alexander as a (supposedly brilliant) literary critic in London. Action begins when Alexander returns with his beautiful young wife Deborah, revealing himself as an arrogant failure and wanting to sell the farm out from under Jack. Blakemore introduces themes about Australia's separation from England, as well as expanding the pacifist and ecological philosophies espoused by the local Doctor Max Askey.
Ending Up
Marigold
A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wrong.
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Interviewee
Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus.
Hotel du Lac
Mrs. Pusey
Hotel du Lac, a screenplay version of the Booker prize-winning novel by Anita Brookner, starring Anna Massey, was released in 1986 as an episode of the BBC's "Screen Two" series.
Northanger Abbey
Mrs Allen
A tale of intrigue, adventure and romance, this enchanting, remastered dramatization captures the romance of Jane Austin's classic novel "Northanger Abbey".
Time After Time
Leda Klein
'Oh I was naughty. And I'm still naughty so take care.' And so Leda was, all those years ago when she was the childhood friend of Jasper and his three sisters April, May and June. Now she returns to add a little spice to life in their crumbling Irish country house.
Nickel Queen
Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film released in 1971 starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. The story was loosely based on the Poseidon bubble, a nickel boom in Western Australia in the late 1960s, and tells of an outback pub owner who stakes a claim and finds herself an overnight millionaire.
Port of Escape
Anne Stirling
Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board hostage as they try to outrun the law.
Devil on Horseback
Mrs. Cadell
A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey
Derby Day
Betty Molloy
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
매직 박스
Sitter in Bath Studio
사진관 조수인 윌리는 사진과 영화에 대한 열정으로 가득하다. 욕심 많은 주인 밑에서 몰래 사진 작업을 하던 윌리는 헬레나오 만나게 된다. 헬레나와 결혼한 윌리는 직접 사진관을 운영하게 된다. 하지만 사실, 윌리의 관심은 오직 활동 사진의 발명 뿐이었다. 결국 가장으로서도 사업가로서도 실패한 윌리는 자기 연구실에서 묻혀 지낸다. 경제적으로도 파산하고 아내 헬레나는 병에 걸려 죽어가지만 윌리는 활동사진의 발명에만 몰두한다.
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Susan Foster (actress in clip, "The Shadow of the Orient") (uncredited)
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.
White Corridors
Dr. Sophie Dean
White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin. Marriner is aided in this endeavor by lady surgeon Dr. Sophie Dean (Googie Withers), who happens to be in love with him. After a tragedy occurs for which Marriner holds himself responsible, the film builds steadily to an exciting climax involving a untested -- and potentially dangerous -- serum. The top-rank British supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Moira Lister, Petula Clark, Basil Radford, Dagmar (later Dana) Wynter, Bernard Lee, and, in a minor role, future "Dr. Who" Patrick Troughton.
Traveller's Joy
Bumble Pelham
A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they must pretend that they're still married.
밤 그리고 도시
Helen Nosseross
해리 파비안은 런던의 거리를 헤매는 야심 많은 사기꾼으로 돈을 벌기 위해서라면 수단과 방법을 가리지 않는다. 어느 날 그는 은퇴한 세계적인 레슬링 선수 그레고리우스를 만나고 생각지도 않은 음모에 휘말리게 되는데…. 감독은 억압된 사회 속에서 생존을 위해 투쟁하는 사람들에게 초점을 맞춰 인간 본성을 탁월하게 묘사했다.
Once Upon a Dream
Carol Gilbert
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.
Miranda
Clare Martin
A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.
It Always Rains on Sunday
Rose Sandigate
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
The Loves of Joanna Godden
Joanna Godden
Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.
Pink String and Sealing Wax
Pearl Bond
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).
악몽의 밤
Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")
별장 대축을 의뢰받은 건축가가 별장에서 사람들을 만나고 5개의 에피소드를 듣으면서 이상한 느낌에 싸인다. 전에 자신이 이곳에 왔었다는 생각을 갖게 되는데, 이런 것을 꿈이나 무의식적 경험에 의한 대자비 현상이라고 한다. 이런 현실과 환상, 혼령이 살아나고 인형이 살아나는 아주 독특한 공포적 초현실적인 이야기를 담고 있다.
They Came to a City
Alice
People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
On Approval
Helen Hale
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.
The Silver Fleet
Helène van Leyden
Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis without endangering his wife and fellow workers?
We Serve
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.
비행기가 사라졌다
Jo de Vries
2차 대전 당시 영국 폭격기 한 대가 네덜란드 근처로 추락한다. 가까스로 살아남은 승무원과 동료들은 한적한 시골 마을로 숨어들어 신분을 숨기는 한편, 레지스탕스의 도움을 받아 고국으로 돌아가려 한다. 하지만 이를 위해서는 먼저 나치의 감시를 피해야만 한다. 파웰과 프레스버거의 공동제작사 ‘The Archers’에서 처음 만든 작품. (2017년 한국시네마테크협의회 - 마이클 파웰, 에머릭 프레스버거 특별전)
Back-Room Boy
Bobbie
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...
Busman's Honeymoon
Polly
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...
She Couldn't Say No
Dora
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
The Gang's All Here
Alice Forrest
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.
Trouble Brewing
Mary Brown
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.
Murder in Soho
Lola Matthews
A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
Dead Men Are Dangerous
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house.
사라진 여인
Blanche
반드리카를 여행 중인 영국인 처녀 아이리스 헨더슨은 별로 내키지 않은 약혼자와 결혼을 앞두고 귀국하려는 중이다. 역전에서 중년의 영국 부인과 알게 되는데, 이때 누군가에 의해 건물 2층에서 물건이 떨어져 머리를 다친다. 결국 열차에 오르자 마자 의식을 잃었다가 그 부인의 따뜻한 보살핌으로 깨어난다. 그후 식당칸에서 부인과 차를 마시며 이야기를 나누다가, 이름을 묻자 프로이라고 대답하는데, 기차의 기적 소리 때문에 들리지 않자 창문에 프로이라는 자신의 이름을 써서 가르쳐준다. 그런데 두통 때문에 객차에서 잠시 잠이 들었다가 깨어났을 때, 앞에 앉아있던 프로이 부인은 온데 간데 없어지고 없다. 옆에 있던 사람들도 모두들 모른다는 것이다. 식당칸에서 프로이 부인에게 설탕을 건네 주었던 컬디컷과 차터스라는 영국인은 크리켓 국제전을 보기 위해 귀국 중이었는데, 사람이 없어져 열차가 늦어질 까봐 자신들도 못봤다고 대답한다. 그리고 애인과 밀애를 즐기던 토드헌터 부부라는 사람도 이것이 사람들에게 알려질까봐 못봤다고 대답해, 결국 사람들은 아이리스가 착각한 것으로만 생각한다. 이에 아이리스는 자신이 착각한 것일지도 모른다고 생각하는데, 식당칸의 창문에 프로이라는 글자를 보고는 꿈이 아님을 알게 된다. 이때 전날 여관에서 시끄럽게 했다고 다투었던 음악가 길버트와 만나게 되어 그와 함께 프로이 부인을 찾아나서게 된다. 이때 명성 높은 독일 의사 하르츠 박사와 알게 되는데, 그가 비밀 정보를 알고 있는 프로이 부인을 독일로 빼돌리려는 음모를 꾸민 장본인이었다.
Convict 99
Lottie
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
Strange Boarders
Elsie
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
Kate Plus Ten
Lady Moya
Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?
Paradise for Two
Miki
A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
The Green Cockatoo
A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.
Action for Slander
Mary
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Pearls Bring Tears
Doreen
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
Accused
Ninette Duval
Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife in their act, and Gaby is accused of the crime.
Crime Over London
Miss Dupres
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
Crown v. Stevens
Ella Levine
When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of insurance
All at Sea
Daphne Tomkins
When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attracts various attractive women to him on the voyage, but his deceptions start to land him in trouble.
Dark World
Annie
British drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus.
The Love Test
Minnie
Romance set in a chemical factory.
Her Last Affaire
Effie
Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof he needs. But the plan goes awry when he becomes implicated in her sudden death.