Googie Withers

Googie Withers was born on Mar 12, 1917 in British India. Googie Withers's big-screen debut came with The Love Test directed by Michael Powell in 1935. Googie Withers is known for Shine directed by Scott Hicks, Geoffrey Rush stars as David Helfgott - Adult and Justin Braine as Tony. Googie Withers has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Googie Withers achieved is CableACE Awards. The upcoming new movie Googie Withers plays is Shine which will be released on Feb 14, 1997.

Googie Withers began her acting career at the age of 12. She was dancing in the chorus in a West End revue when she was spotted by a Warner Brothers casting director. She went to do a screen test for them at the Riverside Studios and was invited to become an extra. On her first day at the filming of The Girl in the Crowd (1935) she arrived on the set just after Michael Powell had just sacked the second lead, and she was enlisted to play one of the lead roles.