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Googie Withers

Googie Withers

Actor · Died July 15, 2011, aged 94 · Karachi, British India

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

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 12, 1917
Died
July 15, 2011 (aged 94)
From
Karachi, British India
Works as
Actor
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 56 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 24% in 30 days

What are Googie Withers' films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
27%
Self
21%
Bonds
19%
Survival
12%
Society
10%
Ideas
8%
Power
3%
Ambition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 6
Ally
1 of 6
Shadow
1 of 6
Shapeshifter
1 of 6
Trickster
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
6
Hopeful
4
Warm
3
Dread
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Googie Withers' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Googie Withers' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

56 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Shine(1996)

    as Katharine Susannah Prichard

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Country Life(1994)

    as Hannah

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Ending Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Marigold

  • Melba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 8 episodes · as Lady Armstrong

  • Northanger Abbey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Mrs Allen

  • Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Interviewee

  • Hotel du Lac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Mrs. Pusey

  • Time After Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Leda Klein

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Leda Klein

  • Within These Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 42 episodes · as Faye Boswell

  • Knightsbridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Muriel

  • Nickel Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Actor

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Muriel Stokes

  • Port of Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Anne Stirling

  • Devil on Horseback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Mrs. Cadell

  • Derby Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Betty Molloy

  • The Magic Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Sitter in Bath Studio

  • Bikini Baby(1951)

    as Susan Foster (actress in clip, "The Shadow of the Orient") (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • White Corridors(1951)

    as Dr. Sophie Dean

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Traveller's Joy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Bumble Pelham

  • Night and the City(1950)

    as Helen Nosseross

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Carol Gilbert

  • Miranda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Clare Martin

  • It Always Rains on Sunday(1947)

    as Rose Sandigate

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Loves of Joanna Godden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Joanna Godden

  • Pink String and Sealing Wax(1945)

    as Pearl Bond

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dead of Night(1945)

    as Joan Cortland (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Haunted Mirror")

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • They Came to a City(1944)

    as Alice

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • On Approval (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Helen Hale

  • The Silver Fleet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Helène van Leyden

  • We Serve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Actor

  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing(1942)

    as Jo de Vries

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Back-Room Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Bobbie

  • Busman's Honeymoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Polly

  • She Couldn't Say No (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Dora

  • The Gang's All Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Alice Forrest

  • Trouble Brewing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mary Brown

  • Dead Men Are Dangerous (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Actor

  • Murder in Soho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Lola Matthews

  • The Lady Vanishes(1938)

    as Blanche

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Convict 99 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Lottie

  • Strange Boarders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Elsie

  • Kate Plus Ten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Lady Moya

  • Paradise for Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Miki

  • The Green Cockatoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • Action for Slander (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Mary

  • Pearls Bring Tears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Doreen

  • Accused (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Ninette Duval

  • Crime Over London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Miss Dupres

  • Crown v. Stevens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Ella Levine

  • She Knew What She Wanted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Dora

  • All at Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Daphne Tomkins

  • Dark World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Annie

  • Her Last Affaire(1935)

    as Effie

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Love Test (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Minnie

  • The Girl in the Crowd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Sally

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 56 titles from 1935 to 1996.

Biggest box office

Shine (1996)

$36M worldwide

Highest rated

Night and the City (1950)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

  • 1938Screen debut· The Lady Vanishes
  • 1947First top-billed film· It Always Rains on Sunday

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting56 of 56: 56 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score77th

By decade

1930s22 · acting1940s13 · acting1950s8 · acting1960s1 · acting1970s3 · acting1980s7 · acting1990s2 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 14% of 7 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Googie Withers' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 77th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

None of their 12 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed1

Most loved · actor

The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Googie Withers' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 13 · minimalMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Googie Withers work with?

People who share at least 2 of Googie Withers' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Balcon shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers