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“White Christmas” star Anne Whitfield — who performed Susan Waverly within the 1954 vacation movie — has died. She was 85.
Whitfield handed away at Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Wash., following an “surprising accident” throughout a stroll in her neighborhood on Feb. 15.
“Annie’s biggest want is for her household and future generations to thrive in a world characterised by love, acceptance, pure magnificence, and the cessation of political and social injustices,” her obituary read on the Burien website.
The discover continued: “She was a powerhouse in life and we hope her immense optimistic power flows out to those that had the pleasure of understanding her.”
The Oxford, Miss., native was born in 1938 and moved to Hollywood along with her household throughout World Struggle II.
She started her broadcast profession working within the radio realm, starring in packages comparable to “The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Present” and “One Man’s Household.”
When she was simply 15, she scored a task in “White Christmas.”
Her character was the granddaughter of Main Basic Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger).
Different stars who appeared within the Yuletide musical basic have been Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.
The Technicolor film adopted a bunch of singers who carry out a Christmas present in Vermont.
Based on her obituary, she had seen the film along with her household final December to rejoice its seventieth anniversary.
Whitfield’s different notable initiatives included “Juvenile Jungle” (1958) and “Tick, Tick, Tick” (1970).
On tv, she made visitor appearances on exhibits comparable to “Days of Our Lives,” “Perry Mason,” “The Magical World of Disney” and “The Six Million Greenback Man.”
Whitfield retired from present enterprise within the Seventies and moved to Olympia, Wash.
She dipped her toes into environmental work, taking a job with the Evergreen State College’s Department of Ecology.
She was additionally an advocate for local weather change and was politically energetic. She campaigned for feminism, the poor and for refugees.
She was married to Frederick Roy Schiller in 1958 they usually divorced in 1969. She tied the knot along with her second husband, John F. Phillips, in 1976 they usually cut up in 2008.
Whitfield is survived by her three grownup kids — daughters Julie and Allison, and son Evan — and 7 grandchildren.
A celebration of life might be held at The Cove Neighborhood Membership in Normandy Park, Wash., on March 22.
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