Googie Withers

'Googie Withers' (qv) 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)_ (qv) she arrived on the set just after 'Michael Powell' (qv) had just sacked the second lead, and she was enlisted to play one of the lead roles.::Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>