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McCallum was a JC Williamson Award recipient for lifetime achievement in 1999. [13] In 1992 Googie Withers and John McCallum were founding patrons and active supporters of the Tait Memorial Trust in London. A charity established by Isla Baring, the daughter of Sir Frank Tait of JC Williamson's to support young Australian performing artists in ...
It was well received, and Withers was given the title role in The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947), which was a hit. In the cast was actor John McCallum, whom Withers later married. They remained married until McCallum died in 2010. [10] Withers then starred in It Always Rains on Sunday (1948), which was one of the biggest hits of the year. In ...
Googie Withers acts with easy confidence and John McCallum seizes most of his chances, but all the same they make an incongruous couple as Anne and Mitchell, Bill Kerr has his moments as Dinty, and the rest are adequate. Moreover, the finale is showmanlike, and the exteriors impress." [6]
Nickel Queen is a 1971 Australian comedy film starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. [2] 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.
Devil on Horseback is a 1954 British sports drama film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum and Jeremy Spenser. [1] The screenplay was by Scottish writer Neil Paterson.
The studio cast Googie Withers to star; she had been a hit in Pink String and Sealing Wax. Lead roles were given to Australians John McCallum, who had been put under long-term contract to Rank, and Chips Rafferty, who had just starred in The Overlanders for Ealing. [10] The casting of Withers and Kent was announced in July 1946. [11]
Derby Day (U.S. title: Four Against Fate) is a 1952 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers, John McCallum, Peter Graves, Suzanne Cloutier and Gordon Harker. [2] An ensemble piece, it portrays several characters on their way to the Derby Day races at Epsom Downs Racecourse.
Googie Withers turns in a nice performance as his bewildered wife, and David Tomlinson and John McCallum do well as the lovestruck swains. As nurse to the mermaid, Margaret Rutherford gets plenty of laughs, but occasionally descends to unnecessary burlesque."