Anne Whitfield

Acting

Born August 27, 1938, Oxford, Mississippi, USA

Anne Whitfield (August 27, 1938 - February 15, 2024) was an actress known for playing Susan Waverly in White Christmas (1954). Whitfield appeared in the movies Juvenile Jungle and Tick, Tick, Tick, and also acted in episodes of shows like Days of Our Lives, Perry Mason, The Magical World of Disney, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Bonanza. She also performed uncredited voice work in Disney’s Peter Pan. The actress moved to Olympia, Wash. in the 1970s, working for the Evergreen State’s Department of Ecology as a steward of clean water. She was socially and politically active, working against climate change, assisting the unhoused, and advocating for women’s rights and refugees. Whitfield was also an accomplished hiker and frequent traveler.

Filmography

• 2000'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney — Susan Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1999Cookie's Fortune — Mrs. Henderson / Herodias
• 1983Quarterback Princess — Mrs. Wortham
• 1983The Prodigal — Mrs. Wharton
• 1975The Specialists — Mrs. Vanier
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker — Call Girl
• 1973The Six Million Dollar Man — Young Woman
• Emergency! — Patricia Epps, Mrs. Lawson, Pam Parker, Betty Johnson, Chirley Gentry
• 1970… tick… tick… tick… — Mrs. Dawes
• 1969Secrets of the Pirate's Inn — Margaret Durden
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Milly
• Adam-12 — Mary King, Vera, Ellen Craig
• The Outsider — Betty Dustin
• Dragnet — Irene Hillier
• Ironside — Helen Vincent, Julie Willis
• 12 O'Clock High — Pamela Hurley
• 1962Should I Marry Outside My Faith?
• 87th Precinct — Joy
• Bonanza — Rosemary Lawson
• Hawaiian Eye — Cathy Barton, Allison Kendall, Jennie Taggart
• One Step Beyond — Sally Ellis
• Rawhide — Carol North, Joanna Quince
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis — Malt Shop Girl, Dibble
• The Untouchables — Sue
• 77 Sunset Strip — Lillis Todd
• 1958Juvenile Jungle — Carolyn Elliot
• The Donna Reed Show — Helen Cooper
• Perry Mason — Alice Trilling, Joanna Monford, Patricia Tanner
• 1955Baby Boogie — Voice
• Cheyenne — Nita, Johnny Dembro
• Gunsmoke — Trudy, Lori Coombs
• Father Knows Best — Shirley
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Margaret Durden
• 1954White Christmas — Susan Waverly
• 1950The Gunfighter — Carrie Lou (uncredited)