Portrait of Anne Whitfield

Anne Whitfield

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: August 27, 1938

Place of Birth: Oxford, Mississippi, USA

Filmography

2000
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney

as Susan Waverly (archive footage) (uncredited)

1999
Cookie's Fortune

as Mrs. Henderson / Herodias

1983
Quarterback Princess

as Mrs. Wortham

1975
The Specialists

as Mrs. Vanier

1973
1972
Emergency!

as Patricia Epps

1972
Emergency!

as Pam Parker

1972
Emergency!

as Chirley Gentry

1972
Emergency!

as Betty Johnson

1972
Emergency!

as Mrs. Lawson

1969
Secrets of the Pirate's Inn

as Margaret Durden

1968
Adam-12

as Mary King

1968
Adam-12

as Vera

1968
Adam-12

as Ellen Craig

1968
The Outsider

as Betty Dustin

1967
Ironside

as Helen Vincent

1967
Ironside

as Julie Willis

1967
Dragnet

as Irene Hillier

1964
12 O'Clock High

as Pamela Hurley

1961
1959
Hawaiian Eye

as Cathy Barton

1959
Hawaiian Eye

as Jennie Taggart

1959
Hawaiian Eye

as Allison Kendall

1959
1959
Bonanza

as Rosemary Lawson

1959
One Step Beyond

as Sally Ellis

1959
Rawhide

as Carol North

1959
Rawhide

as Joanna Quince

1958
77 Sunset Strip

as Lillis Todd

1958
The Donna Reed Show

as Helen Cooper

1958
Juvenile Jungle

as Carolyn Elliot

1957
Perry Mason

as Alice Trilling

1957
Perry Mason

as Joanna Monford

1957
Perry Mason

as Patricia Tanner

1955
Cheyenne

as Nita

1955
Cheyenne

as Johnny Dembro

1955
Gunsmoke

as Trudy

1955
Gunsmoke

as Lori Coombs

1955
Baby Boogie

as Voice

1954
1954
White Christmas

as Susan Waverly

1954
1950
The Gunfighter

as Carrie Lou (uncredited)