Five Great Performances by Googie Withers

Five stand out performances by the “best bad girl in British films”.

The following is an extract of an interview with Googie Withers and Claude Gonzalez at the Sydney Film Festival June 2003.

ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING and MICHAEL POWELL

Claude: A wonderful role, Googie.

GOOGIE: It was wonderful, yes. It was.

CLAUDE: It’s – it’s incredible too that Michael Powell saw the fact that he could actually tap into a serious side from the roles you had been playing in comedies. The role was quite assertive – you put all the men in their place in the film, and your...