Actress Anne Whitfield, who gained notoriety for portraying Susan Waverly in White Christmas, passed away at the age of 85. The actor passed away at Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Washington, on February 15, after an accident, per a death notification posted on the Burien, Washington, site.
Anne Whitfield’s cause of death
The actress passed away, according to her bereaved family, after a terrible “unexpected accident” close to her Washington home.
Anne Whitfield obituary information
Whitfield was raised in Hollywood by her mother while her father was serving in the military during World War II. She was born in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1938. She soon started performing on nationally televised radio shows such as One Man’s Family and The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show.
At the age of fifteen, Whitfield was cast in her most memorable project, White Christmas. In the beloved holiday film, she portrayed Susan Waverly, the granddaughter of Major General Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger).