{"id":6856,"date":"2025-01-17T15:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/?p=6856"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:46:33","slug":"legendary-actress-found-dead-this-morning-after-an-unexpected-accident-while-out-for-a-walk-near-her-home-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momentsunfolded.com\/archives\/6856","title":{"rendered":"Legendary actress found dead this morning after an \u201cunexpected accident\u201d while out for a walk near her home in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class='\"entry-header\"'>\n<div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<header class='\"entry-header\"'>\n<div class='\"entry-meta\"'>\n\n<div class='\"entry-content\"'>\n<p>The White Christmas star Anne Whitfield has died.\n</p><p>She was 85 years old.\n</p><p>Her sad family said that the veteran actress died in a \u201cunexpected accident\u201d while she was out for a walk near her home in Washington, D.C.\n</p><p>The 1954 holiday classic White Christmas starred Whitfield as Susan Waverly.\n</p><div class='\"code-block' code-block-2><a class='\"image-link\"' href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/usax.site%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/463971090_122218428518067850_1548668754305328775_n.jpg%5C%22"><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"attachment-hitmag-featured' size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/usax.site%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/463971090_122218428518067850_1548668754305328775_n-503x400.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"503\"' height='\"400\"'>\n<p>Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Washington, was where she died. Her family was there with her.\n</p><p>They wrote: \u201c\u2018The life of Anne Langham Whitfield Phillips was a beautiful one, with every second used to uplift the world and those around her.\u201d\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-10649 src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/dailynewsp.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/ffd.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/dailynewsp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ffd.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"620\"' height='\"794\"'>\n</p><p>\u201cThrough the kindness of neighbours who provided expert medical support, family had the gift to say goodbye and express love and gratitude, a gift we will always cherish.\u201d\n</p><p>\u201cJust this past December during the holidays, Annie was able to watch White Christmas with her family on the movie\u2019s 70th anniversary,\u201d says Whitfield\u2019s obituary.\n</p><p>\u201cAnnie was a talented actor, but Los Angeles didn\u2019t have enough trees for her, so in the 1970s she left Hollywood for a new life \u201cup north.\u201d\n</p><p>\u201cAnnie became dedicated to causes that promote peace and protect nature during this time of change.\u201d\n</p><p>Annie worked hard as an activist and community organizer after she \u201cretired,\u201d right up until the day she died.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-10650 src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/dailynewsp.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/hh.png%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/dailynewsp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hh.png' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"620\"' height='\"765\"'>\n</p><p>Annie\u2019s three children and seven grandchildren were the most important things in her life.\n</p><p>\u201cShe was beloved by her family, who were always her first priority.\u201d .\n</p><p>Three kids and seven grandchildren will miss her.\n</p><p>The legendary performer, actor, and radio host was born on August 27, 1938, in Oxford, Mississippi.\n</p><p>As a child, Whitfield started acting in radio dramas. While going to UCLA, he continued to act and work on radio shows.\n</p><p>Whitfield\u2019s mother brought her to Hollywood when she was four years old to help her start her career in show business.\n</p><p>\u201cSTRIVE TO THE END\u201d<br>\nWhile this was going on, her father had been sent overseas to lead the Army Band.\n</p><p>Whitfield has been working in theater since 1949 and has been the lead in many shows, such as Annie Get Your Gun.\n</p><p>The following year, she started getting small parts on TV shows like Racket Squad, One Man\u2019s Family, and Hollywood Opening Night. She also got a lot of small parts in movies.\n</p><p>In 1954, Whitfield was only 15 years old when she played the lead role in the musical comedy White Christmas.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"alignnone' size-full wp-image-10651 src="%5C%22http:%5C/%5C/dailynewsp.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/bb.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/dailynewsp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/bb.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"620\"' height='\"348\"'>\n</p><p>She played Susan Waverly, who is the granddaughter of Major General Thomas Waverly (Dean Jagger), who owns the Columbia Inn hotel where Danny Kaye as Phil Davis and Bing Crosby as Bob Wallace take the stage.\n</p><p>Whitfield kept playing small parts in movies throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Her last movie role was in Robert Altman\u2019s 1999 comedy Cookies\u2019 Fortune.\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>The White Christmas star Anne Whitfield has died. She was 85 years old. Her sad family said that the veteran actress died in a \u201cunexpected accident\u201d while she was out for a walk near her home in Washington, D.C. The 1954 holiday classic White Christmas starred Whitfield as Susan Waverly. 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