White Christmas Star Anne Whitfield Lifeless at 85 Immediately after Accident

Hollywood is mourning the loss a getaway traditional star.

Anne Whitfield, known for her role in the 1954 film White Xmas, died Feb. 15 in a medical center and surrounded by family after “struggling an unforeseen accident although on a walk in her neighborhood” near Seattle, her Feb. 24. obituary examine.

The retired actress was 85.

“By the kindness of neighbors who supplied specialist medical aid,” the obituary, posted to regional outlet B-Town Site, noted, “relatives experienced the present to say goodbye and categorical like and gratitude, a gift we will normally cherish.”

Anne is survived by her a few grownup children Julie Stevens, Evan Schiller and Allison Phillips, as effectively as 7 grandchildren.

Born in Oxford, Skip., she began her entertainment career as a kid, showing up on radio systems. She built her onscreen performing debut in the 1950 movie The Gunfighter with her breakout purpose coming 4 years later, at age 15, when she played Susan Waverly in White Christmas alongside Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney.