Anne Whitfield

Anne Whitfield was an American actress who worked in radio, television, stage, and film. Born in Oxford in 1938, she started as a child in radio, making her debut in September 1945 and joining the cast of One Man's Family at age seven. She appeared in many radio programs, including Lux Radio Theatre and The Screen Guild Theater. In 1949 she acted in Los Angeles stage productions of Annie Get Your Gun and Show Boat. On film she played Susan Waverly in White Christmas (1954), and her other film work included Juvenile Jungle (1958) and later Tick, Tick, Tick (1970). On television she played Trudy on Gunsmoke in 1960 and later Lori Coombs on the same series, and she took the role of Claudia Barbour in the television adaptation of One Man's Family. She also appeared in episodes of Perry Mason, Cheyenne, and Rawhide, and her favorite role was Sally Ellis in One Step Beyond (1960). She died in 2024.