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Anne Whitfield, 'White Christmas' Star, Dead at 85

The stage, screen and radio star died after an 'unexpected accident' near her home in Washington on Feb. 15.

When she was 4, her father was deployed overseas as an Army Band director, and Whitfield's mother brought her to Hollywood to pursue her showbusiness dreams. According tom Whitfield's obituary, "Just this past December during the holidays, Annie was able to watch White Christmas with her family on the movie’s 70th anniversary." - NBCU Photo BankWhitfield continued acting through the 1980s and '90s in small roles, with her final appearance coming in the 1999 Robert Altman dramedy Cookie's Fortune.

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