Actress and community organizer Anne Whitfield has died, according to her family. She died on February 15, 2024, at age 85 "after suffering an unexpected accident while on a walk in her neighborhood." Born on August 27, 1938, in Oxford, Mississippi, she portrayed Susan Waverly in White Christmas when she was 15 years old. From a young age, she spent much of her time in show business on TV and on radio shows. In the 1970s, she left Hollywood to pursue other interests, but her family noted in her obituary that shortly before her death, she watched White Christmas again with her family.
According to her obituary, she went back to college at Evergreen State College when she was in her 40s. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and worked for the Department of Ecology in Washington state as "a steward for Clean Water."
In addition to acting and developing programs that helped the environment, Whitfield also worked as an activist and community organizer and loved to travel. She aspired to visit as many countries as possible, and even on her 85th birthday, traveled to the Italian Alps and took a Croatian cruise, according to her obituary.
"She had a goal of taking each one of her grandchildren individually to a different country to show them that the world is a place of love, acceptance and connection," her obituary noted.
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She was passionate about fighting climate change and also worked to help the unhoused and refugees.
"Annie’s greatest wish is for her family and future generations to thrive in a world characterized by love, acceptance, natural beauty, and the cessation of political and social injustices," her obituary said.
