R.I.P. Anne Whitfield: ‘White Christmas’ Actress Dead At 85

White Christmas actress Anne Whitfield has died. She was 85.

Whitfield died Feb. 15 due to an “unexpected accident while on a walk in her neighborhood,” per an obituary published on Burien, Washington’s B-Town Blog.

According to the obituary, she’s survived by her three children and seven grandchildren, and was “surrounded by family at Valley Memorial Hospital” when she passed.

“She was a powerhouse in life and we hope her immense positive energy flows out to those who had the pleasure of knowing her,” the obituary reads.

In the 1954 Bing Crosby-led holiday musical, Whitfield played Susan Waverly, whose grandfather in the film was Dean Jagger’s Major General Thomas Waverly, per Entertainment Weekly.

Other notable acting credits of hers include spots on The Johnny Carson Show (1955), Father Knows Best (1957), Peter Gunn (1961) and Days of Our Lives (1965-1966).

Among her other film credits were Juvenile Jungle (1958) and the 1973 TV movie The Six Million Dollar Man.

Born on Aug. 27, 1938, Whitfield was only 4 years old when she made her way to Hollywood to pursue acting alongside her mother, who was her “agent and acting coach.” At this time, her father had been “deployed to the South Pacific” during World War II.

Whitfield eventually departed Hollywood in search of nature and a “new life ‘up north’ in the 1970s,” per her obituary. She received her Bachelors in Communications from Olympia, Washington’s Evergreen State College and afterwards, became a steward for the state’s Clean Water at the Department of Ecology.

She pursued her passions for nature and traveling, and also became an activist for various causes, including climate change and refugee assimilation, as well as the promotion of “fair electoral systems.” According to her obit, Whitfield’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.”

Tammy Tuckey, who spoke with Whitfield on “Rattling the Stars” in 2020, mourned the loss of Whitfield on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter), writing that she was “heartbroken” to hear the news of her passing.