Googie Withers

Withers was made Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002. In 2004, Blender magazine selected Achy Breaky Heart as the magazine's choice for second worst song ever. Withers' most recent screen performance was as the music teacher in the film Shine (1996) for which she and the other cast members were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild for "Outstanding Performance By A Cast". In 2001, Cyrus began playing the lead role on the PAX Network comedy-drama Doc. They are the parents of the actors Nicholas McCallum and Joanna McCallum. Storm in the Heartland (1994), Trail of Tears (1996), Shot Full of Love (1998) and Southern Rain (2000) similarly sold only to a diminishing audience. Married to Australian actor John McCallum since 1948, the couple met on a film set in Britain, and returned to Australia where both worked frequently in television together and appeared in a number of stage productions. Cyrus' follow-up, It Won't Be the Last, began strong but sales wound up being disappointing compared to Some Gave All.

Throughout her career she has appeared frequently in film, television, and theater. The success of Achy Breaky Heart from the album Some Gave All, helped popularized line dancing and made Cyrus a star. Among her successes of the 1940s was One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942), a topical World War II drama in which she played a resistance fighter who helps British airmen return to safety from behind enemy lines. After moving to Los Angeles alone, Cyrus signed to Mercury Records in 1990. Her best known work of the period was as one of Margaret Lockwood's friends in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938). He attended Georgetown College on a baseball scholarship, but quit to form a band called "Sly Dog" with his brother. During the 1930s she was constantly in demand in lead roles in minor films and supporting roles in more prestigious productions. Cyrus originally intended to play baseball professionally.

She arrived on the set to find one of the major players in the production had been dismissed, and she was immediately asked to step into the role. Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky) is an American country singer, best known for the hit single "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992). She was a dancer in a West End production when she was offered work as a film extra. Born Georgette Lizette Withers she began acting at the age of 12. Googie Withers (born March 12, 1917 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a British actress.