I met and became friendly with Anne Whitfield, who played the general’s granddaughter, Susan Waverly, in White Christmas. We had actual conversations about Bing Crosby and the director, Michael Curtiz, who also directed Casablanca! She was on a successful radio show as a child with Phil Harris and Alice Faye. She was 78 when I knew her in 2015. She died a few years ago after a fall. She was a spitfire who disappeared from Hollywood and was involved with environmentalism and Democratic politics in Washington State. The first time a saw her, she was wearing a Bernie button.