Davina Whitehouse

Davina Whitehouse OBE (born Eileen Eliza Smith; 16 December 1912 – 25 December 2002), also known by the stage name Davina Craig before her marriage, was an English-born actress, acclaimed for her roles on stage and film in her native land in the 1930s and early 1940s and in New Zealand from the 1950s where she continued her career as an actress.

[3] For eight years, Whitehouse was a regular panellist on the advice show Beauty and the Beast, hosted by Selwyn Toogood.

[3] She had acting roles in New Zealand's first TV soap opera, Close to Home, as well as Country GP, the third season of Gloss (1989), Marlin Bay, and a 30-minute monologue in the series Face Value (1995).

[3] She played a former opera diva in the 1977 Australian TV movie The Night Nurse,[3] and appeared as herself in Peter Jackson's 1995 mockumentary, Forgotten Silver.

[7][9] In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, Whitehouse was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the performing arts,[10] and in 1987 she was the subject of an episode of the New Zealand version of This is Your Life.