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Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

ActingBorn September 30, 1921Died October 16, 2007 (age 86)Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

Biography

Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a British actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. During her international film career, Kerr won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the musical film The King and I (1956). Her other major and best known films and performances are The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), Quo Vadis (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Tea and Sympathy (1956), An Affair to Remember (1957), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Separate Tables (1958), The Sundowners (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Grass Is Greener (1960), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). In 1994, having already received honorary awards from the Cannes Film Festival and BAFTA, Kerr received an Academy Honorary Award with a citation recognizing her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance".

Filmography

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Movie
2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1988Movie
1987
Hold the Dream

as Emma Harte

TV
1986Movie
1985Movie
1985
Reunion at Fairborough

as Sally Wells Grant

Movie
1985
A Woman of Substance

as Older Emma Harte

TV
1982Movie
1982
A Song At Twilight

as Carlotta Gray

Movie
1982Movie
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974
Playhouse

as Carlotta Gray

TV
1971TV
1969
The Arrangement

as Florence Anderson

Movie
1969
The Gypsy Moths

as Elizabeth Brandon

Movie
1969Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
Prudence and the Pill

as Prudence Hardcastle

Movie
1967
Casino Royale

as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry

Movie
1966
Eye of the Devil

as Catherine de Montfaucon

Movie
1965
Marriage on the Rocks

as Valerie Edwards

Movie
1965
Uncertain Verification

as (archive footage)

Movie
1964
The Night of the Iguana

as Hannah Jelkes

Movie
1964
The Chalk Garden

as Miss Madrigal

Movie
1961
The Innocents

as Miss Giddens

Movie
1961
The Naked Edge

as Martha Radcliffe

Movie
1960
The Grass Is Greener

as Hilary Rhyall

Movie
1960
The Sundowners

as Ida Carmody

Movie
1959
Beloved Infidel

as Sheilah Graham

Movie
1959
Count Your Blessings

as Grace Allingham

Movie
1959
The Journey

as Diana Ashmore

Movie
1958
Separate Tables

as Sibyl Railton-Bell

Movie
1958TV
1958
Bonjour Tristesse

as Anne Larson

Movie
1957
An Affair to Remember

as Terry McKay

Movie
1957Movie
1956
Tea and Sympathy

as Laura Reynolds

Movie
1956
The King and I

as Anna Leonowens

Movie
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Recipient

TV
1956Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host / Presenter

TV
1956TV
1955
The End of the Affair

as Sarah Miles

Movie
1953
From Here to Eternity

as Karen Holmes

Movie
1953
Dream Wife

as Effie

Movie
1953
Julius Caesar

as Portia

Movie
1953
Young Bess

as Catherine Parr

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Thunder in the East

as Joan Willoughby

Movie
1952
The Prisoner of Zenda

as Princess Flavia

Movie
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Miss Plimsoll

TV
1951
Quo Vadis

as Lygia

Movie
1951Movie
1950
Jungle Safari

as Herself (archival footage)

Movie
1950
King Solomon's Mines

as Elizabeth Curtis

Movie
1950
Please Believe Me

as Alison Kirbe

Movie
1950TV
1949
Edward, My Son

as Evelyn Boult

Movie
1947
If Winter Comes

as Nona Tybar

Movie
1947
The Hucksters

as Kay Dorrance

Movie
1947
Black Narcissus

as Sister Clodagh

Movie
1946
I See a Dark Stranger

as Bridie Quilty

Movie
1945
Perfect Strangers

as Catherine Wilson

Movie
1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Movie
1942
The Day Will Dawn

as Kari Alstad

Movie
1942
Hatter's Castle

as Mary Brodie

Movie
1942
Penn of Pennsylvania

as Gulielma Maria Springett

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Major Barbara

as Jenny Hill

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 30, 1921
Day of DeathOctober 16, 2007
Place of BirthHelensburgh, Scotland, UK
Popularity1.6