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Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

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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".

Known For

Eye of the Devil

Eye of the Devil

1966

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse

1958

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

1953

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

1957

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967

The Grass Is Greener

The Grass Is Greener

1960

I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger

1946

The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

The Night of the Iguana

The Night of the Iguana

1964

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957

The Sundowners

The Sundowners

1960

The Proud and Profane

The Proud and Profane

1956

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

1958

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

1950

Young Bess

Young Bess

1953

Tea and Sympathy

Tea and Sympathy

1956

The Gypsy Moths

The Gypsy Moths

1969

The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn

1942

The Innocents

The Innocents

1961

The King and I

The King and I

1956

Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

1947

Major Barbara

Major Barbara

1941

The Chalk Garden

The Chalk Garden

1964

The Arrangement

The Arrangement

1969

Love on the Dole

Love on the Dole

1941

Dream Wife

Dream Wife

1953

Hatter's Castle

Hatter's Castle

1942

The Journey

The Journey

1959

Please Believe Me

Please Believe Me

1950

Prudence and the Pill

Prudence and the Pill

1968

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

1955

Edward, My Son

Edward, My Son

1949

The Hucksters

The Hucksters

1947

Marriage on the Rocks

Marriage on the Rocks

1965

The Naked Edge

The Naked Edge

1961

Beloved Infidel

Beloved Infidel

1959

Uncertain Verification

Uncertain Verification

1965

If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes

1947

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

1945

Count Your Blessings

Count Your Blessings

1959

The Assam Garden

The Assam Garden

1985

Penn of Pennsylvania

Penn of Pennsylvania

1942

Thunder in the East

Thunder in the East

1952

Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022

The Sky Divers

The Sky Divers

1969

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

1995

Reunion at Fairborough

Reunion at Fairborough

1985

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991

A Song At Twilight

A Song At Twilight

1982

On the Trail of the Iguana

On the Trail of the Iguana

1964

Ann and Debbie

Ann and Debbie

1986

Rome, the Eternal City

Rome, the Eternal City

1951

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

Jungle Safari

Jungle Safari

1950

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

1956

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures

2013

Hold the Dream

Hold the Dream

1987

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971

Dinah!

Dinah!

1974

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

1981

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

1956

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950

Small World

Small World

1958

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974

A Woman of Substance

A Woman of Substance

1985

The Hollywood Greats

The Hollywood Greats

1977

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956