Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

Date of Birth:

Sep 30, 1921

Place of Birth:

Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

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".

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filmography:

If Winter Comes If Winter Comes

1947

Uncertain Verification Uncertain Verification

1965

Beloved Infidel Beloved Infidel

1959

Perfect Strangers Perfect Strangers

1945

Count Your Blessings Count Your Blessings

1959

Penn of Pennsylvania Penn of Pennsylvania

1942

The Assam Garden The Assam Garden

1985

The Naked Edge The Naked Edge

1961

Marriage on the Rocks Marriage on the Rocks

1965

Please Believe Me Please Believe Me

1950

The Journey The Journey

1959

Prudence and the Pill Prudence and the Pill

1968

The End of the Affair The End of the Affair

1955

The Hucksters The Hucksters

1947

Edward, My Son Edward, My Son

1949

Thunder in the East Thunder in the East

1952

Rat Pack Rat Pack

2022

Rome, the Eternal City Rome, the Eternal City

1951

Ann and Debbie Ann and Debbie

1986

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

And the Oscar Goes To... And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

Night of 100 Stars Night of 100 Stars

1982

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

On the Trail of the Iguana On the Trail of the Iguana

1964

A Song At Twilight A Song At Twilight

1982

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024

The Sky Divers The Sky Divers

1969

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

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991

Reunion at Fairborough Reunion at Fairborough

1985

Hatter's Castle Hatter's Castle

1942

Dream Wife Dream Wife

1953

Casino Royale Casino Royale

1967

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

The Grass Is Greener The Grass Is Greener

1960

I See a Dark Stranger I See a Dark Stranger

1946

The Night of the Iguana The Night of the Iguana

1964

The Prisoner of Zenda The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

An Affair to Remember An Affair to Remember

1957

Quo Vadis Quo Vadis

1951

Bonjour Tristesse Bonjour Tristesse

1958

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1989

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar

1953

From Here to Eternity From Here to Eternity

1953

Witness for the Prosecution Witness for the Prosecution

1982

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957

The Sundowners The Sundowners

1960

Black Narcissus Black Narcissus

1947

The King and I The King and I

1956

Major Barbara Major Barbara

1941

The Chalk Garden The Chalk Garden

1964

Love on the Dole Love on the Dole

1941

The Arrangement The Arrangement

1969

The Innocents The Innocents

1961

The Day Will Dawn The Day Will Dawn

1942

Separate Tables Separate Tables

1958

The Proud and Profane The Proud and Profane

1956

King Solomon's Mines King Solomon's Mines

1950

Young Bess Young Bess

1953

The Gypsy Moths The Gypsy Moths

1969

Tea and Sympathy Tea and Sympathy

1956

Eye of the Devil Eye of the Devil

1966

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