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Deborah Kerr

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Deborah Kerr

Born September 30, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland, UKDied October 16, 200749 films

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.

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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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The Innocents posterFirst watchThe Innocents19617.5as Miss GiddensIn a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
From Here to Eternity poster7.3From Here to Eternity1953Black Narcissus poster7.5Black Narcissus1947An Affair to Remember poster7.4An Affair to Remember1957Quo Vadis poster7.1Quo Vadis1951The King and I poster7.1The King and I1956The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp poster7.5The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943Julius Caesar poster7.1Julius Caesar1953The Night of the Iguana poster7.2The Night of the Iguana1964

Filmography

49 films as actor
  1. 1986Ann and DebbieAnn
  2. 1985The Assam GardenHelen
  3. 1985Reunion at FairboroughSally Wells Grant
  4. 1982Witness for the ProsecutionNurse Plimsoll
  5. 1982A Song At TwilightCarlotta Gray
  6. 1969The ArrangementFlorence Anderson
  7. 1969The Gypsy MothsElizabeth Brandon
  8. 1968Prudence and the PillPrudence Hardcastle
  9. 1967Casino RoyaleAgent Mimi
  10. 1966Eye of the DevilCatherine de Montfaucon
  11. 1965Marriage on the RocksValerie Edwards
  12. 1964The Night of the IguanaHannah Jelkes
  13. 1964The Chalk GardenMiss Madrigal
  14. 1961The InnocentsMiss Giddens
  15. 1961The Naked EdgeMartha Radcliffe
  16. 1960The Grass Is GreenerHilary Rhyall
  17. 1960The SundownersIda Carmody
  18. 1959Beloved InfidelSheilah Graham
  19. 1959Count Your BlessingsGrace Allingham
  20. 1959The JourneyDiana Ashmore
  21. 1958Separate TablesSibyl Railton-Bell
  22. 1958Bonjour TristesseAnne Larson
  23. 1957An Affair to RememberTerry McKay
  24. 1957Heaven Knows, Mr. AllisonSister Angela
  25. 1956Tea and SympathyLaura Reynolds
  26. 1956The King and IAnna Leonowens
  27. 1956The Proud and ProfaneLee Ashley
  28. 1955The End of the AffairSarah Miles
  29. 1953From Here to EternityKaren Holmes
  30. 1953Dream WifeEffie
  31. 1953Julius CaesarPortia
  32. 1953Young BessCatherine Parr
  33. 1952Thunder in the EastJoan Willoughby
  34. 1952The Prisoner of ZendaPrincess Flavia
  35. 1951Quo VadisLygia
  36. 1950King Solomon's MinesElizabeth Curtis
  37. 1950Please Believe MeAlison Kirbe
  38. 1949Edward, My SonEvelyn Boult
  39. 1947If Winter ComesNona Tybar
  40. 1947The HuckstersKay Dorrance
  41. 1947Black NarcissusSister Clodagh
  42. 1946I See a Dark StrangerBridie Quilty
  43. 1945Perfect StrangersCatherine Wilson
  44. 1943The Life and Death of Colonel BlimpEdith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
  45. 1942The Day Will DawnKari Alstad
  46. 1942Hatter's CastleMary Brodie
  47. 1942Penn of PennsylvaniaGulielma Maria Springett
  48. 1941Love on the DoleSally
  49. 1941Major BarbaraJenny Hill