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Greer Garson

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Greer Garson

Born September 29, 1904 in London, England, UKDied April 6, 199635 films

Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress. Very popular during World War II, she was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. Known for playing dignified and graceful women, Garson established herself as among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and Britain and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning one for Mrs. Miniver (1942), which was also the highest grossing film of that year.

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Originally a stage actress in England, she signed a contract with MGM and moved to Hollywood in 1937. She achieved success immediately for her debut film Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Following the romantic comedy Remember? (1939) and the period drama Pride and Prejudice (1940), Garson starred in a string of commercial and critical successes that earned her a record five consecutive Academy Award nominations for Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Madame Curie (1943), Mrs. Parkington (1944), and The Valley of Decision (1945). With her popularity slowly dwindling in the 1950s as her contract with MGM expired, she moved to Broadway. She received her seventh and final Academy Award nomination for the biographical film Sunrise at Campobello (1960).

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Goodbye, Mr. Chips posterFirst watchGoodbye, Mr. Chips19397.4as Katherine 'Kathy'Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Mrs. Miniver poster7.1Mrs. Miniver1942Julius Caesar poster7.1Julius Caesar1953Pride and Prejudice poster6.9Pride and Prejudice1940Random Harvest poster7.3Random Harvest1942The Little Drummer Boy poster6.6The Little Drummer Boy1968Madame Curie poster7.2Madame Curie1943Pepe poster6.4Pepe1960

Filmography

35 films as actor
  1. 1976The Little Drummer Boy: Book IINarrator (voice)
  2. 1974Crown MatrimonialQueen Mary
  3. 1968The Little Drummer BoyNarrator (voice)
  4. 1967The Happiest MillionaireCordelia Biddle
  5. 1966The Singing NunMother Prioress
  6. 1963The Invincible Mr. DisraeliMary Anne Disraeli
  7. 1960PepeGreer Garson
  8. 1960Sunrise at CampobelloEleanor Roosevelt
  9. 1960Captain Brassbound's ConversionLady Cicely Waynflete
  10. 1956The Little FoxesRegina Giddens
  11. 1956The Awful TruthLinda Warner
  12. 1955Strange Lady in TownDr. Julia Winslow Garth
  13. 1954Her Twelve MenJan Stewart
  14. 1953Julius CaesarCalpurnia
  15. 1953Scandal at ScourieVictoria McChesney
  16. 1951The Law and the LadyJane Hoskins
  17. 1950The Miniver StoryKay Miniver
  18. 1949That Forsyte WomanIrene Forsyte
  19. 1948Julia MisbehavesJulia Packett
  20. 1947Desire MeMarise Aubert
  21. 1945AdventureEmily Sears
  22. 1945The Valley of DecisionMary Rafferty
  23. 1944Mrs. ParkingtonSusie Parkington
  24. 1943Madame CurieMarie Curie
  25. 1943The Youngest ProfessionGreer Garson
  26. 1942Random HarvestPaula
  27. 1942Mrs. MiniverMrs. Miniver
  28. 1941When Ladies MeetMrs. Claire Woodruff
  29. 1941Blossoms in the DustEdna Gladney
  30. 1940Pride and PrejudiceElizabeth Bennet
  31. 1939Remember?Linda Bronson
  32. 1939Goodbye, Mr. ChipsKatherine 'Kathy'
  33. 1937How He Lied to Her HusbandAurora Bompas
  34. 1937The School for ScandalMaria
  35. 1934Inasmuch...St. Clara