Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

1921-09-30 – 2007-10-16 (age 86) Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
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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".

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Known For

Casino Royale
Casino Royale

1967

as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry

Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis

1951

as Lygia

Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus

1947

as Sister Clodagh

Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

1953

as Portia

The King and I
The King and I

1956

as Anna Leonowens

An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember

1957

as Terry McKay

Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse

1958

as Anne Larson

The Innocents
The Innocents

1961

as Miss Giddens

From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity

1953

as Karen Holmes

The Night of the Iguana
The Night of the Iguana

1964

as Hannah Jelkes

Rat Pack
Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution

1982

as Nurse Plimsoll

King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines

1950

as Elizabeth Curtis

The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

as Princess Flavia

The Journey
The Journey

1959

as Diana Ashmore

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

1957

as Sister Angela

Separate Tables
Separate Tables

1958

as Sibyl Railton-Bell

The Gypsy Moths
The Gypsy Moths

1969

as Elizabeth Brandon

Night of 100 Stars
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick