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Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

Actor · Born 1921-09-30 · 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".

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Casino Royale (1967) — Agent Mimi
  2. From Here to Eternity (1953) — Karen Holmes
  3. The Innocents (1961) — Miss Giddens
  4. Black Narcissus (1947) — Sister Clodagh
  5. An Affair to Remember (1957) — Terry McKay
  6. Quo Vadis (1951) — Lygia
  7. The King and I (1956) — Anna Leonowens
  8. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) — Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
  9. Julius Caesar (1953) — Portia
  10. The Night of the Iguana (1964) — Hannah Jelkes
  11. Bonjour Tristesse (1958) — Anne Larson
  12. The Grass Is Greener (1960) — Hilary Rhyall
  13. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) — Sister Angela
  14. King Solomon's Mines (1950) — Elizabeth Curtis
  15. Separate Tables (1958) — Sibyl Railton-Bell
  16. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  17. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  18. The Arrangement (1969) — Florence Anderson
  19. Eye of the Devil (1966) — Catherine de Montfaucon
  20. The Sundowners (1960) — Ida Carmody
  21. The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) — Princess Flavia
  22. Tea and Sympathy (1956) — Laura Reynolds
  23. The Chalk Garden (1964) — Miss Madrigal
  24. The Gypsy Moths (1969) — Elizabeth Brandon
  25. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010) — Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
  26. The Naked Edge (1961) — Martha Radcliffe
  27. Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024) — (archive footage)
  28. What's My Line? (1950) — Self
  29. Dream Wife (1953) — Effie
  30. Beloved Infidel (1959) — Sheilah Graham
  31. The End of the Affair (1955) — Sarah Miles
  32. Perfect Strangers (1945) — Catherine Wilson
  33. I See a Dark Stranger (1946) — Bridie Quilty
  34. The Journey (1959) — Diana Ashmore
  35. Entertainment Tonight (1981) — Self
  36. Major Barbara (1941) — Jenny Hill
  37. Witness for the Prosecution (1982) — Nurse Plimsoll
  38. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  39. Young Bess (1953) — Catherine Parr
  40. Edward, My Son (1949) — Evelyn Boult