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