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Greer Garson

Greer Garson

Actor · Born 1904-09-29 · London, England, UK

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Biography

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. 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 co…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Mrs. Miniver (1942) — Mrs. Miniver
  2. Julius Caesar (1953) — Calpurnia
  3. The Love Boat (1977) — Alice Bailey
  4. The Little Drummer Boy (1968) — Narrator (voice)
  5. Pride and Prejudice (1940) — Elizabeth Bennet
  6. Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) — Katherine 'Kathy'
  7. Random Harvest (1942) — Paula
  8. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  9. That's Entertainment! (1974) — (archive footage) (uncredited)
  10. Madame Curie (1943) — Marie Curie
  11. Pepe (1960) — Greer Garson
  12. The Happiest Millionaire (1967) — Cordelia Biddle
  13. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) — (archive footage)
  14. That's Entertainment! III (1994) — (archive footage)
  15. Blossoms in the Dust (1941) — Edna Gladney
  16. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self (uncredited)
  17. What's My Line? (1950) — Self
  18. The Valley of Decision (1945) — Mary Rafferty
  19. Father Knows Best (1954)
  20. The Singing Nun (1966) — Mother Prioress
  21. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  22. Mrs. Parkington (1944) — Susie Parkington
  23. The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (1976) — Narrator (voice)
  24. Sunrise at Campobello (1960) — Eleanor Roosevelt
  25. That Forsyte Woman (1949) — Irene Forsyte
  26. Adventure (1945) — Emily Sears
  27. The Miniver Story (1950) — Kay Miniver
  28. This Is Your Life (1952) — Self
  29. Julia Misbehaves (1948) — Julia Packett
  30. 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) — Self (archive footage)
  31. When Ladies Meet (1941) — Mrs. Claire Woodruff
  32. Desire Me (1947) — Marise Aubert
  33. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
  34. Strange Lady in Town (1955) — Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
  35. A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound (1940) — Self
  36. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Regina
  37. The Youngest Profession (1943) — Greer Garson
  38. Her Twelve Men (1954) — Jan Stewart
  39. The Law and the Lady (1951) — Jane Hoskins
  40. Little Women (1978) — Kathryn March