Deborah Kerr
Actor
- Born
- September 30, 1921 · Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
- Died
- October 16, 2007 (age 86)
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).
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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".
Known for
Casino Royale
April 18, 1967
From Here to Eternity
August 28, 1953
The Innocents
November 24, 1961
Black Narcissus
May 26, 1947
An Affair to Remember
July 11, 1957
Quo Vadis
November 8, 1951
The King and I
June 29, 1956
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
July 26, 1943
Julius Caesar
June 4, 1953
The Night of the Iguana
August 6, 1964
Bonjour Tristesse
January 15, 1958
The Grass Is Greener
December 23, 1960
Acting66
- 2024Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger as (archive footage)
- 2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2014Discovering: Robert Mitchum as Self (archive footage)
- 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 1995Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King as Self (archive footage)
- 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as Self
- 1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self