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 โ€“ 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

Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

1953

as Portia

The Innocents
The Innocents

1961

as Miss Giddens

Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis

1951

as Lygia

From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity

1953

as Karen Holmes

The King and I
The King and I

1956

as Anna Leonowens

An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember

1957

as Terry McKay

Rat Pack
Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse

1958

as Anne Larson

Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus

1947

as Sister Clodagh

Young Bess
Young Bess

1953

as Catherine Parr

The Hucksters
The Hucksters

1947

as Kay Dorrance

The Night of the Iguana
The Night of the Iguana

1964

as Hannah Jelkes

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
The Arrangement
The Arrangement

1969

as Florence Anderson

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Prudence and the Pill
Prudence and the Pill

1968

as Prudence Hardcastle

Night of 100 Stars
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)