Deborah Kerr
Known For
Acting
Born
1921-09-30 in Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Died
2007-10-16
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".
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
What's My Line?
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
Playhouse
as Carlotta Gray
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Casino Royale
as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry
Cinépanorama
as Self
Dinah!
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
A Woman of Substance
as Older Emma Harte
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
From Here to Eternity
as Karen Holmes
The King and I
as Anna Leonowens
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
Quo Vadis
as Lygia
An Affair to Remember
as Terry McKay
Black Narcissus
as Sister Clodagh
Small World
as Self