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Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

Acting September 30, 1921 (86 years old) October 16, 2007 Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

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 66

Casino Royale 5.2

Casino Royale

as Agent Mimi

1967
From Here to Eternity 7.3

From Here to Eternity

as Karen Holmes

1953
Quo Vadis 7.1

Quo Vadis

as Lygia

1951
The King and I 7.1

The King and I

as Anna Leonowens

1956
An Affair to Remember 7.4

An Affair to Remember

as Terry McKay

1957
King Solomon's Mines 6.5

King Solomon's Mines

as Elizabeth Curtis

1950
Black Narcissus 7.5

Black Narcissus

as Sister Clodagh

1947
The Innocents 7.5

The Innocents

as Miss Giddens

1961
Julius Caesar 7.0

Julius Caesar

as Portia

1953
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 7.5

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

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

1943
The Night of the Iguana 7.2

The Night of the Iguana

as Hannah Jelkes

1964
Eye of the Devil 6.1

Eye of the Devil

as Catherine de Montfaucon

1966
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison 6.9

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

as Sister Angela

1957
Witness for the Prosecution 6.6

Witness for the Prosecution

as Nurse Plimsoll

1982
Bonjour Tristesse 6.7

Bonjour Tristesse

as Anne Larson

1958
The Grass Is Greener 6.4

The Grass Is Greener

as Hilary Rhyall

1960
The Prisoner of Zenda 6.9

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Princess Flavia

1952
Separate Tables 7.1

Separate Tables

as Sibyl Railton-Bell

1958
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast 5.3

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2019
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 6.7

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010
Marriage on the Rocks 5.8

Marriage on the Rocks

as Valerie Edwards

1965
Tea and Sympathy 7.0

Tea and Sympathy

as Laura Reynolds

1956
If Winter Comes 6.7

If Winter Comes

as Nona Tybar

1947
Thunder in the East 5.6

Thunder in the East

as Joan Willoughby

1952
Night of 100 Stars 5.8

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

1982
The Journey 6.3

The Journey

as Diana Ashmore

1959
The Sundowners 6.7

The Sundowners

as Ida Carmody

1960
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger 7.6

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

as (archive footage)

2024
The Arrangement 6.6

The Arrangement

as Florence Anderson

1969
Perfect Strangers 6.6

Perfect Strangers

as Catherine Wilson

1945
Prudence and the Pill 5.7

Prudence and the Pill

as Prudence Hardcastle

1968
Young Bess 5.8

Young Bess

as Catherine Parr

1953
The End of the Affair 5.8

The End of the Affair

as Sarah Miles

1955
The Proud and Profane 6.5

The Proud and Profane

as Lee Ashley

1956
Beloved Infidel 6.0

Beloved Infidel

as Sheilah Graham

1959
The Gypsy Moths 6.0

The Gypsy Moths

as Elizabeth Brandon

1969
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 8.0

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self

1991
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick 6.0

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

as Self (archive footage)

1988
The Hucksters 7.0

The Hucksters

as Kay Dorrance

1947
Love on the Dole 5.9

Love on the Dole

as Sally

1941
I See a Dark Stranger 6.5

I See a Dark Stranger

as Bridie Quilty

1946
The Chalk Garden 7.2

The Chalk Garden

as Miss Madrigal

1964
A Song At Twilight 7.0

A Song At Twilight

as Carlotta Gray

1982
Please Believe Me 5.1

Please Believe Me

as Alison Kirbe

1950
On the Trail of the Iguana 6.5

On the Trail of the Iguana

as Self

1964
Rat Pack 9.0

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Major Barbara 6.8

Major Barbara

as Jenny Hill

1941
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star 7.0

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as Self

1991
Uncertain Verification 6.6

Uncertain Verification

as (archive footage)

1965
The Day Will Dawn 6.0

The Day Will Dawn

as Kari Alstad

1942
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man 7.0

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

as Self

1988
The Naked Edge 6.2

The Naked Edge

as Martha Radcliffe

1961
Edward, My Son 6.5

Edward, My Son

as Evelyn Boult

1949
The Assam Garden 7.3

The Assam Garden

as Helen

1985
Dream Wife 5.4

Dream Wife

as Effie

1953
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories 7.0

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Reunion at Fairborough 5.8

Reunion at Fairborough

as Sally Wells Grant

1985
Penn of Pennsylvania 6.5

Penn of Pennsylvania

as Gulielma Maria Springett

1942
Hatter's Castle 5.8

Hatter's Castle

as Mary Brodie

1942
Count Your Blessings 4.8

Count Your Blessings

as Grace Allingham

1959
The Sky Divers 6.0

The Sky Divers

as Self

1969
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King 8.5

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

as Self (archive footage)

1995
Jungle Safari 4.0

Jungle Safari

as Herself (archival footage)

1950
Discovering: Robert Mitchum

Discovering: Robert Mitchum

as Self (archive footage)

2014
Rome, the Eternal City

Rome, the Eternal City

as Self

1951
Ann and Debbie 2.0

Ann and Debbie

as Ann

1986

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