Deborah Kerr
Acting
Born: Sep 30, 1921 — Died: Oct 16, 2007
From: Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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".
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | 2000 | 7.0 |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1988 | 6.0 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Nurse Plimsoll | 1982 | 6.457 |
| The Gypsy Moths | Elizabeth Brandon | 1969 | 6.083 |
| The Arrangement | Florence Anderson | 1969 | 6.579 |
| Casino Royale | Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona … | 1967 | 5.256 |
| Eye of the Devil | Catherine de Montfaucon | 1966 | 6.167 |
| The Night of the Iguana | Hannah Jelkes | 1964 | 7.197 |
| The Chalk Garden | Miss Madrigal | 1964 | 7.16 |
| The Innocents | Miss Giddens | 1961 | 7.484 |
| The Grass Is Greener | Hilary Rhyall | 1960 | 6.381 |
| The Sundowners | Ida Carmody | 1960 | 6.757 |
| Bonjour Tristesse | Anne Larson | 1958 | 6.713 |
| Separate Tables | Sibyl Railton-Bell | 1958 | 7.027 |
| An Affair to Remember | Terry McKay | 1957 | 7.376 |
| Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Sister Angela | 1957 | 6.978 |
| The Proud and Profane | Lee Ashley | 1956 | 6.417 |
| Tea and Sympathy | Laura Reynolds | 1956 | 6.973 |
| The King and I | Anna Leonowens | 1956 | 7.088 |
| Julius Caesar | Portia | 1953 | 7.098 |
| From Here to Eternity | Karen Holmes | 1953 | 7.282 |
| Young Bess | Catherine Parr | 1953 | 5.841 |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Princess Flavia | 1952 | 6.924 |
| Quo Vadis | Lygia | 1951 | 7.101 |
| King Solomon's Mines | Elizabeth Curtis | 1950 | 6.512 |
| Black Narcissus | Sister Clodagh | 1947 | 7.514 |
| I See a Dark Stranger | Bridie Quilty | 1946 | 6.5 |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne … | 1943 | 7.442 |
| The Day Will Dawn | Kari Alstad | 1942 | 6.0 |
| Major Barbara | Jenny Hill | 1941 | 6.848 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1921 |
| From | Helensburgh, Scotland, UK |