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Deborah Kerr
Actor
Born September 30, 1921Died October 16, 2007 (86 years)
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".
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".
Known For
Deborah Kerr Filmography
| 2021 | John Huston: Adventures of a Free Soul · as Self |
| 2021 | My Name Is Lopez · as Self |
| 2020 | Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner · as Self |
| 2018 | Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast · as Self - Actress (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures (2013) (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2008 | The Orange British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2000 | Backstory (2000) (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
| 1999 | The Lady with the Torch · as Self |
| 1997 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's · as Self (with Sinatra) |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential · as Self |
| 1995 | Empire of the Censors · as Self |
| 1995 | Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | 100 Years at the Movies · as Self |
| 1994 | The 66th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Honorary Award Recipient |
| 1994 | The Best of the Don Lane Show · as Self |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Self |
| 1991 | Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star · as Self |
| 1988 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1988 | |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | The Lords of Flatbush · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | The Sky Divers · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1965 | The 37th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses · as Self |
| 1963 | Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
| 1960 | On Location with the Sundowners · as Self - Actress In 'the Sundowners' |
| 1959 | Premier Khrushchev in the USA · as Self |
| 1957 | The 29th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Recipient |
| 1956 | Picture Parade (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Host / Presenter |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The 26th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1954 | Birthday · as Self - Narrator |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self - Actress |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Reflets de Cannes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | Rome, the Eternal City · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger · as (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Being Mary Tyler Moore · as Karen Holmes |
| 2015 | Everything Is Copy · as Terry Mckay |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · as Sister Clodagh (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Hold the Dream (TV Series) · as Emma Harte |
| 1985 | The Assam Garden · as Helen |
| 1985 | Reunion at Fairborough · as Sally Wells Grant |
| 1984 | Starman · as Karen Holmes |
| 1984 | A Woman of Substance (TV Series) · as Emma Harte |
| 1982 | Witness for the Prosecution · as Nurse Plimsoll |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Karen Holmes |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Carlotta Gray |
| 1969 | The Arrangement · as Florence Anderson |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths · as Elizabeth Brandon |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill · as Prudence Hardcastle |
| 1967 | Casino Royale · as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona Mctarry |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil · as Catherine De Montfaucon |
| 1965 | Marriage on the Rocks · as Valerie Edwards |
| 1964 | The Night of the Iguana · as Hannah Jelkes |
| 1964 | The Chalk Garden · as Miss Madrigal |
| 1961 | The Innocents · as Miss Giddens |
| 1961 | The Naked Edge · as Martha Radcliffe |
| 1960 | The Grass Is Greener · as Hilary Rhyall |
| 1960 | The Sundowners · as Ida Carmody |
| 1959 | Beloved Infidel · as Sheilah Graham |
| 1959 | Count Your Blessings · as Grace Allingham |
| 1959 | The Journey · as Diana Ashmore |
| 1958 | Separate Tables · as Sibyl Railton-Bell |
| 1958 | Bonjour Tristesse · as Anne Larson |
| 1957 | An Affair to Remember · as Terry Mckay |
| 1957 | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison · as Sister Angela |
| 1956 | Tea and Sympathy · as Laura Reynolds |
| 1956 | The Proud and Profane · as Lee Ashley |
| 1956 | The King and I · as Anna Leonowens |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Moira |
| 1955 | The End of the Affair · as Sarah Miles |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity · as Karen Holmes |
| 1953 | Julius Caesar · as Portia |
| 1953 | Young Bess · as Catherine Parr |
| 1953 | Dream Wife · as Effie |
| 1952 | Thunder in the East · as Joan Willoughby |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as Princess Flavia |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis · as Lygia |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Miss Plimsoll |
| 1951 | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story · as Cast |
| 1950 | King Solomon's Mines · as Elizabeth Curtis |
| 1950 | Please Believe Me · as Alison Kirbe |
| 1949 | Edward, My Son · as Evelyn Boult |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes · as Nona Tybar |
| 1947 | The Hucksters · as Kay Dorrance |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus · as Sister Clodagh |
| 1946 | I See a Dark Stranger · as Bridie Quilty |
| 1945 | Vacation from Marriage · as Catherine Wilson |
| 1943 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "johnny" Cannon |
| 1942 | The Avengers · as Kari Alstad |
| 1942 | Hatter's Castle · as Mary Brodie |
| 1942 | Courageous Mr. Penn · as Gulielma Maria Springett |
| 1941 | Major Barbara · as Jenny Hill |
| 1941 | Love on the Dole · as Sally |
| 1940 | Blackout · as Cigarette Girl |