1921-09-30 Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Kerr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | 2024-05-10 | |
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2010-05-05 |
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | 2000-08-01 |
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Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self (archive footage) | 1995-01-01 |
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Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self | 1991-03-10 |
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self | 1991-10-28 |
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
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Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self | 1988-06-05 |
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Ann and Debbie | Ann | 1986-01-01 |
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The Assam Garden | Helen | 1985-06-04 |
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Reunion at Fairborough | Sally Wells Grant | 1985-05-12 |
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Witness for the Prosecution | Nurse Plimsoll | 1982-12-04 |
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A Song At Twilight | Carlotta Gray | 1982-07-09 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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The Arrangement | Florence Anderson | 1969-11-18 |
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The Sky Divers | Self | 1969-01-01 |
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The Gypsy Moths | Elizabeth Brandon | 1969-08-29 |
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Prudence and the Pill | Prudence Hardcastle | 1968-05-23 |
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Casino Royale | Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry | 1967-04-13 |
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Eye of the Devil | Catherine de Montfaucon | 1966-11-18 |
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Marriage on the Rocks | Valerie Edwards | 1965-09-24 |
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La verifica incerta | (archive footage) | 1965-04-30 |
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The Night of the Iguana | Hannah Jelkes | 1964-08-06 |
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The Chalk Garden | Miss Madrigal | 1964-04-02 |
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On the Trail of the Iguana | Self | 1964-04-30 |
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The Naked Edge | Martha Radcliffe | 1961-06-28 |
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The Innocents | Miss Giddens | 1961-12-15 |
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The Sundowners | Ida Carmody | 1960-12-08 |
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The Grass Is Greener | Hilary Rhyall | 1960-12-23 |
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Beloved Infidel | Sheilah Graham | 1959-11-17 |
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The Journey | Diana Ashmore | 1959-02-11 |
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Count Your Blessings | Grace Allingham | 1959-04-23 |
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Bonjour Tristesse | Anne Larson | 1958-01-15 |
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Separate Tables | Sibyl Railton-Bell | 1958-12-18 |
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An Affair to Remember | Terry McKay | 1957-07-11 |
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Sister Angela | 1957-03-13 |
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Tea and Sympathy | Laura Reynolds | 1956-09-27 |
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The Proud and Profane | Lee Ashley | 1956-06-13 |
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The King and I | Anna Leonowens | 1956-06-29 |
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The End of the Affair | Sarah Miles | 1955-02-24 |
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Julius Caesar | Portia | 1953-06-04 |
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From Here to Eternity | Karen Holmes | 1953-08-28 |
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Dream Wife | Effie | 1953-06-19 |
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Young Bess | Catherine Parr | 1953-05-29 |
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Thunder in the East | Joan Willoughby | 1952-12-04 |
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The Prisoner of Zenda | Princess Flavia | 1952-11-04 |
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Rome, the Eternal City | Self | 1951-01-21 |
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Quo Vadis | Lygia | 1951-11-08 |
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Please Believe Me | Alison Kirbe | 1950-05-12 |
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King Solomon's Mines | Elizabeth Curtis | 1950-11-09 |
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Edward, My Son | Evelyn Boult | 1949-03-01 |
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Black Narcissus | Sister Clodagh | 1947-05-26 |
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The Hucksters | Kay Dorrance | 1947-07-17 |
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If Winter Comes | Nona Tybar | 1947-12-31 |
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I See a Dark Stranger | Bridie Quilty | 1946-07-04 |
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Perfect Strangers | Catherine Wilson | 1945-10-15 |
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon | 1943-07-26 |
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Hatter's Castle | Mary Brodie | 1942-02-02 |
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Penn of Pennsylvania | Gulielma Maria Springett | 1942-01-24 |
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The Day Will Dawn | Kari Alstad | 1942-06-08 |
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Love on the Dole | Sally | 1941-06-28 |
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Major Barbara | Jenny Hill | 1941-05-14 |
