1904-09-29 London, England, UK
Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson, CBE (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was a British and American actress. Very popular during World War II, she was listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top ten box office draws in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, and 1946. Known for playing dignified and graceful women, Garson established herself as among the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and Britain and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning one for Mrs. Miniver (1942), which was also the highest grossing film of that year. Originally a stage actress in England, she signed a contract with MGM and moved to Hollywood in 1937. She achieved success immediately for her debut film Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Following the romantic comedy Remember? (1939) and the period drama Pride and Prejudice (1940), Garson starred in a string of commercial and critical successes that earned her a record five consecutive Academy Award nominations for Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Madame Curie (1943), Mrs. Parkington (1944), and The Valley of Decision (1945). With her popularity slowly dwindling in the 1950s as her contract with MGM expired, she moved to Broadway. She received her seventh and final Academy Award nomination for the biographical film Sunrise at Campobello (1960).
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Self (archive footage) | 2005-04-05 |
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Bogart: The Untold Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1997-01-05 |
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That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
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Directed by William Wyler | Self | 1986-05-01 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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The Little Drummer Boy: Book II | Narrator (voice) | 1976-12-13 |
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That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self (archive footage) | 1976-10-29 |
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That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-06-21 |
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The Little Drummer Boy | Narrator (voice) | 1968-12-19 |
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The Happiest Millionaire | Cordelia Biddle | 1967-11-30 |
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Mondo Hollywood | 1967-06-30 | |
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The Singing Nun | Mother Prioress | 1966-03-17 |
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The Invincible Mr. Disraeli | Mary Anne Disraeli | 1963-04-03 |
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Captain Brassbound's Conversion | Lady Cicely Waynflete | 1960-03-02 |
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Sunrise at Campobello | Eleanor Roosevelt | 1960-09-28 |
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Pepe | Greer Garson | 1960-12-21 |
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The Awful Truth | Linda Warner | 1956-03-20 |
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The Little Foxes | Regina Giddens | 1956-12-16 |
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Strange Lady in Town | Dr. Julia Winslow Garth | 1955-04-12 |
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A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self | 1954-09-28 |
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Her Twelve Men | Jan Stewart | 1954-08-11 |
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Julius Caesar | Calpurnia | 1953-06-04 |
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Scandal at Scourie | Victoria McChesney | 1953-05-17 |
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The Law and the Lady | Jane Hoskins | 1951-07-20 |
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Screen Actors | Self (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |
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The Miniver Story | Kay Miniver | 1950-10-26 |
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That Forsyte Woman | Irene Forsyte | 1949-11-03 |
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Julia Misbehaves | Julia Packett | 1948-08-08 |
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Desire Me | Marise Aubert | 1947-10-31 |
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The Valley of Decision | Mary Rafferty | 1945-05-03 |
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Adventure | Emily Sears | 1945-12-28 |
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Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | 1944-01-01 |
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Mrs. Parkington | Susie Parkington | 1944-10-12 |
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The Youngest Profession | Greer Garson | 1943-02-26 |
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Madame Curie | Marie Curie | 1943-12-16 |
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Mrs. Miniver | Mrs. Miniver | 1942-07-03 |
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Random Harvest | Paula | 1942-12-17 |
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When Ladies Meet | Mrs. Claire Woodruff | 1941-08-29 |
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Blossoms in the Dust | Edna Gladney | 1941-08-15 |
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A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | 1940-10-24 |
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World | Self | 1940-05-29 |
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Pride and Prejudice | Elizabeth Bennet | 1940-07-26 |
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Remember? | Linda Bronson | 1939-12-19 |
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Katherine 'Kathy' | 1939-07-28 |
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From the Ends of the Earth | Self | 1939-05-28 |
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How He Lied to Her Husband | Aurora Bompas | 1937-07-08 |
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The School for Scandal | Maria | 1937-05-19 |
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Inasmuch... | St. Clara | 1934-01-01 |
