Deborah Kerr
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 30, 1921
- Died
- October 16, 2007 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- 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".
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Filmography
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Movie · as (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie · as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie · as Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie · as Self
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Movie · as Self
Hold the Dream
TV · as Emma Harte · 4 eps
Ann and Debbie
Movie · as Ann
The Assam Garden
Movie · as Helen
Reunion at Fairborough
Movie · as Sally Wells Grant
A Woman of Substance
TV · as Older Emma Harte · 3 eps
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie · as Nurse Plimsoll
A Song At Twilight
Movie · as Carlotta Gray
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Carlotta Gray · 1 ep
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Gypsy Moths
Movie · as Elizabeth Brandon
The Arrangement
Movie · as Florence Anderson
The Sky Divers
Movie · as Self
Prudence and the Pill
Movie · as Prudence Hardcastle
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Casino Royale
Movie · as Agent Mimi
Eye of the Devil
Movie · as Catherine de Montfaucon
Marriage on the Rocks
Movie · as Valerie Edwards
Uncertain Verification
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Night of the Iguana
Movie · as Hannah Jelkes
The Chalk Garden
Movie · as Miss Madrigal
On the Trail of the Iguana
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Innocents
Movie · as Miss Giddens
The Naked Edge
Movie · as Martha Radcliffe
The Grass Is Greener
Movie · as Hilary Rhyall
The Sundowners
Movie · as Ida Carmody
The Journey
Movie · as Diana Ashmore
Beloved Infidel
Movie · as Sheilah Graham
Count Your Blessings
Movie · as Grace Allingham
Bonjour Tristesse
Movie · as Anne Larson
Separate Tables
Movie · as Sibyl Railton-Bell
Small World
TV · as Self · 1 ep
An Affair to Remember
Movie · as Terry McKay
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Movie · as Sister Angela
The Proud and Profane
Movie · as Lee Ashley
Tea and Sympathy
Movie · as Laura Reynolds
The King and I
Movie · as Anna Leonowens
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Recipient · 1 ep
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host / Presenter, Self - Hostess · 1 ep
The End of the Affair
Movie · as Sarah Miles
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Portia
From Here to Eternity
Movie · as Karen Holmes
Young Bess
Movie · as Catherine Parr
Dream Wife
Movie · as Effie
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · as Princess Flavia
Thunder in the East
Movie · as Joan Willoughby
Quo Vadis
Movie · as Lygia
Rome, the Eternal City
Movie · as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Miss Plimsoll · 1 ep
King Solomon's Mines
Movie · as Elizabeth Curtis
Please Believe Me
Movie · as Alison Kirbe
Jungle Safari
Movie · as Herself (archival footage)
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Edward, My Son
Movie · as Evelyn Boult
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Black Narcissus
Movie · as Sister Clodagh
The Hucksters
Movie · as Kay Dorrance
If Winter Comes
Movie · as Nona Tybar
I See a Dark Stranger
Movie · as Bridie Quilty
Perfect Strangers
Movie · as Catherine Wilson
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Movie · as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
The Day Will Dawn
Movie · as Kari Alstad
Hatter's Castle
Movie · as Mary Brodie
Penn of Pennsylvania
Movie · as Gulielma Maria Springett
Major Barbara
Movie · as Jenny Hill
Love on the Dole
Movie · as Sally