Greer Garson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 29, 1904
- Died
- April 6, 1996 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
Biography
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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Filmography
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bogart: The Untold Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directed by William Wyler
Movie · as Self
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie · as (archive footage)
Little Women
TV · as Kathryn March · 2 eps
The Love Boat
TV · as Alice Bailey · 1 ep
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crown Matrimonial
Movie · as Queen Mary
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Little Drummer Boy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 4 eps
The Happiest Millionaire
Movie · as Cordelia Biddle
Mondo Hollywood
Movie
The Singing Nun
Movie · as Mother Prioress
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Movie · as Mary Anne Disraeli
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sunrise at Campobello
Movie · as Eleanor Roosevelt
Pepe
Movie · as Greer Garson
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Movie · as Lady Cicely Waynflete
The Big Party
TV · as Self – Hostess · 1 ep
The Little Foxes
Movie · as Regina Giddens
The Awful Truth
Movie · as Linda Warner
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
Strange Lady in Town
Movie · as Dr. Julia Winslow Garth
Her Twelve Men
Movie · as Jan Stewart
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie · as Self
Father Knows Best
TV · 1 ep
Julius Caesar
Movie · as Calpurnia
Scandal at Scourie
Movie · as Victoria McChesney
General Electric Theater
TV · as Molly Malloy, Lydia Shaw, Antonia Stuart · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Law and the Lady
Movie · as Jane Hoskins
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Regina, Lady Cicely Wayneflete, Mary Anne Disraeli · 1 ep
The Miniver Story
Movie · as Kay Miniver
Screen Actors
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 3 eps
That Forsyte Woman
Movie · as Irene Forsyte
Julia Misbehaves
Movie · as Julia Packett
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Desire Me
Movie · as Marise Aubert
The Valley of Decision
Movie · as Mary Rafferty
Adventure
Movie · as Emily Sears
Mrs. Parkington
Movie · as Susie Parkington
Twenty Years After
Movie · as (archive footage)
Madame Curie
Movie · as Marie Curie
The Youngest Profession
Movie · as Greer Garson
Random Harvest
Movie · as Paula
Mrs. Miniver
Movie · as Mrs. Miniver
When Ladies Meet
Movie · as Mrs. Claire Woodruff
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie · as Edna Gladney
Pride and Prejudice
Movie · as Elizabeth Bennet
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie · as Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Movie · as Self
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie · as Katherine 'Kathy'
Remember?
Movie · as Linda Bronson
From the Ends of the Earth
Movie · as Self
The School for Scandal
Movie · as Maria
How He Lied to Her Husband
Movie · as Aurora Bompas
Inasmuch...
Movie · as St. Clara