Deborah Kerr
Born September 30, 1921 (Age: 104)
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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".
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
The Sky Divers
1969
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as Self
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Age: 47
The Night of the Iguana
1964
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as Hannah Jelkes
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Age: 42
The Innocents
1961
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as Miss Giddens
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Age: 40
The Naked Edge
1961
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as Martha Radcliffe
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Age: 39
The Grass Is Greener
1960
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as Hilary Rhyall
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Age: 39
Beloved Infidel
1959
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as Sheilah Graham
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Age: 38
Count Your Blessings
1959
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as Grace Allingham
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Age: 37
The Journey
1959
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as Diana Ashmore
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Age: 37
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
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as Anne Larson
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Age: 36
Tea and Sympathy
1956
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as Laura Reynolds
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Age: 34
The King and I
1956
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as Anna Leonowens
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Age: 34
From Here to Eternity
1953
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as Karen Holmes
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Age: 31
Julius Caesar
1953
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as Portia
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Age: 31
King Solomon's Mines
1950
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as Elizabeth Curtis
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Age: 29
The Day Will Dawn
1942
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as Kari Alstad
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Age: 20
Penn of Pennsylvania
1942
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as Gulielma Maria Springett
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Age: 20
Love on the Dole
1941
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as Sally
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Age: 19
Major Barbara
1941
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as Jenny Hill
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Age: 19