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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
all 83
Movies 68
self 27
TV Shows 15
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
Rat Pack (2022)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Talking Pictures (2013)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King (1995)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1989)
Hold the Dream (1986)
Reunion at Fairborough (1985)
A Woman of Substance (1985)
Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
A Song At Twilight (1982)
Dinah! (1974)
The Arrangement (1969)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
Casino Royale (1967)
Eye of the Devil (1966)
All Eyes on Sharon Tate (1966)
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
Uncertain Verification (1965)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
The Chalk Garden (1964)
The Innocents (1961)
The Naked Edge (1961)
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
The Sundowners (1960)
Beloved Infidel (1959)
Count Your Blessings (1959)
The Journey (1959)
Separate Tables (1958)
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
The King and I (1956)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
The Proud and Profane (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
The End of the Affair (1955)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Dream Wife (1953)
Young Bess (1953)
Thunder in the East (1952)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Please Believe Me (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Edward, My Son (1949)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
If Winter Comes (1947)
The Hucksters (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Perfect Strangers (1945)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
The Day Will Dawn (1942)
Hatter's Castle (1942)
Penn of Pennsylvania (1942)
Love on the Dole (1941)
Major Barbara (1941)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1921-09-30
Deathday2007-10-16 (86 years old)
Birth NameDeborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer
Birth PlaceHelensburgh, United Kingdom
RelationshipsTony Bartley (1945 - 1959), Peter Viertel (1960 - 2007)
FatherArthur Charles Kerr Trimmer
MotherKathleen Rose Smale
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesHelensburgh · Botesdale, United Kingdom
Also Known As데보라 커
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Donaldson Awards, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, Special Award, BAFTA, Henrietta Award, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Academy Honorary Award
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