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Deborah Kerr

Film Actress / Actress / Ballet Dancer / Stage Actress | * 09/30/1921 († 86, 10/16/2007) | Helensburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
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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, becoming the first person from Scotland to be nominated for any acting Oscar. 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), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she wo ...

The King and I

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1956 | 3.6/5 | 2h 13min
Drama, Romance / Love, Adventure, Music
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A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen? ...

An Affair to Remember

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1957 | 3.7/5 | 1h 51min
Drama, Romance / Love
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In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love. ...

From Here to Eternity

NR

1953 | 3.7/5 | 1h 58min
War, Romance / Love, Drama
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A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They work to establish a sc ...

Black Narcissus

NR

1947 | 3.8/5 | 1h 40min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Deborah Kerr

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Henrietta Award David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Special Award, Bafta Academy Honorary Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Donaldson Awards 6x Academy Award for Best Actress 3x Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Henrietta Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Special Award, Bafta
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Movies with Deborah Kerr as Actress(59)

2024 Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as herself1991 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as herself1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Ann1986 Ann and Debbie
as Helen1985 The Assam Garden
as Sally Wells Grant1985 Reunion at Fairborough
as Nurse Plimsoll1982 Witness for the Prosecution
as Carlotta Gray1982 A Song At Twilight
as Florence Anderson1969 The Arrangement
as Elizabeth Brandon1969 The Gypsy Moths
as Prudence Hardcastle1968 Prudence and the Pill
as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry1967 Casino Royale
as Catherine de Montfaucon1966 Eye of the Devil
as Valerie Edwards1965 Marriage on the Rocks
as (archive footage)1965 Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase
as Miss Madrigal1964 The Chalk Garden
as herself1964 On the Trail of the Iguana
as Hannah Jelkes1964 The Night of the Iguana
as Miss Giddens1961 The Innocents
as Martha Radcliffe1961 The Naked Edge
as Ida Carmody1960 The Sundowners
as Hilary Rhyall1960 The Grass Is Greener
as Sheilah Graham1959 Beloved Infidel
as Diana Ashmore1959 The Journey
as Grace Allingham1959 Count Your Blessings
as Anne Larson1958 Bonjour Tristesse
as Sibyl Railton-Bell1958 Separate Tables
as Sister Angela1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
as Terry McKay1957 An Affair to Remember
as Anna Leonowens1956 The King and I
as Lee Ashley1956 The Proud and Profane
as Laura Reynolds1956 Tea and Sympathy
as Sarah Miles1955 The End of the Affair
as Karen Holmes1953 From Here to Eternity
as Effie1953 Dream Wife
as Catherine Parr1953 Young Bess
as Portia1953 Julius Caesar
as Princess Flavia1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
as Joan Willoughby1952 Thunder in the East
1951 Rome, the Eternal City
as Lygia1951 Quo Vadis
as Elizabeth Curtis1950 King Solomon's Mines
as Alison Kirbe1950 Please Believe Me
as Evelyn Boult1949 Edward, My Son
as Kay Dorrance1947 The Hucksters
as Nona Tybar1947 If Winter Comes
as Sister Clodagh1947 Black Narcissus
as Bridie Quilty1946 I See a Dark Stranger
as Catherine Wilson1945 Perfect Strangers
as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as Mary Brodie1942 Hatter's Castle
as Kari Alstad1942 The Day Will Dawn
as Gulielma Maria Springett1942 Penn of Pennsylvania
as Jenny Hill1941 Major Barbara
as Sally1941 Love on the Dole

TV Shows/Series with Deborah Kerr as Actress(12)

as Self (archive footage)2013 Talking Pictures
as Emma Harte1986 Hold the Dream
as Emma Harte1985 A Woman of Substance
as herself1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Recipient1956 The Steve Allen Show
as herself1956 Cinépanorama
as Miss Plimsoll1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Deborah Kerr
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 09/30 1921 (September) in Helensburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Tuesday, 10/16 2007 (October) in Suffolk (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): Tony Bartley, Peter Viertel
Father: Arthur Charles Kerr Trimmer
Mother: Kathleen Rose Smale
Other names for Deborah Kerr (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"데보라 커"
"Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer"
"Deborah Kerr-Viertel"
"Deborah Kerr- Viertel"
Deborah Kerr frequently works together with these people:
David Niven (16x, Actor)
Maurice Evans (14x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (13x, Actor)
Julie Harris (12x, Actress)
John Huston (11x, Actor)
Tom Poston (11x, Actor)
Jerry Lewis (10x, Actor)
Peter Ustinov (10x, Actor)
Orson Welles (9x, Actor)
Kirk Douglas (9x, Actor)
Jayne Meadows (9x, Actress)
Michael Powell (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2702, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/10/2024