Deborah Kerr
Acting
Born: September 30, 1921 · Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Died: October 16, 2007 (aged 86)
Highest Rated
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".
Known for
Casino Royale
1967
From Here to Eternity
1953
The Innocents
1961
Black Narcissus
1947
An Affair to Remember
1957
Quo Vadis
1951
The King and I
1956
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
Julius Caesar
1953
The Night of the Iguana
1964
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
The Grass Is Greener
1960
Photos (6)
Movies (52)
Casino Royale
Agent Mimi
Julius Caesar
Portia
From Here to Eternity
Karen Holmes
The King and I
Anna Leonowens
Quo Vadis
Lygia
The Night of the Iguana
Hannah Jelkes
The Innocents
Miss Giddens
An Affair to Remember
Terry McKay
The Chalk Garden
Miss Madrigal
Bonjour Tristesse
Anne Larson
The Gypsy Moths
Elizabeth Brandon
Black Narcissus
Sister Clodagh
Separate Tables
Sibyl Railton-Bell
King Solomon's Mines
Elizabeth Curtis
The Grass Is Greener
Hilary Rhyall
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Sister Angela
Witness for the Prosecution
Nurse Plimsoll
The Arrangement
Florence Anderson
Eye of the Devil
Catherine de Montfaucon
Tea and Sympathy
Laura Reynolds
The Journey
Diana Ashmore
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
The Prisoner of Zenda
Princess Flavia
Beloved Infidel
Sheilah Graham
The Sundowners
Ida Carmody
Prudence and the Pill
Prudence Hardcastle
The Proud and Profane
Lee Ashley
The Hucksters
Kay Dorrance
Marriage on the Rocks
Valerie Edwards
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Naked Edge
Martha Radcliffe
Edward, My Son
Evelyn Boult
Dream Wife
Effie
Young Bess
Catherine Parr
Thunder in the East
Joan Willoughby
Perfect Strangers
Catherine Wilson
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
(archive footage)
Major Barbara
Jenny Hill
The End of the Affair
Sarah Miles
Count Your Blessings
Grace Allingham
Penn of Pennsylvania
Gulielma Maria Springett
A Song At Twilight
Carlotta Gray
The Assam Garden
Helen
I See a Dark Stranger
Bridie Quilty
If Winter Comes
Nona Tybar
Reunion at Fairborough
Sally Wells Grant
Please Believe Me
Alison Kirbe
Hatter's Castle
Mary Brodie
Love on the Dole
Sally
The Day Will Dawn
Kari Alstad
Uncertain Verification
(archive footage)
Ann and Debbie
Ann
TV Shows (4)
Self / Appearances (25)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host / Presenter · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 2 eps
Dinah!
Self · 3 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Recipient · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Cinépanorama
Self · 2 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)
Jungle Safari
Herself (archival footage)
On the Trail of the Iguana
Self
The Sky Divers
Self
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self (archive footage)
Rome, the Eternal City
Self