Deborah Kerr

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Female

Birthday

1921-09-30

Day of death

2007-10-16 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

Deborah Kerr

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • Quo Vadis

    Quo Vadis

  • King Solomon's Mines

    King Solomon's Mines

  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

  • Penn of Pennsylvania

    Penn of Pennsylvania

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

  • The Journey

    The Journey

  • Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

  • The Grass Is Greener

    The Grass Is Greener

  • The Gypsy Moths

    The Gypsy Moths

  • The Night of the Iguana

    The Night of the Iguana

  • Bonjour Tristesse

    Bonjour Tristesse

  • Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

  • The Chalk Garden

    The Chalk Garden

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • A Woman of Substance

    A Woman of Substance

  • The King and I

    The King and I

  • Major Barbara

    Major Barbara

  • Please Believe Me

    Please Believe Me

  • From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity

  • The Innocents

    The Innocents

  • The Hucksters

    The Hucksters

  • A Song At Twilight

    A Song At Twilight

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • An Affair to Remember

    An Affair to Remember

  • Edward, My Son

    Edward, My Son

  • Beloved Infidel

    Beloved Infidel

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

  • The Arrangement

    The Arrangement

  • The Sky Divers

    The Sky Divers

  • Tea and Sympathy

    Tea and Sympathy

  • Separate Tables

    Separate Tables

  • Rome, the Eternal City

    Rome, the Eternal City

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

  • Small World

    Small World

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

    Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

  • Uncertain Verification

    Uncertain Verification

  • The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

  • The End of the Affair

    The End of the Affair

  • The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

  • Reunion at Fairborough

    Reunion at Fairborough

  • Dream Wife

    Dream Wife

  • Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

    Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

  • The Naked Edge

    The Naked Edge

  • The Assam Garden

    The Assam Garden

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • Prudence and the Pill

    Prudence and the Pill

  • Love on the Dole

    Love on the Dole

  • Eye of the Devil

    Eye of the Devil

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • Young Bess

    Young Bess

  • If Winter Comes

    If Winter Comes

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • Hold the Dream

    Hold the Dream

  • Thunder in the East

    Thunder in the East

  • On the Trail of the Iguana

    On the Trail of the Iguana

  • The Proud and Profane

    The Proud and Profane

  • John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

  • Marriage on the Rocks

    Marriage on the Rocks

  • Jungle Safari

    Jungle Safari

  • Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

  • Ann and Debbie

    Ann and Debbie

  • Hatter's Castle

    Hatter's Castle

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man