Deborah Kerr

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

81

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

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Young Bess

    Young Bess

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • The King and I

    The King and I

  • Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

  • Dream Wife

    Dream Wife

  • The Naked Edge

    The Naked Edge

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

  • Prudence and the Pill

    Prudence and the Pill

  • A Woman of Substance

    A Woman of Substance

  • Separate Tables

    Separate Tables

  • Eye of the Devil

    Eye of the Devil

  • I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

  • Quo Vadis

    Quo Vadis

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity

  • The Sky Divers

    The Sky Divers

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • An Affair to Remember

    An Affair to Remember

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • The Innocents

    The Innocents

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

  • Please Believe Me

    Please Believe Me

  • The Night of the Iguana

    The Night of the Iguana

  • Small World

    Small World

  • Bonjour Tristesse

    Bonjour Tristesse

  • The Assam Garden

    The Assam Garden

  • The Grass Is Greener

    The Grass Is Greener

  • The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

  • King Solomon's Mines

    King Solomon's Mines

  • Beloved Infidel

    Beloved Infidel

  • The Arrangement

    The Arrangement

  • The Proud and Profane

    The Proud and Profane

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • Tea and Sympathy

    Tea and Sympathy

  • Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

    Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

  • The Journey

    The Journey

  • Major Barbara

    Major Barbara

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • Uncertain Verification

    Uncertain Verification

  • Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • The End of the Affair

    The End of the Affair

  • Hold the Dream

    Hold the Dream

  • Marriage on the Rocks

    Marriage on the Rocks

  • The Gypsy Moths

    The Gypsy Moths

  • The Chalk Garden

    The Chalk Garden

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • On the Trail of the Iguana

    On the Trail of the Iguana

  • A Song At Twilight

    A Song At Twilight

  • Thunder in the East

    Thunder in the East

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

  • Rome, the Eternal City

    Rome, the Eternal City

  • The Hucksters

    The Hucksters

  • Love on the Dole

    Love on the Dole

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

  • Ann and Debbie

    Ann and Debbie

  • Edward, My Son

    Edward, My Son

  • If Winter Comes

    If Winter Comes

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

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

  • Jungle Safari

    Jungle Safari

  • Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

  • Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

  • Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

    Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

  • Penn of Pennsylvania

    Penn of Pennsylvania

  • Hatter's Castle

    Hatter's Castle

  • Reunion at Fairborough

    Reunion at Fairborough