Deborah Kerr

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

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

  • Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Bonjour Tristesse

    Bonjour Tristesse

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

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

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • On the Trail of the Iguana

    On the Trail of the Iguana

  • Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

    Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • An Affair to Remember

    An Affair to Remember

  • Small World

    Small World

  • Quo Vadis

    Quo Vadis

  • Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

  • Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

  • If Winter Comes

    If Winter Comes

  • The End of the Affair

    The End of the Affair

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Grass Is Greener

    The Grass Is Greener

  • The Journey

    The Journey

  • From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity

  • Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • The King and I

    The King and I

  • Major Barbara

    Major Barbara

  • Beloved Infidel

    Beloved Infidel

  • A Woman of Substance

    A Woman of Substance

  • Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

    Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • Young Bess

    Young Bess

  • King Solomon's Mines

    King Solomon's Mines

  • The Arrangement

    The Arrangement

  • Separate Tables

    Separate Tables

  • The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

  • Penn of Pennsylvania

    Penn of Pennsylvania

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Chalk Garden

    The Chalk Garden

  • The Night of the Iguana

    The Night of the Iguana

  • The Innocents

    The Innocents

  • Dream Wife

    Dream Wife

  • Tea and Sympathy

    Tea and Sympathy

  • The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

  • Uncertain Verification

    Uncertain Verification

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • The Gypsy Moths

    The Gypsy Moths

  • The Proud and Profane

    The Proud and Profane

  • Eye of the Devil

    Eye of the Devil

  • Love on the Dole

    Love on the Dole

  • Marriage on the Rocks

    Marriage on the Rocks

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

  • Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Prudence and the Pill

    Prudence and the Pill

  • Edward, My Son

    Edward, My Son

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • Thunder in the East

    Thunder in the East

  • The Naked Edge

    The Naked Edge

  • Reunion at Fairborough

    Reunion at Fairborough

  • Please Believe Me

    Please Believe Me

  • Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

  • Rome, the Eternal City

    Rome, the Eternal City

  • Hold the Dream

    Hold the Dream

  • The Assam Garden

    The Assam Garden

  • A Song At Twilight

    A Song At Twilight

  • I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

  • The Hucksters

    The Hucksters

  • The Sky Divers

    The Sky Divers

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • Hatter's Castle

    Hatter's Castle

  • Ann and Debbie

    Ann and Debbie

  • Jungle Safari

    Jungle Safari