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

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

  • Bonjour Tristesse

    Bonjour Tristesse

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Quo Vadis

    Quo Vadis

  • Small World

    Small World

  • The Arrangement

    The Arrangement

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • The Journey

    The Journey

  • Major Barbara

    Major Barbara

  • Young Bess

    Young Bess

  • Beloved Infidel

    Beloved Infidel

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • From Here to Eternity

    From Here to Eternity

  • The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

  • Separate Tables

    Separate Tables

  • The King and I

    The King and I

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • Perfect Strangers

    Perfect Strangers

  • A Woman of Substance

    A Woman of Substance

  • Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

  • Dream Wife

    Dream Wife

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • An Affair to Remember

    An Affair to Remember

  • King Solomon's Mines

    King Solomon's Mines

  • The Gypsy Moths

    The Gypsy Moths

  • Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

    Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

  • The Grass Is Greener

    The Grass Is Greener

  • Tea and Sympathy

    Tea and Sympathy

  • Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

  • The Chalk Garden

    The Chalk Garden

  • On the Trail of the Iguana

    On the Trail of the Iguana

  • Edward, My Son

    Edward, My Son

  • Penn of Pennsylvania

    Penn of Pennsylvania

  • The Night of the Iguana

    The Night of the Iguana

  • Count Your Blessings

    Count Your Blessings

  • The End of the Affair

    The End of the Affair

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

  • Prudence and the Pill

    Prudence and the Pill

  • 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

  • Marriage on the Rocks

    Marriage on the Rocks

  • The Naked Edge

    The Naked Edge

  • Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

  • Eye of the Devil

    Eye of the Devil

  • The Proud and Profane

    The Proud and Profane

  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    The Prisoner of Zenda

  • Please Believe Me

    Please Believe Me

  • The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

  • The Innocents

    The Innocents

  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

  • I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

  • Love on the Dole

    Love on the Dole

  • The Sky Divers

    The Sky Divers

  • Reunion at Fairborough

    Reunion at Fairborough

  • A Song At Twilight

    A Song At Twilight

  • Thunder in the East

    Thunder in the East

  • Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

  • The Assam Garden

    The Assam Garden

  • Rome, the Eternal City

    Rome, the Eternal City

  • If Winter Comes

    If Winter Comes

  • Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

    Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

  • Uncertain Verification

    Uncertain Verification

  • Hold the Dream

    Hold the Dream

  • The Hucksters

    The Hucksters

  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

  • Hatter's Castle

    Hatter's Castle

  • Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

    Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

  • Ann and Debbie

    Ann and Debbie

  • Jungle Safari

    Jungle Safari