Deborah Kerr
British actress (1921-2007) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
Deborah Jane Trimmer, known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a Scottish actress. Kerr rose to fame for her portrayals of proper, ladylike women, who often navigated societal expectations and stereotypes. Kerr attracted wide praise for her work, earning six Academy Award nominations for Best Actress.
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Hold the DreamSeries, Emma Harte1982
Witness for the ProsecutionFilm, Nurse Plimsoll1981
Entertainment TonightSeries1974
Dinah!Series1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries
Prudence and the PillFilm, 1968Prudence Hardcastle1966
Eye of the DevilFilm, Catherine de Montfaucon1964
The Chalk GardenFilm, Miss Madrigal1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1960
The Grass Is GreenerFilm, Hilary Rhyall1959David di Donatello for Best Foreign ActressAward1958Henrietta AwardAward
Bonjour TristesseFilm, 1958Anne Larson1957
An Affair to RememberFilm, Terry McKay1956Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or ComedyAward
CinépanoramaSeries, 19561955
The End of the AffairFilm, Sarah Miles1953
The OscarsSeries1952
The Prisoner of ZendaFilm, Princess Flavia1950
What's My Line?Series
King Solomon's MinesFilm, 1950Elizabeth Curtis1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1947
Black NarcissusFilm, Sister Clodagh1945
Perfect StrangersFilm, Catherine Wilson1941
Love on the DoleFilm, Sally1921Born30 September 1921People around Deborah
John Huston Directed Casino Royale (1967)
Michael Powell Directed Black Narcissus and Contraband
Felix Aylmer Also in Separate Tables (1958)
Jerry Wald Produced An Affair to Remember (1957)
Pandro S. Berman Produced The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
David Niven Also in Casino Royale and Separate Tables
Fred Zinnemann Directed From Here to Eternity (1953)
Stanley Donen Directed The Grass Is Greener (1960)
Georges Auric Wrote The Innocents (1962)- Emeric Pressburger Directed Black Narcissus (1947)
Ronald Neame Directed The Chalk Garden (1964)
Buddy Adler Produced From Here to Eternity (1953)
Sam Zimbalist Produced Quo Vadis and King Solomon's Mines- Lance Comfort Directed Hatter's Castle (1942)
Burt Lancaster Also in Separate Tables and The Gypsy Moths
Robert Mitchum Also in The Sundowners and The Grass Is Greener
Jean Simmons Also in The Grass Is Greener and Black Narcissus
Miklós Rózsa Wrote Quo Vadis, Julius Caesar and Young Bess
Wendy Hiller Also in Major Barbara and Separate Tables
Stewart Granger Also in The Prisoner of Zenda and Young Bess
Donald Ogden Stewart Wrote An Affair to Remember (1957)
Roland Culver Also in Perfect Strangers (1945)
Marie Ault Also in Love on the Dole and Major Barbara
Richard Vernon Produced Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
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The Innocents 1961
Black Narcissus 1947
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
An Affair to Remember 1957
From Here to Eternity 1953
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She was regarded as one of the best actresses of her generation. From the 1940s to the late 1960s, she was one of the most popular actresses in the world.
