For other uses, see Deborah Kerr (disambiguation).
Deborah Kerr
CBE
Kerr in 1973, by Allan Warren
Born
Deborah Jane Trimmer[1]
(1921-09-30)30 September 1921
Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland
Died
16 October 2007(2007-10-16) (aged 86)
Botesdale, Suffolk, England
Resting place
Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, near Guildford, Surrey, England
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1937–1986
Known for
The King and I From Here to Eternity An Affair to Remember Tea and Sympathy Separate Tables Black Narcissus The Innocents The Sundowners The Night of the Iguana
Spouses
Tony Bartley
(m. 1945; div. 1959)
Peter Viertel
(m. 1960)
Children
2
Relatives
Lex Shrapnel (grandson)
Awards
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Signature
Deborah Jane Trimmer[1] CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr (/kɑːr/), was a British actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first person from Scotland to be nominated for any acting Oscar.
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".[2]
^ abLeadbetter, Russell (20 January 2015). "The King and I actress Deborah Kerr is Glasgow's star - and there is a birth certificate to prove it". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
^"British actress Kerr dies at 86". BBC News. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
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