Deborah Kerr

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
September 30, 1921 (86 years old)
Died
October 16, 2007
Place of Birth
Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Popular Genres
Drama Romance Adventure
Career Span
1941 – 2024

Deborah Kerr

21 wins
94 nominations
19 Oscars
65 credits

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".

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Personal Info

Born
Sep 30, 1921
From
Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1941 – 2024

Award Recognition

21
Wins
94
Nominations
19
Oscars

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Casino Royale
Quo Vadis
Black Narcissus
Julius Caesar
From Here to Eternity
The King and I
An Affair to Remember
The Innocents
Eye of the Devil
Bonjour Tristesse

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