Acting
Deborah Kerr
Born Sep 30, 1921 · Helensburgh, Scotland, UK · Died Oct 16, 2007
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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Acting
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
Documentary
Rat Pack
2022
Documentary
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
Documentary · History
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
2014
Documentary
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
Documentary
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
Documentary
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
Documentary · TV Movie
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Documentary
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
Documentary · TV Movie
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
Documentary
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
Documentary
Hold the Dream
1987
Drama
Ann and Debbie
1986
The Assam Garden
1985
Drama
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
Drama · Romance · TV Movie
A Woman of Substance
1985
Drama
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Crime · Drama · TV Movie
A Song At Twilight
1982
Comedy · TV Movie
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Comedy · Music · TV Movie
Playhouse
1974
Drama
The Arrangement
1969
Drama · Romance
The Gypsy Moths
1969
Romance · Drama · Action
The Sky Divers
1969
Documentary
Prudence and the Pill
1968
Comedy · Romance
Casino Royale
1967
Adventure · Action · Comedy
Eye of the Devil
1966
Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Marriage on the Rocks
1965
Comedy · Romance
Uncertain Verification
1965
Documentary
The Night of the Iguana
1964
Drama · Romance
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
Documentary
The Chalk Garden
1964
Drama · Mystery
The Innocents
1961
Horror · Mystery
The Naked Edge
1961
Mystery · Thriller
The Grass Is Greener
1960
Comedy · Romance
The Sundowners
1960
Drama · Adventure
Beloved Infidel
1959
Drama · Romance
Count Your Blessings
1959
Drama · Comedy
The Journey
1959
Drama · Romance · War
Separate Tables
1958
Drama · Romance
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
Drama · Romance
An Affair to Remember
1957
Drama · Romance
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957
Adventure · War · Drama
Tea and Sympathy
1956
Drama
The King and I
1956
Romance · History · Drama
The Proud and Profane
1956
Drama · Romance
The End of the Affair
1955
Drama · Romance
From Here to Eternity
1953
War · Romance · Drama
Dream Wife
1953
Comedy · Romance
Julius Caesar
1953
Drama · History
Young Bess
1953
Drama · History · Romance
Thunder in the East
1952
Drama · War
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
Adventure
Quo Vadis
1951
Drama · History · Romance
Rome, the Eternal City
1951
Documentary
Jungle Safari
1950
Documentary
King Solomon's Mines
1950
Adventure · Action · Romance
Please Believe Me
1950
Comedy · Romance
Edward, My Son
1949
Drama
If Winter Comes
1947
Drama
The Hucksters
1947
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Black Narcissus
1947
Drama
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
Drama · Thriller · War
Perfect Strangers
1945
Drama · Romance
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
War · Drama · Romance
The Day Will Dawn
1942
Drama · War
Hatter's Castle
1942
Drama
Penn of Pennsylvania
1942
History · Drama
Love on the Dole
1941
Drama
Major Barbara
1941
Comedy