• Name: Deborah Kerr
• Date of Birth: September 30, 1921
• Place of Birth: Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

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Biography: Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in Scotland in 1921, she was the daughter of a soldier who had been gassed in World War I. A shy, insecure child, she found an outlet for expressing her feelings in ac...( read more )ting. Her aunt, a radio star, got her some stage work when she was a teenager, and British film producer Gabriel Pascal noticed and cast her in his film of George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara (1941) and Love on the Dole (1941). She quickly became a star of the British cinema, with roles such as the three women in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and the nun in Black Narcissus (1947). In 1947, she came to MGM, where she repeated her success in films like The Hucksters (1947), Edward, My Son (1949) and Quo Vadis (1951). After a while, however, she tired of playing prim-and-proper English ladies, so she made the most of the role of the adulteress who romps on the beach with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity (1953). The film was a success, and Kerr received her second Oscar nomination for the film. She also achieved success on the Broadway stage in "Tea and Sympathy," reprising her role in the 1956 film version. That same year, she played one of her best-remembered screen roles, "Mrs. Anna" in The King and I (1956). More success followed in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), An Affair to Remember (1957), Separate Tables (1958), The Sundowners (1960), The Innocents (1961) and The Night of the Iguana (1964). Then, in 1968, she suddenly quit movies, appalled by the explicit sex and violence of the day. After some stage and TV work in the 1970s and 1980s and swan song performances in The Assam Garden (1985) and Hold the Dream (1986) (TV), she retired from acting altogether. Deborah Kerr holds the record of the most Oscar nominations (six) without a win, but that was made up for in 1994, when she was given a Honorary Oscar for her screen achievements.

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  12 Videos for Deborah Kerr
  
  http://www.videodetective.com/actor/DEBORAH_KERR/video/P00001924.htm
  
  A Woman of Substance (1984)
  An Affair to Remember (1957)
  Julius Caesar (1953)
  Casino Royale (1967)
  Tea and Sympathy (1956)
  Quo Vadis? (1951)
  The Chalk Garden (1964)
  The King and I (1956)
  King Solomon's Mines (1950)
  Separate Tables (1958)
  From Here to Eternity (1953)
  Contraband (1940)
  
  

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  periwinklepetticoats

  This woman was a class act. I never ever saw her in anything but the most flattering light. She was a perfect lady and so very gracious. I am sorry we lost her, but feel fortunate that her films are here to help us remember and enjoy her for a long time to come.

  posted 138 days ago
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  smith44

  One of my most favourite actresses, especially for her roles in The King And I and An Affair To Remember. God bless you Deborah Kerr rest in peace.

  posted 278 days ago
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  hollistercali800

  She was a great actress and will be missed :(

  posted 278 days ago
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  AnnLempFan38

  Rest In Peace Deborah, you will be missed tremendously.

  posted 279 days ago

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• The Noel Coward Collection (Unrated, 2007)
• Hold the Dream (Unrated, 1986)
• Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance (Unrated, 1984)
• The Arrangement (R, 1969)
• The Gypsy Moths (R, 1969)
• Prudence and the Pill (Unrated, 1968)
• Casino Royale (G, 1967)
• Eye of the Devil (13) (Unrated, 1966)
• Marriage on the Rocks (Unrated, 1965)
• The Chalk Garden (Unrated, 1964)

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