Deborah Kerr
Known for Acting · 82 credits
- Born
- 1921-09-30
- Died
- 2007-10-16
- Place of birth
- Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- 데보라 커 · Дебора Керр · دبورا کار
Biography
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".
Known For
TV Shows (17)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Presenter
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Playhouse
1974
as Carlotta Gray
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Recipient
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Older Emma Harte
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Small World
1958
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Miss Plimsoll
Hold the Dream
1987
as Emma Harte
Movies (65)
The Innocents
1961
as Miss Giddens
Casino Royale
1967
as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry
Quo Vadis
1951
as Lygia
From Here to Eternity
1953
as Karen Holmes
The King and I
1956
as Anna Leonowens
Julius Caesar
1953
as Portia
An Affair to Remember
1957
as Terry McKay
Bonjour Tristesse
1958
as Anne Larson
Black Narcissus
1947
as Sister Clodagh
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
The Night of the Iguana
1964
as Hannah Jelkes
Young Bess
1953
as Catherine Parr
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
King Solomon's Mines
1950
as Elizabeth Curtis
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Nurse Plimsoll
The Arrangement
1969
as Florence Anderson
The Journey
1959
as Diana Ashmore
Separate Tables
1958
as Sibyl Railton-Bell
The Hucksters
1947
as Kay Dorrance
The Sundowners
1960
as Ida Carmody
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957
as Sister Angela
Tea and Sympathy
1956
as Laura Reynolds
The Gypsy Moths
1969
as Elizabeth Brandon
Beloved Infidel
1959
as Sheilah Graham
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Grass Is Greener
1960
as Hilary Rhyall
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as Self
The End of the Affair
1955
as Sarah Miles
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Prudence Hardcastle
Thunder in the East
1952
as Joan Willoughby
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988
as Self
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952
as Princess Flavia
Major Barbara
1941
as Jenny Hill
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self
Dream Wife
1953
as Effie
Eye of the Devil
1966
as Catherine de Montfaucon
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Count Your Blessings
1959
as Grace Allingham
The Proud and Profane
1956
as Lee Ashley
Please Believe Me
1950
as Alison Kirbe
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024
as (archive footage)
Marriage on the Rocks
1965
as Valerie Edwards
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Perfect Strangers
1945
as Catherine Wilson
Edward, My Son
1949
as Evelyn Boult
The Naked Edge
1961
as Martha Radcliffe
If Winter Comes
1947
as Nona Tybar
The Chalk Garden
1964
as Miss Madrigal
The Assam Garden
1985
as Helen
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Bridie Quilty
Love on the Dole
1941
as Sally
Uncertain Verification
1965
as (archive footage)
Penn of Pennsylvania
1942
as Gulielma Maria Springett
The Day Will Dawn
1942
as Kari Alstad
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
as Sally Wells Grant
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964
as Self
A Song At Twilight
1982
as Carlotta Gray
The Sky Divers
1969
as Self
Hatter's Castle
1942
as Mary Brodie
Ann and Debbie
1986
as Ann
Jungle Safari
1950
as Herself (archival footage)
Rome, the Eternal City
1951
as Self
About Deborah Kerr
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 Affai… With 82 credits spanning from 1941 to 2024, Deborah Kerr has appeared in 65 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Deborah Kerr Movies
- The Innocents (1961) — as Miss Giddens
- Casino Royale (1967) — as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry
- Quo Vadis (1951) — as Lygia
- From Here to Eternity (1953) — as Karen Holmes
- The King and I (1956) — as Anna Leonowens
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