Deborah Kerr
Acteur·rice
30 septembre 1921
Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Died 16 octobre 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".
Known for
As an actor
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
2024 · (archive footage)
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 · Self - Actress (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995 · Self (archive footage)
100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 · Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · Self
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
1988 · Self
Hold the Dream
1987 · Emma Harte
Ann and Debbie
1986 · Ann
The Assam Garden
1985 · Helen
Reunion at Fairborough
1985 · Sally Wells Grant
A Woman of Substance
1985 · Older Emma Harte
Witness for the Prosecution
1982 · Nurse Plimsoll
A Song At Twilight
1982 · Carlotta Gray
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Playhouse
1974 · Carlotta Gray
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
The Gypsy Moths
1969 · Elizabeth Brandon
The Arrangement
1969 · Florence Anderson
The Sky Divers
1969 · Self
Prudence and the Pill
1968 · Prudence Hardcastle
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Casino Royale
1967 · Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry
Eye of the Devil
1966 · Catherine de Montfaucon
Marriage on the Rocks
1965 · Valerie Edwards
Uncertain Verification
1965 · (archive footage)
The Night of the Iguana
1964 · Hannah Jelkes
The Chalk Garden
1964 · Miss Madrigal
On the Trail of the Iguana
1964 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Innocents
1961 · Miss Giddens
The Naked Edge
1961 · Martha Radcliffe
The Grass Is Greener
1960 · Hilary Rhyall
The Sundowners
1960 · Ida Carmody
The Journey
1959 · Diana Ashmore
Beloved Infidel
1959 · Sheilah Graham
Count Your Blessings
1959 · Grace Allingham
Bonjour Tristesse
1958 · Anne Larson
Separate Tables
1958 · Sibyl Railton-Bell
Small World
1958 · Self
An Affair to Remember
1957 · Terry McKay
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957 · Sister Angela
The Proud and Profane
1956 · Lee Ashley
Tea and Sympathy
1956 · Laura Reynolds
The King and I
1956 · Anna Leonowens
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Recipient
Cinépanorama
1956 · Self
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Host / Presenter
The End of the Affair
1955 · Sarah Miles
Julius Caesar
1953 · Portia
From Here to Eternity
1953 · Karen Holmes
Young Bess
1953 · Catherine Parr
Dream Wife
1953 · Effie
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952 · Princess Flavia
Thunder in the East
1952 · Joan Willoughby
Quo Vadis
1951 · Lygia
Rome, the Eternal City
1951 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Miss Plimsoll
King Solomon's Mines
1950 · Elizabeth Curtis
Please Believe Me
1950 · Alison Kirbe
Jungle Safari
1950 · Herself (archival footage)
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Edward, My Son
1949 · Evelyn Boult
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Black Narcissus
1947 · Sister Clodagh
The Hucksters
1947 · Kay Dorrance
If Winter Comes
1947 · Nona Tybar
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 · Bridie Quilty
Perfect Strangers
1945 · Catherine Wilson
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
The Day Will Dawn
1942 · Kari Alstad
Hatter's Castle
1942 · Mary Brodie
Penn of Pennsylvania
1942 · Gulielma Maria Springett
Major Barbara
1941 · Jenny Hill
Love on the Dole
1941 · Sally