Acting
Deborah Kerr
EN, FR, IT cinema · 66 credits
Born
30 September 1921
Died
16 October 2007 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Also known as 데보라 커 · Дебора Керр · دبورا کار
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
Filmography
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
as (archive footage)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Self (archive footage)
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Self (archive footage)
The Assam Garden
as Helen
Reunion at Fairborough
as Sally Wells Grant
Witness for the Prosecution
as Nurse Plimsoll
A Song At Twilight
as Carlotta Gray
The Gypsy Moths
as Elizabeth Brandon
The Arrangement
as Florence Anderson
The Sky Divers
as Self
Prudence and the Pill
as Prudence Hardcastle
Casino Royale
as Agent Mimi
Eye of the Devil
as Catherine de Montfaucon
Marriage on the Rocks
as Valerie Edwards
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
The Night of the Iguana
as Hannah Jelkes
The Chalk Garden
as Miss Madrigal
The Innocents
as Miss Giddens
The Naked Edge
as Martha Radcliffe
The Grass Is Greener
as Hilary Rhyall
The Sundowners
as Ida Carmody
The Journey
as Diana Ashmore
Beloved Infidel
as Sheilah Graham
Count Your Blessings
as Grace Allingham
Bonjour Tristesse
as Anne Larson
Separate Tables
as Sibyl Railton-Bell
An Affair to Remember
as Terry McKay
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
as Sister Angela
The Proud and Profane
as Lee Ashley
Tea and Sympathy
as Laura Reynolds
The King and I
as Anna Leonowens
The End of the Affair
as Sarah Miles
Julius Caesar
as Portia
From Here to Eternity
as Karen Holmes
Young Bess
as Catherine Parr
Dream Wife
as Effie
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Princess Flavia
Thunder in the East
as Joan Willoughby
Quo Vadis
as Lygia
King Solomon's Mines
as Elizabeth Curtis
Please Believe Me
as Alison Kirbe
Jungle Safari
as Herself (archival footage)
Edward, My Son
as Evelyn Boult
Black Narcissus
as Sister Clodagh
The Hucksters
as Kay Dorrance
If Winter Comes
as Nona Tybar
I See a Dark Stranger
as Bridie Quilty
Perfect Strangers
as Catherine Wilson
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
The Day Will Dawn
as Kari Alstad
Hatter's Castle
as Mary Brodie
Penn of Pennsylvania
as Gulielma Maria Springett
Major Barbara
as Jenny Hill
Love on the Dole
as Sally