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Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

Actor Sep 30 (died age 86) Helensburgh, Scotland, UK 1941–2024 (83 year career)
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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 …

Known For

The Innocents
Film

The Innocents

Miss Giddens
From Here to Eternity
Film

From Here to Eternity

Karen Holmes
Black Narcissus
Film

Black Narcissus

Sister Clodagh
An Affair to Remember
Film

An Affair to Remember

Terry McKay
Quo Vadis
Film

Quo Vadis

Lygia
The King and I
Film

The King and I

Anna Leonowens
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Film

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
Julius Caesar
Film

Julius Caesar

Portia

Filmography

Acting (82)

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Movies (65)

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024

as (archive footage)

7.7
Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

4.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.6
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

1995

as Self (archive footage)

8.5
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991

as Self

7.5
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as Self

7.7
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

as Self

7.0
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

as Self (archive footage)

5.9
Ann and Debbie

Ann and Debbie

1986

as Ann

2.0
Reunion at Fairborough

Reunion at Fairborough

1985

as Sally Wells Grant

4.8
The Assam Garden

The Assam Garden

1985

as Helen

6.5
A Song At Twilight

A Song At Twilight

1982

as Carlotta Gray

7.0
Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

6.7
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

as Nurse Plimsoll

6.3
The Gypsy Moths

The Gypsy Moths

1969

as Elizabeth Brandon

6.0
The Arrangement

The Arrangement

1969

as Florence Anderson

6.5
The Sky Divers

The Sky Divers

1969

as Self

Prudence and the Pill

Prudence and the Pill

1968

as Prudence Hardcastle

5.4
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1967

as Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry

5.3
Eye of the Devil

Eye of the Devil

1966

as Catherine de Montfaucon

6.2
Uncertain Verification

Uncertain Verification

1965

as (archive footage)

6.6
Marriage on the Rocks

Marriage on the Rocks

1965

as Valerie Edwards

5.6
On the Trail of the Iguana

On the Trail of the Iguana

1964

as Self

6.0
The Chalk Garden

The Chalk Garden

1964

as Miss Madrigal

7.1
The Night of the Iguana

The Night of the Iguana

1964

as Hannah Jelkes

7.2
The Innocents

The Innocents

1961

as Miss Giddens

7.5
The Naked Edge

The Naked Edge

1961

as Martha Radcliffe

6.2
The Sundowners

The Sundowners

1960

as Ida Carmody

6.7
The Grass Is Greener

The Grass Is Greener

1960

as Hilary Rhyall

6.4
The Journey

The Journey

1959

as Diana Ashmore

6.2
Beloved Infidel

Beloved Infidel

1959

as Sheilah Graham

5.9
Count Your Blessings

Count Your Blessings

1959

as Grace Allingham

4.2
Separate Tables

Separate Tables

1958

as Sibyl Railton-Bell

7.0
Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse

1958

as Anne Larson

6.7
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957

as Sister Angela

7.0
An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

1957

as Terry McKay

7.4
The King and I

The King and I

1956

as Anna Leonowens

7.1
The Proud and Profane

The Proud and Profane

1956

as Lee Ashley

6.2
Tea and Sympathy

Tea and Sympathy

1956

as Laura Reynolds

6.9
The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

1955

as Sarah Miles

5.7
From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

1953

as Karen Holmes

7.3
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1953

as Portia

7.1
Dream Wife

Dream Wife

1953

as Effie

5.3
Young Bess

Young Bess

1953

as Catherine Parr

5.7
The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

as Princess Flavia

6.8
Thunder in the East

Thunder in the East

1952

as Joan Willoughby

5.4
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951

as Lygia

7.1
Rome, the Eternal City

Rome, the Eternal City

1951

as Self

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

1950

as Elizabeth Curtis

6.5
Please Believe Me

Please Believe Me

1950

as Alison Kirbe

4.8
Jungle Safari

Jungle Safari

1950

as Herself (archival footage)

4.0
Edward, My Son

Edward, My Son

1949

as Evelyn Boult

6.4
Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

1947

as Sister Clodagh

7.5
The Hucksters

The Hucksters

1947

as Kay Dorrance

6.9
If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes

1947

as Nona Tybar

6.6
I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger

1946

as Bridie Quilty

6.4
Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

1945

as Catherine Wilson

6.7
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

7.4
Penn of Pennsylvania

Penn of Pennsylvania

1942

as Gulielma Maria Springett

5.3
The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn

1942

as Kari Alstad

5.6
Hatter's Castle

Hatter's Castle

1942

as Mary Brodie

5.5
Love on the Dole

Love on the Dole

1941

as Sally

5.6
Major Barbara

Major Barbara

1941

as Jenny Hill

6.8