Learn more about merges. Best Known For. Deborah Kerr, original name Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, (born September 30, 1921, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotlanddied October 16, 2007, Suffolk, England), British film and stage actress known for the poise and serenity she exhibited in portraying complex characters. Age (2022) Update Soon. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) with Granger and Mason. She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. Deborah Kerr died on 16 October 2007 in Botesdale, a village in Suffolk, England, from the effects of Parkinson's disease. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. In 1964 she acted in Tennessee Williams The Night of The Iguana and also starred in The Chalk Garden. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. However Kerr then played Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (1956); with Yul Brynner in the lead, it was a huge hit. Marni Nixon dubbed Kerr's singing voice. Jack returned to the Roehampton hospital to learn to walk with an artificial leg, while Col stayed in a nearby hotel and was always on hand to help and encourage. Today Deborah Kerr would be 100 years old. Both were aged 28. British Actress Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Trimmer on 30th September, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland and passed away on 16th Oct 2007 Suffolk, England, UK aged 86. For this performance, Kerr was nominated for an Emmy Award. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Not even the promise of another coin when they got home could stem the tears. R41 I thought 'Vacation from Marriage' was embarrassing. Part 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 appeared on September 16, 17, 18, 19 and 22 respectively. [19] Although he was married to Elspeth March, he states that he and Kerr went on to have an affair. She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her dbut in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. Richard Stirling pieces together the glamourous life of screen actress Deborah Kerr "Deborah Kerr - it rhymes with star!" screamed MGM of its latest acquisition in 1946. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. This is the last in a series of articles on the 2008 Sydney Film Festival. Deborah came to Helensburgh twice during our two years in the town, the first time for five days. But Deborah . King Solomon's Mines (1950) was shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. 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). "My mother used to talk about her a lot and said she was a lovely person. According to her biographer, Eric Braun, Deborahs first and only memory of her time in the burgh is of being with her grandmother in a horse-drawn cab at the age of two or three, clutching a bright, shiny penny she had been given. Kerr experienced a career resurgence on television in the early 1980s when she played the role of the nurse (played by Elsa Lanchester in the 1957 film of the same name) in Witness for the Prosecution, with Sir Ralph Richardson. She performed in France, Belgium and Holland with ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association, or Every Night Something Awful) - The British Army entertainment service. In 1964 she received a fourth BAFTA Award nomination for the film Chalk Garden. She won the Sarah Siddons Award for her Chicago performance as Laura Reynolds in Tea and Sympathy, a role which she originated on Broadway, a Golden Globe Award for the motion picture The King and I, and was a three-time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Her final feature film was "The Assam Garden," also in 1985. Resend Activation Email. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Deborah Kerr. I don't mean to belittle acting but I'm like a child when I'm out there performingshocking the grownups, enchanting them, making them laugh or cry. Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, she moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. Won the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a nun in "Black Narcissus" (1947). Kerr starred in two films with David Niven: Bonjour Tristesse (1958), directed by Otto Preminger, and Separate Tables (1958), directed by Delbert Mann; the latter movie was particularly well received. British director Michael Powell gave her a role in film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp in 1943 in which she appeared thrice. Deborah Jane Trimmer. 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). She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. She replaced Kim Novak in Eye of the Devil (1966) with Niven, and was reteamed with Niven in the comedy Casino Royale (1967), achieving the distinction of being, at 45, the oldest "Bond Girl" in any James Bond film, until Monica Bellucci, at the age of 50, in Spectre (2015). She won a BAFTA Fellowship Award in 1991. [1][13] She played the repressed wife in The End of the Affair (1955), shot in England with Van Johnson. Underly raised more than $1.14 million and spent $818,063 between Feb. 2 and March 22, according to her campaign report. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. excellence and international renown in their chosen professional fields,
She contended six times in Best Actress to little avail: "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here to Eternity . Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity included in films, led her to abandon the medium at the end of the 1960s, with one exception in 1985, in favour of television and theatre work. 0. Her role as a troubled nun in the Powell and Pressburger production of Black Narcissus (1947) brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England, her agent, Anne Hutton, said Thursday. Her husband, however, continued to live in Marbella. Her role as a troubled nun in the Powell and Pressburger production of Black Narcissus (1947) brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. Deborah Kerr had to wear the padded bras because that was the other fashion of the 50s. Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died in Suffolk, eastern England, according to her agent, Anne Hutton. You see, Kerr had a very strict grandmother who concocted a somewhat cruel form of therapy for her. It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. In 1955 she got a nomination for the BAFTA Award for The End of the Affair. In 1994, Glenn Close presented Kerr with the Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement with a citation recognising her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance". She had a strong support role in Major Barbara (1941) directed by Gabriel Pascal. She won a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Having established herself as a film actress in the meantime, she made her Broadway debut in 1953, appearing in Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Kerr starred in two films with David Niven: Bonjour Tristesse (1958), directed by Otto Preminger, and Separate Tables (1958), directed by Delbert Mann; the latter movie was particularly well received. Pages in category "Deborah Kerr" This category contains only the following page. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22285687/deborah-kerr. This is a carousel with slides. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. She appeared in Separate Tables in 1958. The film was directed by Fred Zinnemann,. She was another governess in The Chalk Garden (1964) and worked with John Huston again in The Night of the Iguana (1964). Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). She eventually caught the eye of MGM's Louis B. Mayer and in late 1946 joined the studio. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. [20] When asked about this revelation, Kerr's response was, "What a gallant man he is! Failed to report flower. Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. Although nominated six times as Best Actress, Kerr never won a competitive Oscar. American British Deborah Kerr/Nationality. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. [citation needed]. In 1978 she toured the US with the play The Last of Mrs. Cheney. After divorcing Anthony she married a writer, Peter Viertel. The theatre, despite her success in films, was always to remain Kerr's first love, even though going on stage filled her with trepidation: I do it because it's exactly like dressing up for the grown ups. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Deborah Kerr (22285687)? Deborah Kerr, 86, the cultivated Scottish rose beloved in such 1950s blockbusters as From Here to Eternity, The King and I, and An Affair to Remember, died Tuesday in Suffolk, England. Deborah displayed a penchant for dramatics at a very early age when she would stage presentations for her family.