Deborah Kerr (natural September 30, 1921) is a Scottish film actress.

Biography

She was natural Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer within Helensburgh, Scotland, and originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing in stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. Getting switched careers, she obtained quick profits as an actress.

Her debut in the British film, Contraband, in 1940 was left on the cutting room floor. However that was followed by the series of more films & it was her role as a turbulent nun within Michael Powell's Black Narcissus in 1947 which brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers.

Although a Scottish pronunciation of her last name is actually prefer "care", while she wwhen existence promoted when Hollywood actress, her family name was pronounced a equivalent as "car". Sequentially to make sure your not confusion all over pronunciation, a catchword "Kerr rhymes with Star" was utilized.

Her "English" accent & manner led to a succession of roles, of which the simply rattling departure from either stereotype was within From Here to Eternity (1953). Her best known roles were when a governess Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I and for her role opposite Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember. a stage actress, within 1955 she won the Sarah Siddons Award for her work within Chicago theatre.

She had the career resurgance in the early Eighties swimming Emma Harte in the television adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance.

Deborah Kerr has been married twice. Foremost, in November 28 1945, she married Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley. It got 2 girl, Melanie Jane, natural in December 27 1947 and Francesca Ann. It were divorced inside 1959. So in July 23 1960, she married writer Peter Viertel.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Deborah Kerr has the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1709 Vine Street.

Filmography
Contraband (1940) (scenes deleted) Major Barbara (1941) Love on the Dole (1941) Penn of Pennsylvania (1942) ''Hatter's Castle (1942) The Day Will Dawn (1942) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Perfect Strangers (1945) I See a Dark Stranger (1946) Black Narcissus (1947) The Hucksters (1947) If Winter Comes (1947) Edward, My Son (1949) Please Believe Me (1950) King Solomon's Mines (1950) Quo Vadis (1951) The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) Thunder in the East (1952) Young Bess (1953) Julius Caesar (1953) Dream Wife (1953) From Here to Eternity (1953) The End of the Affair (1955) The Proud and Profane (1956) The King and I (1956) Tea and Sympathy (1956) Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) An Affair to Remember (1957) Kiss Them for Me (1957) (dubbing voice for Suzy Parker in a few scenes) Bonjour tristesse (1958) Separate Tables (1958) The Journey (1959) Count Your Blessings (1959) Beloved Infidel (1959) The Sundowners (1960) The Grass Is Greener (1960) The Naked Edge (1961) The Innocents (1961) On the Trail of the Iguana (1964) (short subject) The Chalk Garden (1964) The Night of the Iguana (1964) Marriage on the Rocks (1965) Casino Royale (1967) Eye of the Devil (1967) Prudence and the Pill (1968) The Gypsy Moths (1969) The Arrangement (1969) A Song at Twilight (1973) (TV) Witness for the Prosecution (1982) (TV) A Woman of Substance (1983) (TV) Reunion at Fairborough (1985) (TV) The Assam Garden (1985) Hold the Dream (1986) (TV)

Oscar nominated performances

Deborah Kerr has been nominated for sise Academy Awards in the category of Best Actress:

Edward, My Son From Here to Eternity The King and I Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Separate Tables The Sundowners''

Although she never actually won an award in that category, she was eventually awarded an honorary Oscar in 1994 in recognition of the "perfection, discipline and elegance" of her screen function.