Biography of Deborah Kerr -

Deborah Kerr (born September 30, 1921) is a
Scotland|Scottish film actor|actress.


She was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer in
Helensburgh, Scotland, and originally trained as a
ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at
Sadler's Wells in 1938. Having switched careers,
she found immediate success as an actor|actress.
Her debut in the British film, Contraband
(film)|Contraband, in 1940 in film|1940 was left
on the cutting room floor.  But that was followed
by a series of other films and it was her role as
a troubled nun in Michael Latham Powell|Michael
Powell's Black Narcissus (1947 movie)|Black
Narcissus in 1947 in film|1947 which brought her
to the attention of Hollywood producers.

Her "English" accent and manner led to a
succession of roles, of which the only real
departure from stereotype was in From Here to
Eternity (1953 in film|1953).  However, her most
famous role was as the governess Anna Leonowens in
the film version of the Richard Rodgers|Rodgers
and Oscar Hammerstein II|Hammerstein musical The
King and I. She was also well-known for her role
opposite Cary Grant in An Affair to Remember.

On July 23 1960, she married writer Peter Viertel,
and the couple live in Klosters, Switzerland.

An un-successful six-time nominee for an Academy
Award, she was finally awarded an honorary Academy
Honorary Award|Oscar in recognition of the
"perfection, discipline and elegance" of her
screen work.

Deborah Kerr's Academy Award-nominated
performances (all for Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress):
* Edward, My Son
* From Here to Eternity
* The King and I
* Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
* Separate Tables
* The Sundowners

==Filmography==
*Contraband (film)|Contraband (1940) (scenes
deleted)
*Major Barbara (1941 movie)|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 film)|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 (movie)|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)
*The Assam Garden (1985)

==External links==
*imdb name | id=0000039 | name=Deborah Kerr

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