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Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer
| Sign | Libra |
| Born | Sep 30, 1921 Helensburgh, UK |
| Died | Oct 16, 2007 Botesdale, Suffolk |
| Age | Died at 86 |
Deborah Kerr | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1940-1986 |
| Top Roles | Effie, Anna Leonowens, Sister Angela, Sibyl Railton, Portia |
| Top Genres | Drama, Romance, Film Adaptation, Comedy, War, Adventure |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, World War II, Romance (Drama) |
| Top Collaborators | Felix Aylmer, Michael Powell (Director), David Niven, John Slater |
| Shares birthday with | Angie Dickinson, Bill Walsh, Roy N. Sickner see more.. |
Deborah Kerr Overview:
Legendary actress, Deborah Kerr, was born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer on Sep 30, 1921 in Helensburgh, UK. Kerr died at the age of 86 on Oct 16, 2007 in Botesdale, Suffolk .
HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Kerr was nominated for six Oscars, she never won a competitive Academy Award. However she won one Honorary Oscar Award in 1993 in appreciation for a full career's worth of elegant and beautifully crafted performances .
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1949 | Best Actress | Edward, My Son (1949) | Evelyn Boult | Nominated |
| 1953 | Best Actress | From Here to Eternity (1953) | Karen Holmes | Nominated |
| 1956 | Best Actress | The King and I (1956) | Anna | Nominated |
| 1957 | Best Actress | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) | Sister Angela | Nominated |
| 1958 | Best Actress | Separate Tables (1958) | Sibyl Railton-Bell | Nominated |
| 1960 | Best Actress | The Sundowners (1960) | Ida Carmody | Nominated |
Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)
| Year | Award | Description |
| 1993 | Honorary Award | in appreciation for a full career's worth of elegant and beautifully crafted performances |
She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Deborah Kerr's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #112 on Mar 22, 1956.
BlogHub Articles:
10 Things You May Not Know About
By Stephen Reginald on Oct 5, 2017 From Classic Movie Man10 Things You May Not Know About (1921 – 2007) is perhaps best remembered as portraying proper British ladies on the screen, but she had quite a range as an actress. She appeared in comedies, dramas, and musicals with ease. 1. Kerr first trained to be a ballet d... Read full article
I See a Dark Stranger (1946) with and Trevor Howard
By Orson De Welles on Jul 7, 2016 From Classic Film FreakShare This! Some could say that 1946s I See a Dark Stranger (released in the US as The Adventuress) is a gem in the rough. And perhaps in some ways theyd be right, especially if theyre talking about the earlier portions of the film. Gluing the experience together is starring as Brid... Read full article
The Making of an Anti-Damsel: in "Vacation from Marriage"
By Caftan Woman on Aug 16, 2015 From Caftan WomanMovies Silently and The Last Drive-In urge us to think of the "anti-damsel", empowered ladies of silent and classic film. Here is where all the inspiring females hang out. It is not enough to say that Robert and Catherine Wilson, the lead characters in 1945s Vacation from Marriage, directed by Al... Read full article
and Cary Grant
By Amanda Garrett on Feb 27, 2015 From Old Hollywood FilmsCary Grant and are one of old Hollywood's best screen teams thanks to their performances in the romantic classic, An Affair to Remember (1957). The duo made two other films together The Dream Wife (1953) and The Grass is Greener (1960). Cary Grant and 's first onscreen... Read full article
Round 4 results: DORIS DAY edges in a thrilling match, everything else is a blow-out
By monty on Mar 28, 2014 From All Good ThingsThe Sweet Sixteen Round has come to a close and out of the 8 matches only one had any real drama. In one of the best matches all tourney so far, Doris Day and traded blows all week long with multiple lead changes to see Doris finally escape with a one vote win 38-37. In the other 50's e... Read full article
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Deborah Kerr Quotes:
Anna:
In your house she's just another woman. Like a bowl of rice is a bowl of rice no different from any other bowl of rice.
King: Now you understand about women! So, many English books talk about love etc etc etc ha!
Anna: You disapprove?
King: It is a silly complication of a general simplicity. A woman is designed for pleasing man that is all. A man is deigned to be pleased by many women
Anna: Then how do you explain, your majesty, that many men remain faithful to one wife
King: They are sick.
Anna: Oh, but you do expect women to be faithful?
King: Naturally!
Anna: Well why naturally?
King: Because it is natural. It is like old Siamese saying. A girl is like a blossom, with honey for just one man. A man is like a honey bee and gather all he can. To fly from blossom to blossom a honey must be free. But blossom must not ever fly from bee to bee to bee.
Anna: Hee hee. Oh your majesty in England we have a far different attitude. We believe for a man to be truly happy he must love one woman and one woman only.
King: This idea was invented by woman.
Anna: Oh but it's a great idea your majesty and in England we're brought up with it. When your young and at your first dance.
King: Young girl? They dance also. Like I see you in arms of stranger tonight not a husband.
Anna: Why of course!
King: I would not permit it.
Anna: Ha when your young and at your first dance, and your sitting on a small guilt chair with your eyes lowered, terrified that you'll be a wall flower. Suddenly, you see two black shoes, a white waist coat, a face, it speaks.
Tom Lee: I'm always falling in love with the wrong people.
Laura Reynolds: Who isn't?
Effie: [recites love poem to Clem] The night is filled with muted sounds / The air is still, but in the hush / The whispers of a thousand lovers. // You and I together here, to dream a thousand wonders / The night is still, we kiss, / And in my heart a thousand thunders.
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King: Now you understand about women! So, many English books talk about love etc etc etc ha!
Anna: You disapprove?
King: It is a silly complication of a general simplicity. A woman is designed for pleasing man that is all. A man is deigned to be pleased by many women
Anna: Then how do you explain, your majesty, that many men remain faithful to one wife
King: They are sick.
Anna: Oh, but you do expect women to be faithful?
King: Naturally!
Anna: Well why naturally?
King: Because it is natural. It is like old Siamese saying. A girl is like a blossom, with honey for just one man. A man is like a honey bee and gather all he can. To fly from blossom to blossom a honey must be free. But blossom must not ever fly from bee to bee to bee.
Anna: Hee hee. Oh your majesty in England we have a far different attitude. We believe for a man to be truly happy he must love one woman and one woman only.
King: This idea was invented by woman.
Anna: Oh but it's a great idea your majesty and in England we're brought up with it. When your young and at your first dance.
King: Young girl? They dance also. Like I see you in arms of stranger tonight not a husband.
Anna: Why of course!
King: I would not permit it.
Anna: Ha when your young and at your first dance, and your sitting on a small guilt chair with your eyes lowered, terrified that you'll be a wall flower. Suddenly, you see two black shoes, a white waist coat, a face, it speaks.
Tom Lee: I'm always falling in love with the wrong people.
Laura Reynolds: Who isn't?
Effie: [recites love poem to Clem] The night is filled with muted sounds / The air is still, but in the hush / The whispers of a thousand lovers. // You and I together here, to dream a thousand wonders / The night is still, we kiss, / And in my heart a thousand thunders.
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