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Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer CBE, known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a Scottish film, theatre and television actress. During her international film career, she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the musical film The King and I (1956) and a Sarah Siddons Award for her performance as Laura Reynolds in the play Tea and Sympathy. She was also a three-time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.
Birth Name
Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer
Born
Friday, 30 September 1921
Died
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Lopez | Self | 2021 |
| Everything Is Copy | Terry McKay | 2016 |
| Trumbo | Self | 2015 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Secret Voices of Hollywood | Self | 2013 |
| Too Young to Die | Catherine de Montfaucon | 2012 |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Sister Clodagh | 2010 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2008 |
| 20 to 1 | Karen Holmes | 2005 |
| Nearest to Heaven | Terry McKay from film 'An Affair to Remember' | 2002 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Lopez | Self | 2021 |
| Everything Is Copy | Terry McKay | 2016 |
| Trumbo | Self | 2015 |
| And the Oscar Goes to... | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Secret Voices of Hollywood | Self | 2013 |
| Too Young to Die | Catherine de Montfaucon | 2012 |
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Sister Clodagh | 2010 |
| The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2008 |
| 20 to 1 | Karen Holmes | 2005 |
| Nearest to Heaven | Terry McKay from film 'An Affair to Remember' | 2002 |
| Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self (with Sinatra) | 1998 |
| L.A. Confidential | Self | 1997 |
| Empire of the Censors | Self | 1995 |
| Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Anna Leonowens | 1995 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Honorary Award Recipient | 1994 |
| Getaway | Karen Holmes | 1992 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self | 1991 |
| Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | Self | 1991 |
| John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self / Herself (archive footage) | 1989 |
| Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man | Self | 1988 |
| Best of British | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Biography | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Hold the Dream | Emma Harte | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Ann and Debbie | Ann | 1986 |
| The Assam Garden | Helen | 1985 |
| Reunion at Fairborough | Sally Wells Grant | 1985 |
| Starman | Karen Holmes | 1984 |
| A Woman of Substance | Emma Harte | 1984 |
| Witness for the Prosecution | Nurse Plimsoll | 1982 |
| Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| America at the Movies | Karen Holmes | 1976 |
| Arena | Self / Sister Clodagh | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The Lords of Flatbush | Self / Karen Holmes | 1974 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The Arrangement | Florence Anderson | 1969 |
| The Gypsy Moths | Elizabeth Brandon | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Prudence and the Pill | Prudence Hardcastle | 1968 |
| Casino Royale | Agent Mimi (Alias Lady Fiona) / Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry | 1967 |
| Eye of the Devil | Catherine de Montfaucon | 1966 |
| Marriage on the Rocks | Valerie Edwards | 1965 |
| Verifica incerta - Disperse Exclamatory Phase | (archive footage) | 1965 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self | 1965 |
| The Night of the Iguana | Hannah Jelkes | 1964 |
| The Chalk Garden | Miss Madrigal | 1964 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Herself | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self / Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Innocents | Miss Giddens | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| The Naked Edge | Martha Radcliffe | 1961 |
| The Grass Is Greener | Lady Hilary Rhyall / Hilary Rhyall | 1960 |
| The Sundowners | Ida Carmody | 1960 |
| Beloved Infidel | Sheilah Graham | 1959 |
| Premier Khrushchev in the USA | Self | 1959 |
| Count Your Blessings | Grace Allingham | 1959 |
| The Journey | Diana Ashmore | 1959 |
| Separate Tables | Sibyl Railton-Bell | 1958 |
| Small World | Self | 1958 |
| Bonjour Tristesse | Anne Larson | 1958 |
| An Affair to Remember | Terry McKay | 1957 |
| Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Sister Angela | 1957 |
| Tea and Sympathy | Laura Reynolds | 1956 |
| The King and I | Anna Leonowens | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Recipient | 1956 |
| The Proud and Profane | Lee Ashley | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Moira | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self / Self - Filmed tribute | 1955 |
| The End of the Affair | Sarah Miles | 1955 |
| Person to Person | Self - Actress | 1953 |
| From Here to Eternity | Karen Holmes | 1953 |
| Julius Caesar | Portia | 1953 |
| Dream Wife | Effie / Priscilla 'Effie' Effington | 1953 |
| Young Bess | Catherine Parr | 1953 |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Princess Flavia | 1952 |
| Thunder in the East | Joan Willoughby | 1952 |
| Quo Vadis | Lygia | 1951 |
| The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | (archive footage) | 1951 |
| Rome, the Eternal City | Self | 1951 |
| King Solomon's Mines | Elizabeth Curtis | 1950 |
| Please Believe Me | Alison Kirbe | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself - Guest Panelist | 1950 |
| Edward, My Son | Evelyn Boult | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| If Winter Comes | Nona Tybar / Nona Tyber | 1947 |
| The Hucksters | Kay Dorrance | 1947 |
| Black Narcissus | Sister Clodagh | 1947 |
| I See a Dark Stranger | Bridie Quilty | 1946 |
| Vacation from Marriage | Cathy Wilson / Catherine Wilson | 1945 |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela 'Johnny' Cannon / Angela "Johnny" Cannon | 1943 |
| The Avengers | Kari Alstad | 1942 |
| Day Will Dawn, The | Kari Alstad | 1942 |
| A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle | Mary Brodie | 1942 |
| Courageous Mr. Penn | Gulielma / Gulielma Maria Springett | 1942 |
| Love on the Dole | Sally Hardcastle / Sally | 1941 |
| Major Barbara | Jenny Hill | 1941 |
| Blackout | Cigarette Girl | 1940 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1985 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
| 1961 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1959 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1959 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Nominated |
| 1958 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1958 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Nominated |
| 1957 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1957 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Won |
| 1954 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1950 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1950 | Golden Globe | Best Actress | Nominated |
