Acting
Deborah Kerr
Deborah Jane Trimmer CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a British actress. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. 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). Her other major and best known films and performances are The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Black Narcissus (1947), Quo Vadis (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Tea and Sympathy (1956), An Affair to Remember (1957), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Separate Tables (1958), The Sundowners (1960), The Innocents (1961), The Grass Is Greener (1960), and The Night of the Iguana (1964). In 1994, having already received honorary awards from the Cannes Film Festival and BAFTA, Kerr received an Academy Honorary Award with a citation recognizing her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance".
Filmography
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Film · 2024
Rat Pack
Film · 2022
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
Film · 2019
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Film · 2014
Talking Pictures
Series · 2013
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Film · 2010
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Film · 2000
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Film · 1995
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Film · 1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Film · 1991
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Film · 1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
Film · 1988
Hold the Dream
Series · 1987
Ann and Debbie
Film · 1986
The Assam Garden
Film · 1985
Reunion at Fairborough
Film · 1985
A Woman of Substance
Series · 1985
Witness for the Prosecution
Film · 1982
A Song At Twilight
Film · 1982
Night of 100 Stars
Film · 1982
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Dinah!
Series · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
V.I.P. Schaukel
Series · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
The Gypsy Moths
Film · 1969
The Arrangement
Film · 1969
The Sky Divers
Film · 1969
Prudence and the Pill
Film · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Casino Royale
Film · 1967
Eye of the Devil
Film · 1966
Marriage on the Rocks
Film · 1965
Uncertain Verification
Film · 1965
The Night of the Iguana
Film · 1964
The Chalk Garden
Film · 1964
On the Trail of the Iguana
Film · 1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Innocents
Film · 1961
The Naked Edge
Film · 1961
The Grass Is Greener
Film · 1960
The Sundowners
Film · 1960
The Journey
Film · 1959
Beloved Infidel
Film · 1959
Count Your Blessings
Film · 1959
Bonjour Tristesse
Film · 1958
Separate Tables
Film · 1958
Small World
Series · 1958
An Affair to Remember
Film · 1957
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Film · 1957
The Proud and Profane
Film · 1956
Tea and Sympathy
Film · 1956
The King and I
Film · 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The End of the Affair
Film · 1955
Julius Caesar
Film · 1953
From Here to Eternity
Film · 1953
Young Bess
Film · 1953
Dream Wife
Film · 1953
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Prisoner of Zenda
Film · 1952
Thunder in the East
Film · 1952
Quo Vadis
Film · 1951
Rome, the Eternal City
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
King Solomon's Mines
Film · 1950
Please Believe Me
Film · 1950
Jungle Safari
Film · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Edward, My Son
Film · 1949
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Black Narcissus
Film · 1947
The Hucksters
Film · 1947
If Winter Comes
Film · 1947
I See a Dark Stranger
Film · 1946
Perfect Strangers
Film · 1945
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Film · 1943
The Day Will Dawn
Film · 1942
Hatter's Castle
Film · 1942
Penn of Pennsylvania
Film · 1942
Major Barbara
Film · 1941
Love on the Dole
Film · 1941