Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Female

Birthday

1921-09-30

Day of Death

2007-10-16 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Helensburgh, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

데보라 커

Дебора Керр

دبورا کار

Deborah Kerr

Biography

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".

Known For

Acting

Eye of the Devil

1966

Eye of the Devil

as

Catherine de Montfaucon

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

1988

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

as

Self (archive footage)

Bonjour Tristesse

1958

Bonjour Tristesse

as

Anne Larson

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as

Self (archive footage)

Julius Caesar

1953

Julius Caesar

as

Portia

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

Witness for the Prosecution

as

Nurse Plimsoll

From Here to Eternity

1953

From Here to Eternity

as

Karen Holmes

Quo Vadis

1951

Quo Vadis

as

Lygia

An Affair to Remember

1957

An Affair to Remember

as

Terry McKay

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

as

Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Casino Royale

1967

Casino Royale

as

Agent Mimi / Lady Fiona McTarry

The Grass Is Greener

1960

The Grass Is Greener

as

Hilary Rhyall

I See a Dark Stranger

1946

I See a Dark Stranger

as

Bridie Quilty

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952

The Prisoner of Zenda

as

Princess Flavia

The Night of the Iguana

1964

The Night of the Iguana

as

Hannah Jelkes

The Proud and Profane

1956

The Proud and Profane

as

Lee Ashley

The Sundowners

1960

The Sundowners

as

Ida Carmody

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

as

Sister Angela

Separate Tables

1958

Separate Tables

as

Sibyl Railton-Bell

King Solomon's Mines

1950

King Solomon's Mines

as

Elizabeth Curtis

Young Bess

1953

Young Bess

as

Catherine Parr

Tea and Sympathy

1956

Tea and Sympathy

as

Laura Reynolds

The Gypsy Moths

1969

The Gypsy Moths

as

Elizabeth Brandon

The Day Will Dawn

1942

The Day Will Dawn

as

Kari Alstad

The Innocents

1961

The Innocents

as

Miss Giddens

The King and I

1956

The King and I

as

Anna Leonowens

Black Narcissus

1947

Black Narcissus

as

Sister Clodagh

Major Barbara

1941

Major Barbara

as

Jenny Hill

The Chalk Garden

1964

The Chalk Garden

as

Miss Madrigal

The Arrangement

1969

The Arrangement

as

Florence Anderson

Love on the Dole

1941

Love on the Dole

as

Sally

Dream Wife

1953

Dream Wife

as

Effie

Hatter's Castle

1942

Hatter's Castle

as

Mary Brodie

The Journey

1959

The Journey

as

Diana Ashmore

Please Believe Me

1950

Please Believe Me

as

Alison Kirbe

Prudence and the Pill

1968

Prudence and the Pill

as

Prudence Hardcastle

The End of the Affair

1955

The End of the Affair

as

Sarah Miles

Edward, My Son

1949

Edward, My Son

as

Evelyn Boult

The Hucksters

1947

The Hucksters

as

Kay Dorrance

Marriage on the Rocks

1965

Marriage on the Rocks

as

Valerie Edwards

The Naked Edge

1961

The Naked Edge

as

Martha Radcliffe

Beloved Infidel

1959

Beloved Infidel

as

Sheilah Graham

Uncertain Verification

1965

Uncertain Verification

as

(archive footage)

If Winter Comes

1947

If Winter Comes

as

Nona Tybar

Perfect Strangers

1945

Perfect Strangers

as

Catherine Wilson

Count Your Blessings

1959

Count Your Blessings

as

Grace Allingham

The Assam Garden

1985

The Assam Garden

as

Helen

Penn of Pennsylvania

1942

Penn of Pennsylvania

as

Gulielma Maria Springett

Thunder in the East

1952

Thunder in the East

as

Joan Willoughby

Rat Pack

2022

Rat Pack

as

Self (archive footage)

The Sky Divers

1969

The Sky Divers

as

Self

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

2024

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

as

(archive footage)

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

1988

Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man

as

Self

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

1995

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

as

Self (archive footage)

Reunion at Fairborough

1985

Reunion at Fairborough

as

Sally Wells Grant

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as

Self

A Song At Twilight

1982

A Song At Twilight

as

Carlotta Gray

On the Trail of the Iguana

1964

On the Trail of the Iguana

as

Self

Rome, the Eternal City

1951

Rome, the Eternal City

as

Self

Ann and Debbie

1986

Ann and Debbie

as

Ann

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as

Self

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as

Sister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited)

Night of 100 Stars

1982

Night of 100 Stars

as

Self

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

2019

Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Jungle Safari

1950

Jungle Safari

as

Herself (archival footage)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Miss Plimsoll

A Woman of Substance

A Woman of Substance

as

Emma Harte

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

as

Self - Recipient

The Oscars

The Oscars

as

Self

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures

as

Self (archive footage)

Hold the Dream

Hold the Dream

as

Emma Harte

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as

Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

as

Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

V.I.P. Schaukel

as

Self

Dinah!

Dinah!

as

Self

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Host / Presenter

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

as

Self

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

as

Self

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

as

Self - Guest

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self

Small World

Small World

as

Self

Playhouse

Playhouse

as

Carlotta Gray

Production

Crew

Directing