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".
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.124 |
| Birthday | 1921-09-30 |
| Place of Birth | Helensburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | 데보라 커, Дебора Керр, دبورا کار, |
1966
Eye of the Devil
6.1/54
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
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1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
5.9/11
Biography of risk-taker and raconteur John Huston from his childhood to become one of the most highly respected filmmakers in the world.
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John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1958
Bonjour Tristesse
6.6/132
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2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
0/0
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1953
Julius Caesar
7/216
The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.
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1982
Witness for the Prosecution
6.1/16
Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two months following his heart attack. Returning to the prac...
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1953
From Here to Eternity
7.287/641
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
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From Here to Eternity
1951
Quo Vadis
7.1/414
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...
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Quo Vadis
1957
An Affair to Remember
7.4/470
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
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1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
7.5/249
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1967
Casino Royale
5.3/744
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be...
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1960
The Grass Is Greener
6.3/127
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1946
I See a Dark Stranger
6.3/24
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I See a Dark Stranger
1952
The Prisoner of Zenda
6.8/53
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1964
The Night of the Iguana
7.2/150
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1956
The Proud and Profane
6/9
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The Proud and Profane
1960
The Sundowners
6.7/52
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The Sundowners
1957
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
6.9/128
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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1958
Separate Tables
6.9/112
The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel in this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's classic play.
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Separate Tables
1950
King Solomon's Mines
6.5/121
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being p...
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King Solomon's Mines
1953
Young Bess
5.806/18
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Je...
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Young Bess
1956
Tea and Sympathy
7/47
A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards with him was his housemaster's wife.
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Tea and Sympathy
1969
The Gypsy Moths
6.1/43
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.
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The Gypsy Moths
1942
The Day Will Dawn
5.6/5
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat...
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1961
The Innocents
7.5/601
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
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The Innocents
1956
The King and I
7.1/379
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1947
Black Narcissus
7.5/483
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Black Narcissus
1941
Major Barbara
6.7/20
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Major Barbara
1964
The Chalk Garden
7.1/46
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The Chalk Garden
1969
The Arrangement
6.7/57
An adman attempts to rebuild his shattered life after suffering a nervous breakdown.
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The Arrangement
1941
Love on the Dole
5.7/12
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally c...
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Love on the Dole
1953
Dream Wife
5.5/24
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Dream Wife
1942
Hatter's Castle
5.9/7
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Hatter's Castle
1959
The Journey
6.409/23
A Communist officer falls hard for a married woman trying to escape from Hungary.
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The Journey
1950
Please Believe Me
5/7
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Please Believe Me
1968
Prudence and the Pill
5.5/12
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1955
The End of the Affair
5.7/23
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The End of the Affair
1949
Edward, My Son
6.5/19
Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.
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Edward, My Son
1947
The Hucksters
6.9/18
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
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1965
Marriage on the Rocks
5.6/12
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1961
The Naked Edge
6.2/29
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The Naked Edge
1959
Beloved Infidel
6.4/22
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Beloved Infidel
1965
Uncertain Verification
6.6/17
A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.
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1947
If Winter Comes
6.6/5
The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily married to the shrewish Mabel, cultivates a friend...
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1945
Perfect Strangers
6.604/24
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
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Perfect Strangers
1959
Count Your Blessings
4.2/4
Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her...
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Count Your Blessings
1985
The Assam Garden
6.5/2
An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relationship with an Indian housewife and her family.
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1942
Penn of Pennsylvania
5.3/3
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1952
Thunder in the East
5.4/7
During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plane in Ghandahar province hoping to get rich. Pacifi...
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Thunder in the East
2022
Rat Pack
9/2
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bish...
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Rat Pack
1969
The Sky Divers
0/0
A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall skydiving.
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2024
Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
7.6/20
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1988
Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
7/4
A retrospective of the life and career of actor Cary Grant, including clips from his films and interviews with his friends and co-workers.
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1995
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
8.5/2
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1985
Reunion at Fairborough
4.8/4
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1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
7/1
A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.
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1982
A Song At Twilight
7/1
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1964
On the Trail of the Iguana
6/2
Behind the scenes documentary of the filming of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana.
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On the Trail of the Iguana
1951
Rome, the Eternal City
0/0
A Traveltalk style documentary look at Rome.
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Rome, the Eternal City
1986
Ann and Debbie
2/1
Two friends, Ann and Debbie, meet for drinks to discuss marriage difficulties.
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Ann and Debbie
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
7.7/6
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
7/53
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2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.7/33
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first...
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1982
Night of 100 Stars
6.5/2
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
5.5/2
In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed simply...
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