Though the alabaster-skinned redhead was honored that evening for her "impeccable grace and beauty," the secret of Miss Kerr's singular appeal was her devil-may-care peccability. She received her second New York Film Critics Award, a fourth Academy Award nomination and a second Golden Globe Award nomination for the film Heaven Knows Mr. Allison in 1957. Failed to report flower. She acted in the film Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison opposite Robert Mitchum in 1957. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. Trimmer and Smale married, both aged 28, on 21 August 1919 in Smale's hometown of Lydney, Gloucestershire. Kerr experienced a career resurgence on television in the early 1980s when she played the role of the nurse (played by Elsa Lanchester in the 1957 film of the same name) in Witness for the Prosecution, with Sir Ralph Richardson. Updates? Botesdale, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England. She appeared in Gary Cooper's last film The Naked Edge (1961) and starred in The Innocents (1961) where she plays a governess tormented by apparitions. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. After various walk-on parts in Shakespeare productions at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, she joined the Oxford Playhouse repertory company in 1940, playing, inter alia, "Margaret" in Dear Brutus and "Patty Moss" in The Two Bouquets.[8]. Despite these more adventurous roles, the image of Miss Kerr as prude persisted. [2], Deborah Jane Trimmer[1] was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow,[3] the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. You see, Kerr had a very strict grandmother who concocted a somewhat cruel form of therapy for her. and whose actions, in addition to their achievements, embody the She acted in The Innocents and also in the BBC production Three Roads to Rome in 1961. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't.[8]. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. Kerr rejoined old screen partner Mitchum in Reunion at Fairborough (1985). Young Deborah spent the first three years of her life in the west coast town of Helensburgh, where her parents lived with Deborah's grandparents in a house on West King Street. [4][5], Young Deborah spent the first three years of her life in the west coast town of Helensburgh, where her parents lived with Deborah's grandparents in a house on West King Street. 1:07. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. She and Walter Pidgeon were cast in If Winter Comes (1947). Her second Academy Award nomination was for From Here to Eternity in 1953. She is tied with Thelma Ritter and Amy Adams as the actresses with the second most nominations without winning, surpassed only by Glenn Close, who has been nominated eight times without winning. Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband (US: Blackout, 1940), aged 18 or 19, but her scenes were cut. The BritishHeritage.org seeks to recognize individuals who have attained Deborah Kerr was a Scottish film and television actress. She also did A Song at Twilight (1982). "She has the rare gift", wrote critic Beverley Baxter, "of thinking her lines, not merely remembering them. Her father was an army engineer named Captain Arthur Kerr-Trimmer and her mother was Kathleen Rose. She took on the role of the older Emma Harte, a tycoon, in the adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance (1984). Kerr became known playing the lead role in the film of Love on the Dole (1941). According to Powell, his affair with Kerr ended when she made it clear to him that she would accept an offer to go to Hollywood if one were made. Omissions? "Deborah Kerr: An Actress in Search of an Author". In "Bohemian Rhapsody," Rami Malek starred as Freddie Mercury, but his singing voice was an "amalgamation of a few voices." The actress, whose screen kiss with Burt Lancaster is regularly voted the greatest of all time, was. Kerr was reunited with Mitchum in The Sundowners (1960) shot in Australia, then The Grass Is Greener (1960), co-starring Cary Grant. Deborah Kerr had to wear the padded bras because that was the other fashion of the 50s. She was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She married Peter Viertel, a novelist and screenwriter, in 1960 and they lived in Klosters, Switzerland for many years. Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Kerr Trimmer on September 30, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland to Arthur Charles ("Jack") Trimmer, a civil engineer and his wife Colleen. [8], She was the female lead in Penn of Pennsylvania (1941) which was little seen; however Hatter's Castle (1942), in which she starred with Robert Newton and James Mason, was very successful. Corrections? She made two films at MGM: The Journey (1959) reunited her with Brynner; Count Your Blessings (1959), was a comedy. They divorced in 1959. WASHINGTON - Deborah Kerr, 86, a Scottish-born actress who set the standard for white-gloved elegance in such 1950s films as "The King and I . Very romantic! St James Terrace, in W2, has since been renamed Ruskin Terrace. Kerr appeared in two huge hits for MGM in a row. . . The film was directed by Fred Zinnemann,. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. The film was a big hit in Britain. Her training there may account for her dancer's way of sailing through space. In 1943 she acted on the London stage in George Bernard Shaws adaptation Heartbreak House. She appeared in Gary Cooper's last film The Naked Edge (1961) and starred in The Innocents (1961) where she plays a governess tormented by apparitions. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Yet, despite . An Affair to Remember in 1957 opposite Cary Grant made her immensely popular. Marni Nixon dubbed Kerr's singing voice. She received the first of her Oscar nominations for Edward, My Son (1949), a drama set and filmed in England co-starring Spencer Tracy. Identikit and personal data Name Deborah Last name Kerr Born September 30, 1921 in Glasgow Died October 16, 2007 in Botesdale, Suffolk Doctors decided that his leg had to be amputated, and he was so ill that his mother and his fiance Col were sent for. The following year they moved south to Alford. She replaced Kim Novak in Eye of the Devil (1966) with Niven, and was reteamed with Niven in the comedy Casino Royale (1967), achieving the distinction of being, at 45, the oldest "Bond Girl" in any James Bond film, until Monica Bellucci, at the age of 50, in Spectre (2015). She first appeared on stage as Harlequin in 1937 for 'Harlequin And Columbine'. An Affair to Remember (1957) Coming between Dream Wife (1953) and The Grass Is Greener (1960), this is the pick of Kerr's collaborations with Cary Grant. The process of development from a romantic, silly girl to a hard, disillusioned woman in three hours was moving and convincing". However the operation was successful, and the long hard road to recovery began. The theatre, despite her success in films, was always to remain Kerr's first love, even though going on stage filled her with trepidation: I do it because it's exactly like dressing up for the grown ups. based on information from your browser. I was still to learn that Munshin, like many people from the capital, could talk openly about his personal life while remaining a dream of espionage in his business operations.Norman Mailer (b. There is no independent corroboration of either actor's claims. The film was a hit in the US, as well as the UK, and Kerr won the New York Film Critics Award as Actress of the Year. Deborah Kerr, one of the great ladies of mid-20th century cinema, who epitomized grace and intelligence on screen, has died. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. She won a BAFTA Fellowship Award in 1991. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. She was the female lead in Penn of Pennsylvania (1941) which was little seen; however Hatter's Castle (1942), in which she starred with Robert Newton and James Mason, was very successful. She also performed with the Oxford Repertory Company. In 1977, she came back to the West End, playing the title role in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Contribute Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr - Dating, Gossip, News, Photos list. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer, daughter of a Scottish naval officer who served in World War I, was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, in 1921. She won a scholarship to Sadlers Wells ballet school and at age 17 made her professional dancing debut in London in the corps de ballet of Prometheus. Deborah Kerr holds a candle in a scene from the film 'Black Narcissus', 1947. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Alexander Korda cast her opposite Robert Donat in Perfect Strangers (1945). Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Said critic James Agate of Love on the Dole, "is not within a mile of Wendy Hiller's in the theatre, but it is a charming piece of work by a very pretty and promising beginner, so pretty and so promising that there is the usual yapping about a new star". [15] She relocated to Hollywood and was under contract to MGM. She married a war hero Anthony Bartley in 1945 but divorced him in 1959. R41 I thought 'Vacation from Marriage' was embarrassing. There was a problem getting your location. In 1977, she came back to the West End, playing the title role in a production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. Having established herself as a film actress in the meantime, she made her Broadway debut in 1953, appearing in Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Deborah Kerr movies: with Burt Lancaster in From Here to Eternity. Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, Kerr moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. They divorced in 1959. Deborah Kerr. But the flame-haired English rose (actually born in Helensburgh, in 1921) was already a star in Britain, as well as an actress of proven substance. It was only after replacing Joan Crawford as the sex-starved army wife in From Here to Eternity that Miss Kerr made an American film equal to her British work. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. When her granny explained that there was no way of recovering the lost treasure, Deborah was inconsolable. She eventually caught the eye of MGM's Louis B. Mayer and in late 1946 joined the studio. She played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). In 1941 she made her British film debut in a supporting role as a Salvation Army volunteer in the film adaptation of George Bernard Shaws Major Barbara. She played ladies who didn't mind if their tramp showed. After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. She appeared in Separate Tables in 1958. She is tied with Thelma Ritter and Amy Adams as the actresses with the second most nominations without winning, surpassed only by Glenn Close, who has been nominated eight times without winning. During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, Powell and she became lovers: "I realised that Deborah was both the ideal and the flesh-and-blood woman whom I had been searching for". GREAT NEWS! 0. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. She contended six times in Best Actress to little avail: "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here to Eternity . You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Kerr received six Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her work in "Edward, My Son" (1949), "From Here To Eternity" (1953), "The King and I" (1956), "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" (1957), "Separate Tables" (1958) and "The Sundowners" (1960). In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. [22][23][24] She is buried in a family plot at Alfold Cemetery, Alfold, Surrey. She took on the role of the older Emma Harte, a tycoon, in the adaptation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance (1984). She acted in the Oxford Repertory Company from 1939 to 1940. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. This film was a production of the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. She played a nun in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) opposite her long-time friend Robert Mitchum, directed by John Huston. Deborah Jane Trimmer, better known by her stage name Deborah Kerr (30 September 1921-16 October 2007), was a British actress who appeared in movies, plays, and television. British Actress Deborah Kerr was born Deborah Jane Trimmer on 30th September, 1921 in Helensburgh, Scotland and passed away on 16th Oct 2007 Suffolk, England, UK aged 86. Deborah Jane Trimmer was born on 30 September 1921 in Hillhead, Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (ne Smale) and Capt. "[13] Although the British Army refused to co-operate with the producersand Winston Churchill thought the film would ruin wartime moraleColonel Blimp confounded critics when it proved to be an artistic and commercial success. She is most remembered for From Here to . Resend Activation Email. 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". The film is as yet (2010) unreleased. Kerr and Bartley divorced in 1959. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Though she never won, in 1994 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for her lifetime achievement in films. Kerr made her British TV debut in "Three Roads to Rome" (1963). No other actress - not Audrey Hepburn, Doris Day nor Elizabeth Taylor - enjoyed more popular success in the second half of the 1950s than Miss Kerr. 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). Returned to the stage in the 1970's in plays including "The Day After The Fair" and "Candida." But she never lost her love, or connection, with Scotland.. Although she long resided in Klosters, Switzerland and Marbella, Spain, she moved back to Britain to be closer to her own children as her health began to deteriorate. She subsequently performed with the Oxford Repertory Company 1939-40. 1 September 2021 - Weston Town Council with Weston-super-Mare Civic Society put up a blue plaque dedicated to actress Deborah Kerr CBE at 47 Elmsleigh Road, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK. Powell hoped to reunite Kerr and lead actor Roger Livesey in his next film, A Canterbury Tale (1944), but her agent had sold her contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Kerr performed the same role in Vincente Minnelli's film adaptation released in 1956; her stage partner John Kerr (no relation) also appeared. She joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in a love triangle for a romantic comedy, Marriage on the Rocks (1965). While she continued to play prim-and-proper, cultured, or virtuous women, such as the governess Anna in the film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammersteins hit musical The King and I (1956), a nun again in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, and a spirited unmarried artist in Tennessee Williamss Night of the Iguana (1964), she demonstrated her versatility with such passionate portrayals as her romantic role in the tearjerker An Affair to Remember (1957) and her moving performance as an Australian sheepherders wife in The Sundowners. In a contentious race that has drummed up millions of dollars for campaigning and attack ads, Deborah Kerr and Jill Underly will face off April 6 for the top position overseeing K-12 . From this point on, Kerr was offered a wider variety of characters with a broader emotional range. Biography: Kerr received a bachelor's degree from Valparaiso University, a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and a doctorate in educational leadership from National-Louis University. . In 1938 she danced with a ballet group in Prometheus produced by the Sadlers Wells Theater School. Kerr's first marriage was to Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Anthony Bartley on 29 November 1945. In September and October 2010, Josephine Botting of the British Film Institute curated the "Deborah Kerr Season", which included around twenty of her feature films and an exhibition of posters, memorabilia and personal items loaned by her family. An Affair to Remember is a 1957 American romance film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. After her Broadway dbut in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. There is a problem with your email/password. Deborah displayed a penchant for dramatics at a very early age when she would stage presentations for her family. . The race was officially nonpartisan, but Democrats and their money lined up solidly behind Underly. Trained as a ballet dancer, she began acting on stage as a teenager and performed in stage productions at the Open Air Theatre in London and the Cambridge Theatre. Underly raised more than $1.14 million and spent $818,063 between Feb. 2 and March 22, according to her campaign report. In 1975 she appeared on the Broadway stage in Edward Albees Seascape. She was 86 and had suffered from Parkinson's disease. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22285687/deborah-kerr. Her final screen appearance was in the TV miniseries Hold the Dream in 1986. [26] At the time of Viertel's death, director Michael Scheingraber was filming the documentary Peter Viertel: Between the Lines, which includes reminiscences concerning Kerr and the Academy Awards.[27]. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. In 1994, Glenn Close presented Kerr with the Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement with a citation recognising her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance".[34]. She made A Woman of Substance in 1984 and Reunion at Fairborough in 1985. Deborah Kerr's full name is Deborah Jane Trimmer and her nickname is Deborah Kerr. Concern about the parts being offered to her, as well as the increasing amount of nudity included in films, led her to abandon the medium at the end of the 1960s, with one exception in 1985, in favour of television and theatre work. After divorcing Anthony she married a writer, Peter Viertel. Learn more about managing a memorial . Arthur Charles Kerr Trimmer, a World War I veteran and pilot who lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme and later became a naval architect and civil engineer. See a Kerr filmography and more photos via http://go.philly.com/kerr EndText, California residents do not sell my data request. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. It is considered among the most romantic films of all time according to the American Film Institute. Kerr starred in two films with David Niven: Bonjour Tristesse (1958), directed by Otto Preminger, and Separate Tables (1958), directed by Delbert Mann; the latter movie was particularly well received. The marriage was troubled, owing to Bartley's envy of his wife's fame and financial success,[10] and because her career often took her away from home. Deborah Kerr (19212007) was a British actress who holds the record - six - for most Best Actress Oscar nominations without a win. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. However Kerr then played Anna Leonowens in the film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (1956); with Yul Brynner in the lead, it was a huge hit. For many she will be remembered best for her kiss with Burt. When Deborah was two, Arthur decided to retire from civil engineering at the age of 57 and go into business for himself. English Try again later. Her zodiac sign is Libra. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who worked at a drama school in Bristol run by Lally Cuthbert Hicks. Kerr played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943). Kerr, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died Tuesday in Suffolk in eastern England, her agent, Anne Hutton, said Thursday. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. Not even the promise of another coin when they got home could stem the tears. She was born in Hillhead on 1921-09-30. When he was well enough to be repatriated he had to endure further surgery on his upper leg to halt gangrene infection, but eventually he left Roehampton Military Hospital in south-west London, was discharged from the Army, and travelled to the Smale home at Lydney. Deborah was barely three. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. In 1994, Glenn Close presented Kerr with the Honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement with a citation recognising her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance". You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Deborah Kerr, 86, the cultivated Scottish rose beloved in such 1950s blockbusters as. Some of Kerr's leading men have stated in their autobiographies that they had an affair or romantic fling with her. Deborah Kerr was one of the most famous English actresses of her time. qualities of achievement and commitment, the BritishHeritage.org serves to recognize the British Heritage contribution to the betterment of mankind. In marrying Viertel, she became stepmother to Viertel's daughter, Christine Viertel. Deborah Kerr won the New York Film Critics Award in 1947 for Black Narcissus and was voted one of the top earning English stars by Motion Picture Herald poll. Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". She had a younger brother, Edmund (Teddy). 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