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[[Image:Deborah.Kerr.jpg|thumb|250px|Deborah Kerr]] |
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'''Deborah Kerr''' (born [[September 30]], [[1921]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] film [[actor|actress]]. Her last name is pronounced the same as "car". |
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[[Image:DeborahKerr.jpg|thumb|Deborah Kerr]] |
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She was born '''Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer''' in [[Helensburgh]], [[Scotland]], and originally trained as a [[ballet]] dancer, first appearing on stage at [[Sadler's Wells]] in [[1938]]. Having switched careers, she found immediate success as an [[actor|actress]]. Her debut in the British film, ''[[Contraband (film)|Contraband]]'', in [[1940 in film|1940]] was left on the cutting room floor. But that was followed by a series of other films and it was her role as a troubled nun in [[Michael Latham Powell|Michael Powell]]'s ''[[Black Narcissus (1947 movie)|Black Narcissus]]'' in [[1947 in film|1947]] which brought her to the attention of Hollywood producers. |
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Her "English" accent and manner led to a succession of roles, of which the only real departure from stereotype was in ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' ([[1953 in film|1953]]). However, her most famous role was as the governess [[Anna Leonowens]] in the film version of the [[Richard Rodgers|Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Hammerstein]] musical ''[[The King and I]]''. She was also well-known for her role opposite [[Cary Grant]] in ''[[An Affair to Remember]]''. |
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On [[November 28]] [[1945]], she married [[Squadron Leader]] [[Anthony Bartley]]. They had two daughters, Melanie Jane, born on [[December 27]] [[1947]] and Francesca Ann. They were divorced in [[1959]]. |
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On [[July 23]] [[1960]], she married writer [[Peter Viertel]], and the couple live in [[Klosters]], [[Switzerland]]. |
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An un-successful six-time nominee for an [[Academy Award]], she was finally awarded an honorary [[Academy Honorary Award|Oscar]] in recognition of the "perfection, discipline and elegance" of her screen work. |
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Deborah Kerr's Academy Award-nominated performances (all for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]): |
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* ''[[Edward, My Son]]'' |
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* ''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' |
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* ''[[The King and I]]'' |
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* ''[[Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison]]'' |
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* ''[[Separate Tables]]'' |
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* ''[[The Sundowners]]'' |
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==Filmography== |
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*''[[Contraband (film)|Contraband]]'' (1940) (scenes deleted) |
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*''[[Major Barbara (1941 movie)|Major Barbara]]'' (1941) |
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*''[[Love on the Dole]]'' (1941) |
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*''[[Penn of Pennsylvania]]'' (1942) |
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*''[[Hatter's Castle]]'' (1942) |
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*''[[The Day Will Dawn]]'' (1942) |
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*''[[The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp]]'' (1943) |
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*''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1945) |
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*''[[I See a Dark Stranger]]'' (1946) |
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*''[[Black Narcissus]]'' (1947) |
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*''[[The Hucksters]]'' (1947) |
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*''[[If Winter Comes]]'' (1947) |
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*''[[Edward, My Son]]'' (1949) |
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*''[[Please Believe Me]]'' (1950) |
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*''[[King Solomon's Mines]]'' (1950) |
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*''[[Quo Vadis]]'' (1951) |
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*''[[The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' (1952) |
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*''[[Thunder in the East]]'' (1952) |
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*''[[Young Bess]]'' (1953) |
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*''[[Julius Caesar]]'' (1953) |
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*''[[Dream Wife]]'' (1953) |
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*''[[From Here to Eternity]]'' (1953) |
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*''[[The End of the Affair]]'' (1955) |
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*''[[The Proud and Profane]]'' (1956) |
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*''[[The King and I]]'' (1956) |
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*''[[Tea and Sympathy]]'' (1956) |
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*''[[Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison]]'' (1957) |
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*''[[An Affair to Remember]]'' (1957) |
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*''[[Kiss Them for Me]]'' (1957) (dubbing voice for [[Suzy Parker]] in a few scenes) |
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*''[[Bonjour tristesse]]'' (1958) |
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*''[[Separate Tables]]'' (1958) |
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*''[[The Journey]]'' (1959) |
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*''[[Count Your Blessings (movie)|Count Your Blessings]]'' (1959) |
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*''[[Beloved Infidel]]'' (1959) |
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*''[[The Sundowners]]'' (1960) |
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*''[[The Grass Is Greener]]'' (1960) |
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*''[[The Naked Edge]]'' (1961) |
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*''[[The Innocents]]'' (1961) |
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*''[[On the Trail of the Iguana]]'' (1964) (short subject) |
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*''[[The Chalk Garden]]'' (1964) |
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*''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' (1964) |
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*''[[Marriage on the Rocks]]'' (1965) |
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*''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (1967) |
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*''[[Eye of the Devil]]'' (1967) |
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*''[[Prudence and the Pill]]'' (1968) |
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*''[[The Gypsy Moths]]'' (1969) |
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*''[[The Arrangement]]'' (1969) |
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*''[[The Assam Garden]]'' (1985) |
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==Trivia== |
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*In order to get the public to properly pronounce "Kerr", the production company for ''[[The Hucksters]]'' put up billboards which stated, "[[Clark Gable|Gable]]'s new ''star'' is Deborah ''Kerr''", emphasizing that the phrase rhymes. |
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==External links== |
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*{{imdb name | id=0000039 | name=Deborah Kerr}} |
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[[Category:1921 births|Kerr, Deborah]] |
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[[Category:Film actors|Kerr, Deborah]] |
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[[Category:British actors|Kerr, Deborah]] |
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[[Category:Scottish actors|Kerr, Deborah]] |
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